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Steve Matthews feeds treats to the cows.
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Sycamore trees line Highway 178 at Sundance Farm.
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The range of the sycamore tree is northwest Florida and can be found throughout Santa Rosa and Escambia counties.
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Melvin Holland sells peanuts at the festival.
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There is a display of John Deere® tractors alongside of the farm museum.
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A stand of pine trees can be seen on the left of the photograph. Cattle are grazing in the valley.
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Cattle graze on the winter wheat.
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Rolls of hay can be seen on the left of the photograph.
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There are several dairy farms along Kansas Road.
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There are catfish ponds on both sides of the dirt road.
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The pond is the foreground is one of many catfish ponds in the area. There are over 1,000 such ponds in the neighborhood.
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The cows are leaving the milking barn. They are milked in shifts of 16 cows. The entire herd is processed between 1:40 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. and again in the afternoon beginning at 1:00 p.m. finishing around 5:30 p.m..
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There are three milkers who work in two shifts every day.
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Jan McCune places the milking machine on the cow’s udders. The machine pulls a 30 pound pressure to complete the evacuation process in 5 to 15 minutes depending on the quanitity of milk.
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Jan gets a “kiss” from her favorite Mama cow, No. 62. Cows wear collars and are named by number.