FARMINGTON - Jaime Corbett held her cow Carmen's ear and ran a pair of clippers over it to trim the hair.

Corbett, 15, of Farmington was preparing the 4-year-old Jersey on Monday morning for show later in the day at the Farmington Fair.

"I own her and her daughter, Clover, 2," Corbett said. The latter rested in the next stall as Corbett continued prepping Carmen. "I've always loved animals," she said.

The home-schooled teenager puts in a combined seven hours a week of care on both animals. She is a member of the Franklin County Dairy Club.

"It's fun," Corbett said. "You learn a lot. You make friends."

She said it wasn't hard to convince her parents to let her have the cows.

"My mom loves cows, too," she said.

They have a small farm named Fleur de Lis, she added.

As Corbett worked in one of the barns on the fairgrounds, children and chaperones from schools around the region learned about agriculture, emergency services response, apples, composting, honey bees and more during the Agriculture Education Day.

"We are happy. The kids seem happy. It's nice to educate kids. Some of them don't have a clue" of where things come from in the grocery store, said B.J. Bangs, an organizer and communication coordinator for the Franklin County Soil & Water Conservation District in Farmington.

Nearby, Jim Davis, of Davis Farm in New Sharon, stopped walking Stylish, a Holstein calf, so students Carolyn Coolidge and Aurora Nicholas of Cushing School in Wilton could pet it.

"For the weather, Sunday (attendance) wasn't bad," said Neal Yeaton, secretary of the Franklin County Agricultural Society. "Events went on as planned. There was good participation in team penning and good participation in the farmers' pulling of oxen and horses."

The weather looks promising for the rest of the week, Yeaton said.

"It should be good," he said.