Read the descriptions of different farms and then match the names of the farms to their types.

Peacock's Farm	poultry farm
Brixey’s Farm	pig farm
Peterson’s Farm	mixed farm
Rock’s farm	beef cattle farm
Bloomington Farm	dairy farm

ü Peacock's Farm was founded in 1928 by George Peacock. The most important factor in managing the farm is that the chickens, turkeys, ducks are raised and sold without any chemicals or preservatives. These chickens have less fat and more meat. That's because the chickens are not force fed. They grow at their own pace to stay tender and lean.

ü Our neighbour Brixey raises pigs. He sells them to people who value high quality meat at reasonable prices. Steve doesn't crowd his pigs or use antibiotics or hormones. He breeds using his own boars. He raises traditional breeds which have a little more fat and a lot more flavour.

ü This farm is managed by Edsel Peterson. The farmer feeds livestock with grazing and giving them feed. When a farmer feeds his livestock, he tries very hard to feed them things that help them grow. He adds vitamins, minerals, and protein so that the animals stay healthy. Sometimes cereal grains are added so that the livestock produce better or more beef.

ü Rock’s farm is the farm where cows are raised to make milk and milk products like cheese, ice cream, butter and whipping cream. Here Holstein cows are raised, known for high amounts of milk production.

ü At Bloomington Farm only vegetables are grown. Some of them are: carrots, parsnips, cabbages of all kinds, pumpkins, beans of all kinds, tomatoes, radishes, broccoli, cauliflower and pepper. Such farms are also called “market gardens”. The farmer ploughs the soil with a tractor to get it ready for the seeds. The seeds are planted and grow. Farmer must water the vegetable fields if there is not enough rain. When the vegetables are ready, they are picked, packed into boxes and taken to the vegetable markets to be sold. Shopkeepers buy the vegetables to sell in their shops.

ü Grant’s Farmraises both livestock and crops. They currently have 56 milking cows. They keep a small number of beef cattle and pigs. They do not own any sheep but between December and the end of January they have sheep on the farm from a colleague farming near to Buxton in Derbyshire. Here also different crops are grown both to feed livestock and to sell at the market.

Communication

Read and act out the following dialogue.

- Welcome to our cattle farm. I’ll show and tell you everything about it.

- When did you start your business?

- It was four years ago. At that time I had only three cows. But now there are twenty five dairy ones in my herd.

- How do you manage your herd?

- I have some consultants to give me advice. The most important thing is to keep the cows healthy in order to get high milk yields.

- How often do you milk your cows?

- Twice a day with an electric milker.

- And what do you do with the milk?

- I take it to the processing plant where it is pasteurized, homogenized and processed into different dairy products or simply packaged and sent for sale.

- What do you feed your cows with?

- Clover, silage, straw and hay one must give them twice a day.

You are visiting a cattle farm. Ask the farmer about it.

sPEAKING TASK

Describe your visit to the cattle farm.

LANGUAGE FOCUS

Future Simple Tense

16. Write sentences with I'm sure.... All the sentences are future (positive or negative).

MODEL: (the weather / be nice tomorrow) - I'm sure the weather will be nice tomorrow.

1) they/be absent/at the lecture/on Monday

2) they/be against/our proposal

3) she/be tired/after the competition