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Alfalfa for the Wisconsin State Fair
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Irving Gerhardt, instructor of Vocational Agriculture, and Duane Lehr, Future Farmers of America member and agriculture student from Madison East High School put together a sheaf of alfalfa for an exhibit of farm crops for the State Fair.
1951
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Farm Museum Exhibit
1951
Two men examine a hook attached to a huge wagon, part of a Farm Museum Exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Sheep at the Wisconsin State Fair
Men preparing their sheep for judging at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Livestock Judging at the Wisconsin State Fair
1960
An audience watches and judges stand by as cattle are lined up to be judged in a pavilion at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Hog showing at the Wisconsin State Fair
A crowd watches as boys try to steer their pigs with canes during judging in a pen at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Tractor Boy
September 3, 1953
A boy sits in the seat and takes the steering wheel of a shiny new tractor at the Wisconsin State Fair.
