Rutgers Agricultural Field Day
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Rutgers Agricultural Field Day is a farm-oriented event held at Rutgers University
's Cook Campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey
on the last Saturday of April. The event includes 4-H animal fairs, farm tours, plant sales, and department-specific exhibits such as the entomology department's cockroach races. The event is also known for BBQs and student parties, at which attendance peaked well over 20,000 people (Green Print, 1994—exact ref needed). It—and the New Jersey Folk Festival
on the adjoining Douglass campus -- still attract over 10,000 people annually. The next Ag Field Day will take place on April 30, 2011, as part of a larger Rutgers Day
celebration.
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
's Cook Campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...
on the last Saturday of April. The event includes 4-H animal fairs, farm tours, plant sales, and department-specific exhibits such as the entomology department's cockroach races. The event is also known for BBQs and student parties, at which attendance peaked well over 20,000 people (Green Print, 1994—exact ref needed). It—and the New Jersey Folk Festival
New Jersey Folk Festival
The New Jersey Folk Festival is an annual folk music and cultural festival held on the Great Lawn of the Eagleton Institute of Politics on the Douglass Campus at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. It is a free, non-profit family event held every year on the last Saturday in April from 10am -...
on the adjoining Douglass campus -- still attract over 10,000 people annually. The next Ag Field Day will take place on April 30, 2011, as part of a larger Rutgers Day
Rutgers Day
Rutgers Day is a day of free events and performances hosted by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The first Rutgers Day took place Saturday, April 25, 2009, from 10 a.m...
celebration.