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We handle almost 4000 head of sheep and a couple thousand acres of land where we grow alfalfa. For my EDGE project I new I had something to offer to many people that have never experienced the farming life. I gave tours and educated students here at SUU on farming and livestock in Cedar City. I have a ton of documentation and photos of different races, cultures, and types of people that came and received a tour. Many people learned a lot things they didn't know before about sheep and many just enjoyed holding baby lambs. I loved seeing all the happy faces and expressions people were making. That is what made my project special to me and I take for granite what my family has.Timing was and is a crucial part of my EDGE project. I only had a three week window in April to accomplish my EDGE project. During the month of April is when all the baby sheep are being born due to weather and other stipulations. It is important for people to see lambs be born in person so that can really embrace the full affect of the life cycle of a sheep. Students fed some of the baby lambs, helped pull them out of their mothers while the mothers were still in labor, and medicated them to prevent from future illnesses. This is quite the eye opener for a lot of people. On a tour one would experience the following: 1. First stop would be the tractors and farm equipment, showing them what equipment is need to farm. 2. second, we would see the border collie dogs. I would explain the importance of our border collie dogs and give them a visual on how herding with dogs saves so much time. 3. And third, we would see the horses then to the sheep barn which we call "the drops". We call it "the drops" because this is where the baby lambs are born then taken to a canal right away. This is obviously a lot more that goes into a tour but in a nutshell this is the protocol. 

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