C2 - Wednesday, November 14,

Escape
to the
farm

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example, the goats are milk-
ed and the liquid is in turn
ted to the kid goats trom a
pail with rubber nipples.
And the eggs trom the dit-
terent birds are used for
hatching, and the possibility
of selling fertilized eggs is
being looked into, she says

Breeding birds and
animals takes a lot of work,
even after the animals are
born, Johnston explains.
The Mallard duck babies
must be housed to protect
them trom crow. predators,
and peafowl, more common-
ly Known by the male name
peacock, are very difficult to
raise, but the farm has suc-
eesstully incubated nine
peachicks

A ditferent aspect ot
animal raising the farm 1s
involved in 1s bee raising. An
apiary bee house has a
display hive open for public
viewing. The bees are self-
sufficient: their honey 1s not
extracted, so they don't need
to be fed) Johnston says the
farm would eventually like
to get into honey extracting,
but the equipment is costly,
and they would need fun
ding

At. present there is a
nature walk around half of
the pond located on the
farm, but Johnston says
there are plans to expand the
walk and to change the fenc-
ing so the whole of the pond
will be utilized

The farm holds tour
special events every year
This December from the 13
to the 16) there will be

Christmas carrolling put on
by schools and churches,
and pony rides wall be of
fered to the voungsters

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GOAT HILL is one of the many attractions at Maplewood
Farm, a petting zoo where children and adults can see and

touch the animals at close range.

Easter Egg Hunt in co-
Operation with the Mount
Seymour Lions Club, who
provide the chocolate and
the personnel. In May there
1s a Sheep Shearing, where a
professional comes in and
shears and hoof trims. A
border collie shows how he
and his master round up the
sheep. And various local
crafts people work with
spinning and weaving the
wool In September, the
farm holds tts annual Farm
Fair, where animals are
milked, the cream 1s separat-
ed and the butter ts made

while the public watches.

Maplewood Farm also
works in co-operation with
Maplewood Community
School on a Salmon
Enhancement Project, where
the students feed the salmon,
aid in the hatching of some
20,000 fry, and let them go
in the pond that passes
through the tarm into the
Seymour River

Admission to the farm is
SO¢ for children and $1! for
adults and $275 for two
adults and two children For
further information call the
farm at 929-5610

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