Chris and Deanna Bailey
by Chelsea, Elizabeth, and Jackie
Chris and Deanna Bailey are the people that run the farm
and live in the farmhouse at the Morris Farm property. Chris
Bailey said the rebuilding project for the barn is going
well. Money was raised to improve the barn.
The Baileys have a young infant named, Solon. He was born
in June of 1997.
The Baileys have a household pet, a cat, John Lee
Hooker.
The Baileys work closely with the Wiscasset
Primary School to help the student learn about the
Morris Farm.
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History
by Adam and Justin
The Morris Farm is operated and lived in by Chris and
Deanna Bailey. The Baileys have lived at this farm for two
years. Lots of people are working hard on renovating the
farm. Forrest Morris lived on the Morris Farm before the
Baileys.
To preserve this farm and to provide people with an
opportunity to learn about animals and our environment, a
non-profit organization was formed. This corporation is
called the Morris Farm Trust. This farm and the projects are
funded by memberships, events, and grants. Hopefully, many
can enjoy the farm while learning about agriculture and
small-scale farming.
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Farm Animals - Summer and Winter
by Andy and Dan
The Morris Farm animals include: cows, ducks, chickens,
turkeys, a rooster, hogs, and pigs.
Seasons on the Morris Farm are very complicated. Animals
need different care depending on the weather.
In the summer, the chickens live in the blue tents that
are outside in the field. In the winter they get cooped up
in the hen house. Chickens in the winter have a fence
outside of the hen house so they can have some fresh air, or
get cooled off on hot days. The cows stay in the field both
night and day during the summer. Cows lay under the trees
when it is very hot outside. In winter, the Morris Farm cows
live in the barn and eat hay. The hogs live outside in their
pigpen during the summer.
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Pullets, baby chickens, in their blue
tents.
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An American Guinea hog.
The Morris Farm has an American Guinea hog named Samson.
He weighs about 400 pounds. Sometimes hog bristles are used
for hair brushes. Samson has a ring in his snout that is
supposed to keep him from rooting. We found out that it
doesn't really work very well. The Morris Farm has a litter
of piglets. They were born at the end of August. The mother
of the piglets is named Delilah.
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Animals
by Mark and Dayton
At the Morris Farm there are a lot of animals. They have
pigs, turkeys, chickens, cows, and one rooster. We learned
that the eggs that the hens lay are brown. Hens are female
egg laying chickens. In winter,the chickens live inside the
hen house, but they are allowed to go outside in the hen
yard. Last year's first grade at the Wiscasset Primary
School hatched chicks and the chickens that we visited on
the farm were from that group of chicks. They are almost old
enough to lay eggs of their own. It takes about three weeks
for chickens eggs to hatch.
The Morris Farm has sixteen calves. They have no bulls at
this time. When the calves are grown, they will give milk.
Cows need to be milked every twelve hours. Chris and Deana
Bailey's favorite thing to do is work with the animals,
especially the cows. The Morris Farm has eight pigs, sixteen
calves, 35 chickens, one rooster and some turkeys.
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The Morris Vegetable Garden
by Amanda and Shannon
The Morris farm has a large vegetable garden. Deanna,
Chris, and other members of the community work on the garden
at the Morris Farm. The vegetables are fresh and delicious.
There are many vegetables in the garden such as: tomatoes,
eggplant, cabbages, lettuce, squashes, peas, beans, carrots
and pumpkins. Sometimes pests cause problems in the garden.
Some of these pests are flea beetles, slugs and squash -
bugs.
There are some animals on the Morris Farm that like to
eat vegetables. These animals are the pigs! Vegetables are
harvested by hand at the Morris Farm. Lots of helpers and
volunteers (including summer camp children) help to pick the
vegetables. Sometimes the children from the Wiscasset
Primary School are involved with the garden.
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Chris and students looking at the vegetables in the
bin.
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The waterfall on the farm.
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Property and Acreage
by John and Lucien
The Morris farm exists on a fifty acre piece of land.
Most of the property of the farm is grass. Behind the house
and barn is a forty acre field. Behind the field and the
hill is a pond that was dammed in the 1950's. There is a ten
foot waterfall on the property. The farm buildings take up
about one quarter of an acre. The land behind the pond is
about nine acres.
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