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Old Fashioned Harvest Days in Madrid to see antique engines, tractor pulls, wagon rides Saturday and Sunday

Posted 8/29/14

MADRID -- The St. Lawrence Power and Equipment Museum’s 24th annual Old Fashioned Harvest Days Exhibition will feature displays of antique engines, plowing and sawmilling demonstrations, horses and …

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Old Fashioned Harvest Days in Madrid to see antique engines, tractor pulls, wagon rides Saturday and Sunday

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MADRID -- The St. Lawrence Power and Equipment Museum’s 24th annual Old Fashioned Harvest Days Exhibition will feature displays of antique engines, plowing and sawmilling demonstrations, horses and more Aug. 30-31.

Gates open at the museum’s farm at 1755 State Highway 345 at 9 a.m. each day. Admission is $5 for anyone 12 years and older. Crafters are welcome (no food), but they must be museum members and have a sales tax certificate.

Among attractions planned include mini and draft horse pulls, tractor pulls, horse and tractor wagon rides, textile demonstrations, a woodcarver, flea market, antique cars, trucks, gas, steam and diesel engines and farm animals.

A variety of food including baked goods and ice cream will be sold all weekend. A spaghetti dinner will be served from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Saturday and a chicken barbeque at noon on Sunday. Breakfast will be available from 7 to 10 a.m. both days.

There will be a Civil War encampment on Saturday as well as a one-room schoolhouse dedication.

Kids can compete in pedal tractor races and pulls. A raffle and silent auction drawing will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday.

On Saturday night from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., there will be live music and dancing with Pure Country.

The complete schedule for Saturday is: corn harvesting, 10 a.m.; antique sawmills operating, 10-11 a.m.; antique auto and truck exhibit, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; miniature horse pull, 11 a.m.; tractor and horse parade, 12:30 p.m.; schoolhouse dedication, 1 p.m.; draft horse pull, 1 p.m.; garden tractor pull, 2 p.m.; antique sawmills operating, 1-2 p.m.; corn chopping, 1-2 p.m.; kids pedal tractor races, 1-2:30 p.m.; spaghetti supper, 4:30-6 p.m. and live music, dancing with Pure Country, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

The schedule for Sunday is as follows: Church in the horse building, 7 a.m.; trustees meeting, open to all, 8-9 a.m.; horse and tractor parade, 9:30 a.m.; antique sawmills operating, 10-11 a.m.; corn harvesting, 10-11 a.m.; antique auto and truck exhibit, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; antique tractor pull, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; BBQ chicken dinner, noon until gone; corn chopping, 1-2 p.m.; antique sawmills operating, 1-2 p.m.; kids pedal tractor pull, 1-2:30 p.m.; raffle, silent auction drawings, 2 p.m.

For more information or a schedule of events, call 344-7470, email info@slcpowermuseum.com, or visit www.slpowermuseum.com.