Tractors, Furs, and.... go carts? And that's just the start!

The 3 circle model is the basis of every Ag program. It was time to tackle the SAE portion! I took a trip up to Erie to visit 3 delightful students. Each with their own unique interests!

Elliot with one of his calves.

First, we drove out to the home of a student by the name of Elliott. Elliott is in the 10th grade. He has quite a variety of SAE's of his own, but I'll just cover a few. One of his favorite SAE's is working on his derby or show tractors. He blew out a piston on his latest derby tractor and is currently in the process of fixing it. He also has several SAE's based on a nearby farm. He helps work the dairy herd. In turn, he gets to keep calves and young heifers there for his SAE's. He also helps with the hay harvest during the harvest season.

Elliott showing us his thrown piston.

Next we visited another 10th grader named Keaton. Keaton has two main SAE's. He works for a local dairy farmer known well as Beef. He helps milk, feed, and maintain equipment around the farm. Keaton also has a unique SAE: he is an avid trapper! He keeps a well kept Furbearer record book. He traps a wide variety of small game, allowing him to trap during many times of the year. He traps raccoons, skunks, possums, coyotes, foxes, beavers, minks, and weasels.

Keaton explaining his trapping to us.

The last student we visited was another 10th grade student by the name of Kelsey. She has two main SAE's. She works for another local dairy farm. She helps milk and help with various farm chores. Her other SAE really makes her stand out from the crowd. She races go-carts! I unfortunately couldn't get any pictures as the carts are kept at her grandparents' a distance from Albion.

Kelsey showing us her cow pals!