MUSCATINE, Iowa–On May 5, Muscatine Community School District kindergartners visited the Muscatine Agricultural Learning Center. There, Muscatine FFA members and other community volunteers introduced students to different kinds of farm animals, letting them have hands-on experiences with some of them.

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  Caden Miller and Avery Schroeder demonstrate how to bottle-feed a calf.

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  Alaina Wallace and Alexis Wilder with Diamond the horse.

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  Carter Kaufman, Kaylynn Huot, and Hannah Boyer with four-month-old boar goats.

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  Parker Green, Clayton Smith, Collin Zellmer, and Owen King with two fish tanks.

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  Marley Harfst and Tristan Valenzuela with a goat kid, a six-month-old Flemish Giant rabbit, and Bantam chickens.

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  Hadlee Flynn and Addie Weggen with a pair of sheep, including Addie's sheep Banana Muffin.

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  Emily King with her steer, Bubs.

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  Gaven Wade with his Yorkshire, Duroc, and Hampshire pigs.

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  Grant Castillo, Brady Hoag, Andy Franke, Jack Harfst, and Max Brendel with sheep before and after sheering.

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  A kindergartner practicing greeting a dog nicely.

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  Kiddie Barnyard attendees enjoying pony rides.

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  Students looking at a fox snake brought by Michelle Burns from Muscatine County Conservation.

All photos by Margaret Hurlbert.