Franklin County Conservation District

Education Programs

Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce "Day on the Farm" 

Presented the first Tuesday of October to all Franklin County 3rd graders at Sylvester Ranch in Ottawa by the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce and partnering agencies.  Presentations include: farm safety, dairy cattle, draft horses, Power of the Past, veterinarian, conservation and others.  

The Franklin County Conservation District will present the Soil Tunnel Trailer at the 2010 Day on the Farm to teach students that without soil the farm, and life, would be completely different. 

Third graders who attend this event are also encouraged to participate in the annual conservation poster contest; poster as always due to the Conservation Office the Friday immediately following Day on the Farm.

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