• Awareness and use of effective farming practices.
• Ability to use many farming technologies.
• Both self-directed and team-driven participant.

Animal Husbandry

• fed, cleaned and herded cows, calves, steers and heifers.

• collected and removed manure from stables & replaced with clean bedding.

• varieties included Hostein, Charolois, Jersey, Brown Swiss, Angus.

• fed, cleaned, and collected produce from poultry.

• hand and machine milking of cows.

• cleaning of milk storage cans and vats.

Crop Management

• cultivating and harrowing to prepare soils.

• hand collection and removal of noxious weeds.

• assisted in seeding and combining (collecting) seed.

• assisted in eradication of crop pests: badgers.

• varieties included:
  oats, wheat, clover, buckwheat, alfalfa, trefoil, corn.

Fodder and Bedding

• cutting, conditioning, raking, baling, gathering, transporting,
  stacking, redistribution of hay feed and straw bedding.

Technology utilization

• Tractors: John Deere, Massey-Ferguson, Oliver makes.

• Impliments: cultivators, harrows, rakes, conditioners, balers,
  conveyors, grain throwers, chain saw, rifle.

• Hand tools: hammers, saws, drills, chisels, fasteners, pliers.

Gardening

• layout of planting area and sowing of vegetables and staples.

• weeding and thinning of crop rows for optimum production.

• hoeing, cultivating and rototilling for soil aeration.

• trimming, harvesting, preparing, and storage of produce.

Additional skills:

• drafting and blueprinting of wood- and metal-work projects.

• metal bending, forging and basics of welding/gas-cutting.

• basic operation and repair of gas-driven engines.

• calf training and showmanship.

1954-64 Ronald S. Sennett, Queensville, Ontario:
Year round, part-time, with full-time summers.