What I’m learning at the farm.

My Dad has shown me the blog, so I wanted to contribute by writing this post for him.

I want to introduce you to my friend, Harrison Alexander. He is a year older than me, so we are very, very close in age. (He is nine and three quarters, I am eight and three quarters.). He is the 5^th in line of 6 children. I will be helping him chase and catch chickens to process on Tuesday.  So now that I’ve said that, let’s get down to business.  

Now that we have moved down to Amelia, I’m learning more and more from Harrison. He has been teaching me a lot about what the Alexander’s do with the farm. Here are a few examples of things that I’ve been learning from him.

1. The first day we went to the farm; (We went to come and see it, and to see what the Alexander’s were doing.) I helped Harrison with a process called Chlorination. Chlorination is a process in which Harrison & I cleaned out the buckets & the milker’s for the milking that evening. (They milk around 5:30- 6:15 PM in the evening.)
2. He has taught me how they process chickens .(this is Elliot’s chicken business.  Elliot is the eldest son at 20 years of age.)  These following points will explain how it’s done:

•   Harrison Alexander and I were in charge of getting  the chickens
•   We hand them to Sullivan Alexander, and he slits their necks
•   Then, Oliver Alexander dips them in hot water
•   Then, dad helped pull its head off
•   Dad also helped cut the feet off.
•  Then, mom helped pull the guts out  
•  later Dad helped de-bone the chicken.     

Harrison has been my best friend at the farm. I really have gotten to like him, to be friends with him, and also, I have had the chance to learn a lot from him! (He’s a true farm boy.)

Also, I want to tell you that all I said that I learned, I learned from him! Maybe next time I can tell you what I learned from Elliot, or Oliver!

Until next time this is T.J., signing out.

God bless all of your reading!

Thomas P. Morra JR.

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T.J.