Springfest to be held at Pioneer Farm
PLATTEVILLE- A strange phenomena will be taking place at the Pioneer Prairie Farm on Tuesday, April 27. The cows will still be milked, but it will be by hand. The students who milk them will still be in overalls, but some of them will also be wearing dresses. And not just your run of the mill, old-fashioned chore dress either. The dresses will be filled with sparkles and sequins and glitter and the barnyard will be reminiscent of a high school prom. The students wearing the dresses (and the ones wearing the overalls) will have a time limit to milk the cows and the team with the most milk when the timer runs out will be declared the winners. That s not even the strangest part of the contest. The most shocking part, the dresses will be worn by the men. But to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville agriculture students, it's all part of Springfest and a little thing they like to call the Milk Maid contest.
Starting at 4 p.m. the UW-Platteville Agriculture Student Council will be sponsoring Springfest on the Pioneer Farm. Springfest is an annual event where the School of Agriculture clubs compete against each other, not only in the Milk Maid contest, but in other events such as: hay bale throwing, tug-o-war, the egg toss, milk chug and ag Olympics. After the contests, the winning club will be presented with a prize and there will be a cookout for all the participants.
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