Scheduled for the first time as a twA-day event, the Field Day is expected to 

 attract a record-breaking throng of mere than 30,000. 



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The huge Summer-time farm production will be staged by some UOO volimteers. 

 It has the backing of kO farm organizations and agencies who have joined forces ta 

 help put it across. 



More than 100 exhibitors have signed up for space at the sprawling 12^ acre 

 field where a million dollars' worth of farm equipment and machinery will be displayed. 



Field exhibitions will range from the latest in bee handling to airborne 

 spraying of com fields and wooded areas. Huge mobile mist blowers as well as swoop- 

 ing airplanes will be on tap for spray demonstrations. 



Latest in balers and harvesters, tractors and plows will roar back and forth 

 in vivid demonstrations. 



llVith emphasis on action demonstrattions and entertainment for the entire family, 

 the prograrfl is crammed with contests and special events. 



There'll be goat shows, horse shows, beef 6attle exhibits, sheep dog trials 

 and a score of other livestock events • 



The dairy people will have their annual Massachusetts Jersey Parish show. 

 Fruit growers will set up their Summer equipment show at Davis Bros, Orchard, just 

 down the road from the main site*. 



FloTfer growers will be on hand. So will poultry g rowers with a huge barbecue 

 of 5*000 golden brown chickens to appease appetites bolstered by food cooking and 

 preserving demonstrations. 



Soil Conservation experts will be on hand to demonstrate land clearing, drain- 

 age, pond construction and the like. 



The completed Field Day program, in the planning stage for five months, is 

 spiced wiv.i variety. 



There'll be a truck load of contests - and prizes. That includes bareback 

 horse riding for kids, ox pulling, tractor driving, firemen's muster and rolling pin 

 throwing - for women only, 



A lengthy list of special events - topped by an elaborate air shovf - includes 

 an antique auto parade, barnyard circus with trained animals, drum and bugle corps. 

 Boy Scout Jamboree, Civil Defense demonstrations and water dousing, 



A sportsmen's show will include canoe tilting, log rolling and fishing comf- 

 petition. 



And there'll be plenty doing for the smallfry, such as animal acts, movies, 

 raapicians and a spec:'al fishing pool with helping hands to show them how to fish and 

 how to cook what they catch. 



Nationally-known speakers will discuss home economics and outline short cuts 

 to household tasks in the shade of a huge circus tent set up for housewives. 



There'll be a coffee hour, a cooking school and loads of door prizes including 

 a clothes drier for the ladies. 



