. Agri-news. Agriculture. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ADVENTURE IN JAPAN Do you like adventure? Do you like meeting new people? Have you thought of working on a Japanese dairy farm? Pat Farris of Andrew, Alberta, thinks there is nothing to compare with it. She has been on a dairy farm in Hokkaido province in Northern Japan since last February, and says that every day is rewarding and exciting. She went to Japan under the Alberta-Japanese Dairy Exchange Program which provides for a two-way exchange of 10 Albertans and 10 Japanese with dairy farm Pat Farris and a Japanese dairy co-worker
. Agri-news. Agriculture. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ADVENTURE IN JAPAN Do you like adventure? Do you like meeting new people? Have you thought of working on a Japanese dairy farm? Pat Farris of Andrew, Alberta, thinks there is nothing to compare with it. She has been on a dairy farm in Hokkaido province in Northern Japan since last February, and says that every day is rewarding and exciting. She went to Japan under the Alberta-Japanese Dairy Exchange Program which provides for a two-way exchange of 10 Albertans and 10 Japanese with dairy farm Pat Farris and a Japanese dairy co-worker in Hokkaido province, Northern Japan. "Each day," says Pat, "I ponder what mysteries await me. Invariably I will have just got nicely started washing down one of our 45 milking cows or cleaning out the barn when I am wisked away to a public bath, for a chat with the mayor of Hiroshima-cho (the local town) or for a friendly visit with Oji-chan (grand- father). Pat's day starts at 5 After having milked the cows she checks them for mastitis and ketosis before turning them out to pasture. The cows are all Holsteins which are bred artificially. Pat says, "most of the semen comes from Canadian ; Depending upon the time of year, Pat's other jobs may include weeding the corn crop which is grown for silage, or making hay. In Japan hay is made in July and at the end of September. During this period Pat stands on the truck and stacks bales while her male Japanese co-workers load the truck. (cont'd) Phone (403) 427 2127 /dlbcrra AGRICULTURE COMMUNICATIONS. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Communications Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Print Media Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Publishing Branch. [Edm
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