Around the first of April my sister-in-law called one evening to ask if I would be willing to come to her elementary school and be the Farmer for career day. I said when? She said April 28th and then paused because she knew that would be a very busy day on the farm if the sun was shining. I talked it over with Dad and we agreed sunshine or not, this would be a good opportunity to talk to kids about agriculture. Sure enough, April 28th came, and it was a beautiful spring day; the corn planter got to sit idle while I spent from 9:30 to 3:00 talking to 400 kindergarten through 2nd graders about corn, soybeans, wheat, cabbage and pigs. I showed them a picture show of what we do on the farm during the different seasons. Then they each got a handful of corn and soybeans to play with while we talked about some of the uses for the crops, and then they got to take some home (in their pockets :)!! to plant in the garden or flower pots to be like a farmer. Overall, I think it was a success. The kids had fun and asked some good questions. It was disappointing that I only met 3 farm kids the whole day in a Preble County school. I still got some corn planted that day because the day didn't end until sometime on the 29th.