NewsApril 28, 2015
Scott County third-grade students learn about farming and safety at the annual Farm Day presented by the Scott County Women in Agriculture Tuesday, April 28, 2015 in Benton, Missouri.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com
Kelly Elementary School third-graders, from left, Caleb Tidwell, Brody Camden, Draven Lawhorn, Makayla Morgan, Madison Agin, Jada Griggs and Laird Tucker, react to a stream table demonstration of erosion, as a cow and barn are swept away by raging water, Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at the Farm Day event sponsored by Scott County Women in Agriculture at St. Denis School in Benton, Missouri.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Kelly Elementary School third-graders, from left, Caleb Tidwell, Brody Camden, Draven Lawhorn, Makayla Morgan, Madison Agin, Jada Griggs and Laird Tucker, react to a stream table demonstration of erosion, as a cow and barn are swept away by raging water, Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at the Farm Day event sponsored by Scott County Women in Agriculture at St. Denis School in Benton, Missouri.
A puppet show presented by FFA members at Kelly High School welcomes the third-grade students to Farm Day. Farm lessons included tractor safety: "No seat, no rider."
A puppet show presented by FFA members at Kelly High School welcomes the third-grade students to Farm Day. Farm lessons included tractor safety: "No seat, no rider."
Kelly High School FFA students demonstrate helmet safety for the third-graders at Farm Day. An egg cushioned in a box doubles for a person's head in a helmet. From left are Mitchell Proctor, Kenzie Scherer, Alyssa Moore, Wyatt LeDure, Anne Westrich, Dylan Sander and FFA advisor Jeff Scherer.
Kelly High School FFA students demonstrate helmet safety for the third-graders at Farm Day. An egg cushioned in a box doubles for a person's head in a helmet. From left are Mitchell Proctor, Kenzie Scherer, Alyssa Moore, Wyatt LeDure, Anne Westrich, Dylan Sander and FFA advisor Jeff Scherer.
Lexi Parks learns how difficult it would be to rescue a person from a grain bin, as FFA advisor Jeff Scherer demonstrates, at Farm Day.
Lexi Parks learns how difficult it would be to rescue a person from a grain bin, as FFA advisor Jeff Scherer demonstrates, at Farm Day.
Chris Grojean demonstrates erosion with a stream table at Farm Day.
Chris Grojean demonstrates erosion with a stream table at Farm Day.
Becky Jennings with the Scott County Farm Bureau discusses farm equipment with the students at Farm Day.
Becky Jennings with the Scott County Farm Bureau discusses farm equipment with the students at Farm Day.
Students take a cotton sample to examine with a magnifier at Farm Day.
Students take a cotton sample to examine with a magnifier at Farm Day.
A student examines a cotton seed and lint under a magnifier at Farm Day.
A student examines a cotton seed and lint under a magnifier at Farm Day.
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Scott County third-grade students learn about farming and safety at the annual Farm Day presented by the Scott County Women in Agriculture Tuesday, April 28, 2015 in Benton, Missouri.

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