Agriculture Class Visits Local Farm

On Tuesday November 20th, the students of the Agriculture Science class went to ninth-grade student Andalyn Hall’s farm. Mrs. Hall, Andalyn Hall's mom, said, “The FFA class came to our farm to help Andalyn, my daughter, and a student in the Agriculture Science Class with her science project. 

Caitlin Dinkel said, “I had fun on the field trip, and we learned the best way to shave an alpaca.” Although they did not shave the whole alpaca, they learned the correct way to catch and shave the alpacas.  

According to Mrs. Monica Giffing, the Agriculture Science teacher, Andalyn needed help collecting  fiber samples from three  alpacas. The agriculture class helped by catching them and holding them while Andalyn shaved off some fibers (hair).  The samples were then placed in plastic bags identifying which alpaca they came from. With these samples Andalyn will be comparing the strength of the fibers based on the age of the alpacas. 

The class was also able to tour the Hall Farm and see a variety of animals.  The Halls have one of the largest collections of exotic water fowl in Utah, a kangaroo, a reindeer, and an Asian pig.  The Hall family was very kind to allow the agriculture class to visit their farm. If this sounds fun to you, then you should join the Agriculture Science class and learn, as Mrs. Giffing says, “How to wrestle an alpaca.”