Spring Farming Days draws record-breaking crowd to EWAM

POMEROY–Glorious weather accompanied the Spring Farming Days at the Garfield County Fairgrounds on April 14 and 15, with the largest public turnout to date, according to past Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum president Patti Weaver. 33 horses and mules pulled eight hitches, plowing and harrowing the 13 acre field. Teamsters came from St. John, Waitsburg, and Davenport, Washington; Irrigon, Hermiston, and Pendleton, Oregon; and Potlatch, Post Falls, and Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.

The spectator turnout was the largest the event has ever received, with people watching the farming and touring the EWAM exhibits. The EWAM also had a record number of tours. A player piano exhibited by Rod Sangster was a crowd favorite. Weaver expressed her thanks "to all the volunteers and the teamsters who brought their teams to make this a success."