Cashton Community Series

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Hundt Implement

Contributing researchers: Arturo Acosta

Logan Christianson

Irving Diaz

Ethan Harris

Noah Hemmersbach

Amber Hoeft

Mira Mellen

Edgar Mosqueda

Keona Mickelson

Copyright @2012. Cashton Elementary Press

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Table of Contents

History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Goods or Services? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

What You Can Find / See . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Reading and Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

What If You Worked Here? . . . . . . . . . . 10

Interesting Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

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History Hundt Implement has been in

Cashton for 85 years. Grandpa

Frank Hundt, Sr. opened the busi-

ness in 1927. He had his own

machines to fix, but he had a

hard time finding parts. He

wanted to help other farmers find

parts and fix their machines, too. Photo

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Goods or Services? *Some of the goods they sell are farm

machinery, snowmobiles, four wheelers,

chainsaws, tractors, lawn mowers, tools,

parts for equipment, toy tractors, and

toy farms.

*The services they provide are fixing

farm machinery, snowmobiles, four

wheelers, chainsaws, and lawn

mowers.

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What You Can Find/See • Four wheelers

• Toy tractors and farms

• Snowmobiles

• Lawn mowers

• People fixing things

• Skid steers

• Scales to weigh things

• Lots of parts to fix the equipment

• Chainsaws

• Computers at the counter

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Photos and Captions

A skid steer

being test

driven by a

Hundt

Implement

employee

Snow blowers ready

for winter

A four wheeler ready to be

fixed

Tractors for sale

across the road

The parts and

service counter

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Using Math • Billing

• Counting money

• Ordering parts

• Figuring out costs

• Pricing everything in the store • Adding tax to work orders and

parts

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Reading

and Writing • Read manuals to know how to

fix things

• Write paperwork

• Read paperwork

• Read up on costs

• Writing which parts to order

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What If You Worked Here?

• Logan would be the boss

• Mira would help them find their

things

• Keona would fix tractors

• Amber would start the snowmo-

biles

• Edgar would drive the snowmo-

biles

• Irving would fix the snowmobiles

and four wheelers

• Noah would drive a skid steer

• Arturo would take apart the

snowmobiles to fix them

• Ethan would be the second boss

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Interesting Facts • 20 full time employees

• 85 years in Cashton

• A tractor costs between

$30,00 and $80,000

• Opened in 1927

• Has a trucking business

• Has a parts and service

department

• Use reading, writing, and

math everyday

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Map Hundt Implement is located at

709 Front Street in Cashton,

Wisconsin.

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Glossary

Machines p. 4 - Something we

use to do work

Goods p. 5 - Things that are sold

Services p. 5 - When you pay

someone to do a job for you

Manuals p. 9 - A book that gives instructions or information about

something

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About the Project

The Cashton Elementary First Graders

visited many places in order to learn

about the goods and services our com-

munity provides to the people who live

here. A huge thanks to all of the busi-

nesses we contacted who graciously al-

lowed us to visit and learn. If you have

questions about this project or would

like to be included in the future, please

contact one of the following teachers

at the Elementary School (608-654-

7377).

Rachel Huntzicker

Beth Lee

Dawn Stalsberg