River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-06-01
AGRICULTURAL FIELD DAY

participation in the activities which
an Agricultural teacher is expected to
take part in, arranged a Field Day
last Thursday. Practically all men
in the department had an active part
in some of the things that took place
at that time. From nine in the morn
ing unil five in the afternoon there
was something going on, and from
the expressions from those taking
part and others who had an opportu-
ity to see the work that was being
carried on, the Field Day was a sue
cess. The Agrifallian society assist
ed in the management of the events.
They were scheduled as follows:
Demonstrations
The demonstration type of work is
something that agricultural teachers
are doing a great deal of at the pre-
sent time. They are using this meth
cd for community meetings and con-
tests at the fairs. The following de-
monstrations were give.,:
/. Dairy demonstration. This team
was composed of Rex Liebenberg,
Earl Hildebrand and Ralphy Seyforth.
Mr.. Liebenberg presented in very
forceful manner the methods of pro-
ducing a good quality of production.
His talk was illustrated by means OF
charts and other material with which
he presented his points very forcibly.
Mr.. Hildebrand discussed the value
of milk as food. He had an exhibit
of many different kinds of food and
he showed the comparative food value
of milk with these foods. Mr.. Sey-
forth then presented the ways of US
ing milk as part of his demonstra-
ton. He prepared drink from milk
water and soda which was pronounced
very fine.
2. Poultry marketing. This team
was composed CO Milton Steltzer,
Herbert Kelm and Arnold Falkofske.
Mr.. Kelm presented the Importance
of education in marketing, showing
expenses connected with getting the
poultry products to the market. Mr..
Stelezer took UP the proper methods
of marketing eggs. He advocated the
production of uniform type of eggs
and he also demonstrated various
means of getting these eggs on the
market. Mr.. Falkofske showed how to
prepare a chicken for market. He
demonstrated the method of killing
and further preparation.
| 3. Rope tying and splicing. This
team consisted of Lorin Strong, Blu
ford Smith and Clair Smith. Mr..
Strong presented the methods of max
| ing rope and the Importance of know
| ledge of rope tying and splicing. He
showed the ways of making various
knots and bitches. Buford Smith
then demonstrated the method of max
ing the long splice. Clair Smith then
showed how to set up pulleys. These
men had their material in very good
shape and presented an excellent DEM
onstration.
A. Potato demonstration. Robert
Swenson, Boyd Christopherson and
Ronald Webb composed this team.
Mr.. Christoferson showed the import
ance of potatoes as crop in this
state and methods of selecting seed.
Mr.. Swenson demonstrated how di-
sease could be eradicated, while Mr..
Webb showed the methods of pre-
pairing the seed for planting. Mr..
Christopherson also showed methods
of marketing potatoes.
5. Soil demonstration. Harvey
Vanish and Wallace Cole presented
this demonstration. They showed how
to make an acidity test to emphasize
the Importance of lines. They had a
sample of alfalfa selected from plot
of ground four feet square that had
been lined and from another plot the
same size that had not been lined.
They showed very strikingly the val
ue of lime.
6. Plow demonstration. Ralph
Morrow gave very interesting and
| instructive demonstration on how to
operate the pillow. This was done on
the athletic field where furrow had
been plowed and with the pillow avail
| able he made some very strong points.
z. Livestock selecting. fitting and
showing. George O'Brien, Sampson
Paynter and Douglas Slater arranged
| this demonstration. Mr.. Slater dis
cussed the Importance of feeding in
fitting animals for show. Mr.. o.
Brien showed the method Of judging
by placing group of three cows.
Mr.. O'Brien is an experienced judge
and did this in very creditable man.
ner. Mr.. Paynter next showed how
to prepare the animal by clipping,
grooming, etc.
The prize winners in the demon
stration contest were: The rope de-
monstration teams first; the dairy
demonstration team second; the live
stock fitting team third. The best
individuals as selected by Professor
Bewick were as follows: 1st. Rex
Liebbenberg: End. Milton Steltzer: Ord
Sampson Paynter. All the men in
these demonstrations did very well
and showed that they had put consid-
cradle effort on the preparation of it.
Exhibits
There were four exhibits arranged.
The value of exhibits is that in times
of community fair or other agricul-
tural meeting, in which facts may be
presented in very forceful manner.
1. The dairy exhibit. r. L. Lieben-
berg, Carl Hubert and Ralph Sey-
forth arranged this exhibit. They
had large booth on the east side of
the gymnasium which was well illus
trated with charts showing the food
val1e of milk In this exhihit tbaxy