Day five started at Shatto Milk Company. This was a adorable dairy that allowed us to see their facility and do a little more than the average daily tour they do. We toured through the milking parlor and was the first time I’d have ever seen a cow being milked, every time before that I’d been in the parlor there whee no cows present. From the parlor we went to a barn that was a covered holding area for the cows that where waiting to be milked. In this area they had two 
calves we where allowed to pet and take pictures of also in this area they taught us how to milk a cow by hand which was something I’ve never gotten to do before and could not imagine milking cows the old fashion way. Than we got to taste test their wide verity of flavored milk, some of the flavor were Cotton candy, coffee, cookies and cream, root beer, banana! and others with of course the classic chocolate and strawberry. Next we saw their processing area where they homogenized, pasteurized, flavored, and bottled the milk. This room was not very large but seemed to be very efficient. After this we got to go out to the barns as an extra part of our tour. We learned about their diets, the climate, and their facility.
Our second stop was Schweiver Orchards. This orchard was both a large scale commercial operation but also had a farm stand with a verity of crops both in the stand and as Upick. The owner gave us a tour of the area the stand sits on and was very real with us about the good and bad he’s experience with the area, the farm, and the people. This was certainly not one of the tours given to the average citizen. He appreciated our previous experiences with agriculture and related it to aspects of our tour. We got to try his most popular verity of apples.
Our last stop of the day had us in Kansas City. We looked at the American royal grounds which was home to the first livestock show. While we where there there was a Quarter horse show going on so we got to see some competitors complete a western pattern. Being a horse person I appreciated to get a little taste of home here. After we walked over to the stock exchange grounds. This building is beautiful and full of so much history. It was amazing to see the pictures of all the cattle corals full.
