· House Tours – Students learned how much work went into keeping a home in the 1880’s. After learning about cooking in the summer kitchen to baking bread in the old oven heated with corn cobs to finding out what a pie safe was for, the students were thankful times have changed.
· Kid’s Games – Students had a lot of fun learning some of the games played in the old days, such as walking on stilts, potato sack races and the always popular corn cob toss.
· Laundry and Ironing - Students got a chance to see what a job doing the laundry used to be. Not only did the demonstrators show the kids how clothes were washed, hung on the line to dry and then ironed, but several students got to do it themselves.
· Making Apple Cider – This station was set up under the apple trees on the Farm. After apples were quickly picked and put through the press, the students got a taste of the cider.
· Potato Patch – This is always a hit with the kids and adults alike. The adults plow the potatoes, the kids then pick them up and take them to the washing station. After the potatoes are washed, sent through a slicer and then fried into potato chips, the students and adults get to enjoy eating them.
· Rope-making – This interactive station provided the students with a hand-on demonstration of how to make rope the old-fashioned way.
· Rug-making – The students entered the chicken house on the Farm and were treated to a demonstration on the way rag rugs were made on an original rug loom.
· Saw Mill – The saw mill demonstrations provided the students with how saw mills were a vital part of the farm in the 1880’s for making lumber to use for the buildings.
· School Bus – Students were shown the Farm’s original 1920 school bus and hearing stories about what it was like to ride one of these to school in the 1880’s.
· Soil Conservation – Students got a lesson on soil conservation techniques.
· Threshing – Threshing demonstrations are a great learning opportunity for the students. They get to see the bundles run through the thresher.
· Tour of the Farm – Students were able to board a “tram” and take a tour of the Farm.
