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Country Today

Location

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1978

Page

3

Farm Progress Days set for Aug. 1-3 in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Farm Progress Days returns to Waupaca County for its 25th annual outdoor farming show. Roland and Dorothy Clinton prepare 285 acres of hay and feature hundreds of machinery displays along with demonstrations on tile, lumber, wood burning and home landscaping. 828 tent city lots are sold, with show venues spanning from Hwy 22 to Stevens Point and Environs.

Roland Dorothy Clinton Wisconsin Farm Progress Days Waupaca County Clinton Lynn Brooks Uw-Extension Engineering Department Tent City Eau Claire Wausau Stevens Point Nelsonville Wisconsin Art Peterson Clark County Dorothy Sue Ryan Jim Clinton Bear Creek United States

Progressives Prepare Farm Progress Days with Demo Plots and Food

Progressive farmers plan Farm Progress Days on Aug 1 to 3 with harvest demos on small grains baling silo filling mowing and chisel plowing. Clint on farm hosts tile laying equipment shows valued over 200000 powered by a 200 horsepower dozer. A state car will offer hearing tests. camping motels and an airstrip with radar and courtesy cars support visitors.

Clinton Clintonville Clinton Farm

First Wisconsin Farm Progress Days held in 1954

The article recalls the 1954 inaugural Farm Progress Days at Waupaca County with Rusk County girl host, George Aiken as keynote, and Mary Ellen McCabe as Alice in Dairyland. Youth and adult plowing contests offered $25 and $50 prizes, few advertisers, and rain canceled the second day.

Mary Ellen McCabe Ladysmith Eau Claire Washington Alice

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