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Farm Horizons • Dec. 5, 5, 2016 • Page 6 At the end of the day, the kids still found ways to enanother time when the kids got in some trouble for their joy their time on the farm. shenanigans. “I remember we used to lay on the roof and look at “[The chicken coop] almost started on fire, because the stars – on that little shed with the rounded roof,” Cindy and I were playing with matches. It was really Sue said. dry at the time, so when we dropped one on the ground, all of a sudden it was like Farm shenanigans ‘woosh,’ right by the chicken While there was plenty to coop,” Sue said. “Mom and do for fun on the farm, there dad were milking cows, so was also room for a little we ran down to the barn.” mischief now and then, – Sandy Mattson, former Lachermeier farm resident Their parents took care of “Cherie and I used to tease the fire, and the kids were the bull – his name was Jimsent up to the house. my. We made up a song for In Winsted that, too,” David said. “He was in a cage, luckily.” Though Jimmy might have been caged, the The Lachermeier kids attended Holy Trinity Schools Lachermeier kids remember a time when the cows got before the family moved to Howard Lake. While the loose. younger kids transferred to school in Howard Lake, the “The cows got out and went into town, and we had to oldest kids graduated from Holy Trinity. go chase them home,” Sharon said. “When our dad milked cows, we had the milk cans, Cindy remembered taking a more active role in the and he would take us to school in the morning with cows’ escape. these milk cans in the back of the truck – he’d deliver “We used to let them out,” Cindy laughed. them in town to the creamery,” Sharon said. “But Sandy Sandy had a different memory of playing on the and I were like, ‘No, we have to go to school with our farm. dad,’ and he’d come driving up to school with those “We went swimming in the cow tank,” Sandy said. milk cans.” “We used it as a swimming pool.” Sandy added that the two were a little embarrassed by The kids remember their mother catching them and the milk cans. chastising them for swimming in the tank. There was “I used to have to go through town with the tractor, ‘The town kids loved to come out to the farm.’ 3650 Hydrostatic Utility Vehicle (UTV) All-Wheel Steer Loaders FARM-RITE EQUIPMENT, INC. Authorized Bobcat Dealer Dassel 888-679-4857 • Willmar 877-484-3211 • St.Cloud 844-262-2281 • www.farmriteequip.com SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS Farm-Rite Equipment is a full service, authorized Bobcat dealer, providing customers with Sales, Service, Parts, & Rental on all new & used Bobcat equipment.