Current Educational Programs

Churning Butter: Help churn cream into butter and sample your product on common crackers.

Making Ice Cream: Everyone gets to turn the crank as we make this favorite treat for all to enjoy. Please add a $10 supplies fee.

Up Close With a Jersey Cow: Meet one of our Jerseys up close! Learn how we care for her and why her body is uniquely designed to produce so much milk.

The Draft Horse: A Partner on the Land: Join us in the horse barn as we learn about one of our Percheron teams firsthand - their physical characteristics, how we care for them, and their work.

How to Keep a Sheep: Meet a wooly Southdown ewe from our flock, learn how we care for her, and why this breed was valued on the Billings Farm one hundred years ago.

Check Out the Chickens: Check out the farm's chickens and the wonder of an egg, as we learn how these useful birds were an important part of the farm and a child's daily responsibilities a century ago.

Training Young Oxen: Many a farm youth taught young teams of oxen to work – a task that took patience over many months. Meet our young oxen team, born in August of 2004 to discover what commands they have learned and how they respond to a voice and a tap.

On Behalf of a Calf: Step behind the barns to meet the younger members of the herd. Learn how the special caring they receive helps them become milk-producing marvels themselves.

Children on Hill Farms: Children played an important role on the farm family of 1890. Explore their lives through everyday toys, clothing, and tools used over 100 years ago.

Sowing and Hoeing: Visit the heirloom garden, abundant with carrots, beans, pumpkins, and many other crops. Join in with seasonal work from planting to harvesting.

Afternoon milking: 3:15 - 5:00 p.m. everyday. Stop by the cow barn to see how it's done and learn all about this essential element of dairy farm life from our professional farm staff.

Additional activities offered each day. Call 802-457-2355 for the daily schedule.