Kids Corner: The Klinker Family

Liam Klinkner

11 years old

Fifth grade

When do you do chores? I do chores in the evening and on weekends, I do them in the late mornings.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite chore is feeding calves, and my least favorite is feeding hay.

What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? I enjoy helping my parents mow the lawn.

Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. A fun memory we have is having a group of college kids from Madison come to help us, and we got to show them the farm.

What is your favorite animal on your farm? My favorite animal is Flaminog the cow. She really likes to be petted.

What do you want to be when you grow up? When I grow up, I want to be a farmer.

If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. I would have a farm that looks like my dad’s farm. And we would have only Case IH tractors.

What is your favorite game to play on the farm? My favorite game to play on the farm is football.

What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? My favorite meal is hamburgers.

What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? I like it when we take family trips to the Wisconsin Dells.

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Brad Klinkner

9 years old

Fourth grade

When do you do chores? I do evening chores, and on the weekends, late mornings.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite chore is watering the heifers. My least favorite is feeding hay.

What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? I really like playing with my little farm set.

Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. During spring thaw, we get to play in the mud and water. It’s great.

What is your favorite animal on your farm? My favorite animal on the farm is Socks the cat. He’s cuddly and likes to follow me around.

What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a mechanic.

If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. For my farm, it would be a 12-cow dairy with lots of Case IH Magnum tractors.

What is your favorite game to play on the farm? I like playing football and pass. Pass is a game I play with my brothers and sisters where we get to throw the ball back and forth to each other.

What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? My favorite meal is chicken nuggets.

What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? My favorite thing to do off the farm is to hang out with friends after we go to church.

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Hank Klinkner

8 years old

Third grade

When do you do chores? I do chores with my older brothers in the evening and late mornings on weekends.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite chore is when I feed the dry cows minerals. My least favorite is when I have to push towels into the gutter.

What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? I like it when we go on Ranger rides to help dad move cows.

Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. A fun memory I have is when a bird got in the barn and Dad had to shoot it with a BB gun because it wouldn’t go outside.

What is your favorite animal on your farm? My favorite animal is Honey the cow. I showed her at the fair when she was a calf.

What do you want to be when you grow up? When I grow up, I want to be a farmer.

If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. My farm would have big sheds with 80 cows. And we’d have some big tractors.

What is your favorite game to play on the farm? I really like to play tag with all my brothers and sisters.

What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? My favorite meal is pizza.

What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? I like it when we can go to the neighbor’s pond to swim during the summer.

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Alice Klinkner

7 years old

First grade

When do you do chores? I help with evening chores.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite chore is feeding calves. My least favorite is when I have to clean the gutter grates.

What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? I like to ride in the tractor.

Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. Some of my fun memories are going on Ranger rides to check on pastures.

What is your favorite animal on your farm? My favorite animal on the farm is Honey the cow. She’s really friendly.

What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a teacher when I grow up.

If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. On my farm, I would have turtles, horses, some cows, cats, a donkey, a parrot and a German Shepard.

What is your favorite game to play on the farm? I like the game where we pass the ball back and forth.

What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? My favorite meal is lasagna.

What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? Off the farm, I like to go to parties and visit family friends.

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Tressa Klinkner

5 years old

Kindergarten

When do you do chores? I help with evening chores.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite chore is feeding hay to the cows, and my least favorite is cleaning the house.

What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? I like it when I get to help push feed up to the cows.

Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. A fun memory for me is when my little brother, Aiden, tells me jokes.

What is your favorite animal on your farm? My favorite animals on our farms are the cats. They’re nice and soft and very friendly.

What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a veterinarian.

If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. I would have a horse farm.

What is your favorite game to play on the farm? I like it when we play the chicken game.

What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? I like it when we make brownies.

What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? My favorite thing off the farm is when we go to our grandparents’ house for a sleepover.

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When do you do chores? Whenever Mom and Dad are in the barn.

What is your favorite and least favorite chore? I like chasing cows out of the barn and helping Dad scrape the aisle. My least favorite is feeding calves.

What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? I like it when I get to help milk cows.

Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. When the cows got out and I got to help chase them in.

What is your favorite animal on your farm? My favorite animal is Zippo the cow. I like to pet her and she lets me dip her.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A big boy.

If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. My farm would have cows, chickens, tractors, a skid loader and a shed.

What is your favorite game to play on the farm? The game, pass, where we pass a ball around.

What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Chicken is my favorite.

What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? I like it when we go to Grandma and Grandpa’s house.