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Saturday, June 21| 10:00–4:00You are invited to join farmer Katelyn as she demonstrates handling and milking the farm cow, Blizzard. Learn about cow breeds, milk and cream production, history, and more! In the farmhouse. You can also help make cheese and butter...before churning and tasting a batch of old-fashioned ice cream! Thank you for visiting! Be sure to follow us on Facebook Instagram, and YouTube for farm updates! |
 Corn Planting May – June Visit a field that farmers are plowing or harrowing with horses in preparation for planting corn...or see newly-emerged corn weeded or cultivated. (Field experience varies according to the real work being done on the farm on the day of your visit.) Learn about the seeds and tools farmers used, how soil provides the plant with its basic needs, and how weather and other conditions affect germination and growth. Hands-on activities include seed selection, soil exploration, and corn planting. After a brief visit to the circa-1900 kitchen inside the farmhouse, participants will also get to sample homemade cornbread.
Farm Animals In a 90-minute sampler of the Howell Farm morning chores, children meet horses, sheep, pigs, and chickens, learning how a farmer’s family works to keep the animals healthy, warm, and productive during the coming winter. Participants help shell and grind corn for animal feed, look for eggs in the henhouse, and help the farmer with other work around the farm. | August
 June 7 Old Time Baseball Game & Wash Day 14 Pleasant Valley House Tours
21 Dairy Day 28 Ice Cream Party & Wheat Harvest July 5 Evening Blacksmithing (5:00–8:00 p.m.) 12 Evening Animal Chores (5:00–8:00 p.m.) 19 Evening Animal Chores (5:00–8:00 p.m.) 26 & 27 Mercer County 4-H Fair & Wheat Threshing August
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70 Woodens Lane Hopewell Twp., NJ 08530 Main: 609-737-3299 U.S. Mail Titusville, NJ 08560 |
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Howell Farm is owned by the County of Mercer and operated by the Mercer County Park Commission Dan Benson, Mercer County Executive |