It all begins with an tiny premature calf at the dairy we both work at. Rebecca fell in love with her and because she wasn’t doing very well at the dairy we took her home. We named her Maggie and nursed her back to health. After bottle feeding her for 8 weeks she was our baby. Once she was big enough we moved her out to the current cow barn and decided she needs friends. This is when Dolly and Jolene, the jerseys, came to the farm. We wanted to give back to the 4-H community we both grew up in, so our three girls went to the Jackson area career center (JACC) to get trained and the plan was for all three to go to the Jackson fair and get shown by the JACC students. Unfortunately, while at the career center Maggie fell extremely ill to an illness she contracted as a very small calf and ended up having to be put down. The Ag teachers and students went above and beyond for her. Our jerseys continued on to the fair and did very well for the students. After the lose of our beloved Maggie, the one that started it all, we decided to name out dairy barn after her and continue the farm in her honor. Because of the Ag teacher and students dedication to our girls we are continuing to work with them, the students will continue showing our dairy cows and we raise dairy bull calves for the students to show at the fair as well.