What would life be like with a herd of cows in your yard, twenty-four chicks in your living room, a coonhound and a beagle sleeping on your porch, and a work-crazed border collie who wants to herd everything? How long does it take to mow ninety acres and move five hundred tons of manure? Caleb, Chase, Cayne, Grey, and Ali, along with their parents, Becky and Dave, share a year of their life in this intimate depiction of one family and their small Ohio farm. Author's note. Resources. Illustrated with full-color photographs. Black-and-white illustrations.
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