Agriculture at Bainbridge High - 1931

Agriculture in Bainbridge High School

"Echo" 1931

Left to Right

Row 1:  Stanley LeSuer, Frederick Birdsall, Gordon Burton, Kenneth Elander, Leon Perry, Elton Fletcher, Newton Hovey

Row 2:  Carlton Meade, Maurice McGinnis, Karl Hovey, Ralph Axtell, Carlton Wilcox, Don Loudon, William Hohreiter, Kenneth Davis, Mr. George Ilse

Row 3:  Kenneth VanDenburgh, Frank Doolittle, Lynn Hubbard, Glenn Herrick, Lloyd Hubbard, Marshall Moore, Joseph Ireland, Maurice Snitchler, Lawrence Eggleston

Row 4:  Arthur Fairchild, Robert Houck, Roger Franks, Harold Roberts, Carlton Loomis

 

The Agriculture department in the High School has nearly doubled its enrollment this year with 38 students interested in farming or allied occupations. What a change from last year [1930].  "AG" is now two years old and full grown--ready and able to help solve the agricultural problems of the community.

 

Again this year our Ag representative Elton Fletcher won the Silver Farm Crops Medal at Morrisville, putting Bainbridge again in first place above 55 other contestants in New York State.  Last year the medal was won by Alden Wakeman.

 

Our classes in agriculture have been doing more judging and having demonstrations this year.

 

On November 7th the Fall Rally of the Delaware-Susquehanna region was held at Bainbridge.  president Robert Houck had charge of the meeting in cooperation with "Chief" Ilse.  Two hundred young farmers were present from the following towns:  Afton, Endicott, Franklin, Greene, Guilford, Milford, Owego, and Walton.

 

Stress is now being laid on the big Spring Rally which will be held probably some time in May at which 300 Ag students of southern New York will assemble at B .H.S.

 

Rather than take a tour or trip the Agricultural Class constructed and paid for $125.00 worth of material in putting up a much needed classroom and equipping it, thereby setting perhaps a precedent in providing their own facilities for instruction, without expense, to the school district.