Activities

FARM  FESTIVAL  EVENT  HOURS

EXHIBITS  OPEN  FROM  8:30AM – 8:00PM  ON  TUESDAY,

AND FROM

  8:30AM – 7:00PM  ON  WEDNESDAY

 

 

 

Farm Festival

Kid’s Pedal Pull

Sign-up is 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday

event is 6:00 p.m. Wednesday

 

  • Awards given by Farm Credit Services 
  • The Young Farmers Association and the FFA will help with this event

Weight Classes

  • Up to 40 pounds
  • 41 – 55 pounds
  • 56 – 70 pounds
Radio Remotes Both Days

  • WERK 104.9 – Radio

  • WLBC 104.1 – Radio

  • WMUN 92.5 – Talk of the Town Radio

Indiana State Police

8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. both days

Commercial and Informational Exhibits

  • Many booths for your viewing pleasure

HEARTLAND HALL

  • Auction- Sponsored By  GADDIS CHRYSLER -Tuesday, starting at 6:00 p.m. Bid on your favorite items.
  • These items have been donated from area businesses and our farming community.
  • All Meals will be served in Heartland Hall.  (Look under the Food Tab for more information)

COMMUNITY BUILDING

Again This Year……

This year we will be having an inflatable corn maze for the kids to test their skills in.

This is being brought to us by A-1 For Fun (Bob Walsh). 

 

Cracklin’s

  • Unfortunately, we will NOT be having cracklin’s this year, due to the supply of pork fat needed to make them.

Kettle Corn

  • Good old-fashioned kettle corn popped to perfection over an open flame
  • Will have tasting samples and kettle corn can be purchased for $1.00 per bag

Farm Animals

  • Cows will be available for milking.
  • This year we will be having:
    • Sheep with their lambs
    • Many types of chickens
    • Goats
    • Rabbits
    • A Donkey
    • Miniature Longhorn
    • Young Calves
    • Pigs

Horses

  • Different kinds of horses ranging from quarter horses to miniature horses

Sheep Shearing

  • Performed by Gary Willcox from Wabash, IN.    Assisted by Becky Daughtery & FFA Members
  • Gary will be shearing during the day, and 1 or 2 sheep during the evening hours both days

Farming Implements

  • You can see the difference between the size of the implements and the time it takes to farm, from the “old days” to now
  • Large Farm Implements
  • Antique Horse-Drawn Farm Implements

Other Interests

  • There will be a variety of antique tractors, tools and machinery.
  • There will be an old-fashioned “outhouse” and a “pitcher pump”