The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-26
HIGH SCHOOL FAIR
AND EXHIBII /
Held in This City Last Fri
day and Saturday
We're Very Good
and Attracted a Good Deal
of Attention.

Beginning Friday evening and
continuing through Saturday and
Saturday evening, the Agricultural
department of the local school held
its first exhibit or fair. AS the visi-
tor mounted the first floor, one met
with an exhibit of towering plants
furnished by the grades, and exhibit
of garments displayed by the sewing
class i'll Domestic Science On
reaching the high school floor, the
first to attract attention was an ex-
hibition of models of farm buildings
and equipment made by boys taking
work in Manual Training and Agri-
culture. The feature model OF this
exhibit was that of a round barn,
similar in design to the barn found
on the illinois Experiment Station
farm. Details of the basement
showing horse stable, feed rooms,
slo in center of barn, sanitary milk
ing stable, satisfactory for the pro-
duction of certified milk, together
with rangy loose pen for housing
animals was shown, each part being
carefully designed and made to scale.
The barn represented the work of
Carl Anderson, Max Steiuert, Thomas
Trammal AMI Helmer Borgren.
On another table was to be found
Ia portable hog house, a ventiIator
model for the roof &C q barn so
equipped as to be operated from the
floor of barn, and containing novel
devise for frightening away sparrows.
.ihe former was made by Ralph
Swanby, and the latter by Bernard
O'SuIlivan. Helmer Borgren had a
neat model of roller gate displayed,
while Harry Sogen had some fine
models of eveners and gate applying
the principles of levers as studied in
the course in General Science. The
eveners showed proper methods of
hitching two to five horse teams.
Passing into the Mathematics room,
there was further combined Agricul-
tural and Manual Training work, dis
played in corn testing boxes, racks
for drying corn, levels and target
rods for simple land drainage work.
In this room was placed the exhibits
of farm grains and vegetables. The
potato exhibit was worthy of con-
sideration as there were number of
plates of Rural New Workers grown
10y boys, the seed of which was Sc
cured by the Agricultural department
of last year. These potatoes showed
the results of treatment for scab.
Some nice vegetables were exhibited
together with good display of corn
and other grain. The department
regretted the small display of fruit,
| which should have been noteworthy
| factor in school fair in as good q
fruit community as this. Honor.
ranked closed for the communities
representt d, Bay View was well re-
presented, while the township o.
Washhurn and the City each haa
uumeTous exhibits
Passing into the Library room on
was attracted by the rope display
This display showed the many knots
splices and bitches which every farm
er finds useful. This represents !.
phase Of work now taught IN schools
with the introduction of the practices
study of Agriculture. In the Science
room was found an exhibit brought
from the Sub Experiment Station Al
Ashland junction by Mr.. Bumbotz
an Assistant in Agromony. This
exhibit consisted of types of corn
which have been tested and tried oul
on the Station farm and found suit
able fol this section. The Station
has done considerable work in select ;
ing high yielding wheat, and som,
of their recent discoveries in Cana
dain Pea Culture were shown, prov
ing conclusively that northern Wis
consin is adapted to raising the
garden and field pea. Some inter-
esting photos of alfalfa and clover
culture, together with charts were