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Old-Fashioned Harvest Days to feature demos, displays, history and more in Madrid this weekend

Posted 9/1/23

MADRID -- The St. Lawrence Power & Equipment Museum will host the Old Fashioned Harvest Days Sept. 2 and 3. The museum, located at 1755 NYS Hwy. 345, preserves and teaches the history of how …

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Old-Fashioned Harvest Days to feature demos, displays, history and more in Madrid this weekend

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MADRID -- The St. Lawrence Power & Equipment Museum will host the Old Fashioned Harvest Days Sept. 2 and 3.

The museum, located at 1755 NYS Hwy. 345, preserves and teaches the history of how North Country of New York people lived and how earlier technologies and events helped shape their lives.

History comes alive through demonstrations, interpretive displays, living history, and collections among historical and exhibit buildings.

The Old Fashioned Harvest Days event keeps to this mission, providing demonstrations on blacksmithing, corn harvesting, sawmill operations, and other recreations.

In addition to the demonstrations, there will be an antique car show, a vendor fair, a tractor pull, a horse pull, live music by Larry Holly, and more!

Great food will also be available. Breakfast will be served each morning, and snacks will be available all day.

On Saturday, there will be a Lasagna Dinner, and starting at noon on Sunday, a Chicken BBQ will be served while supplies last.

Admission fee is $5 per person, cash only, and children under age 12 are free.

The complete schedule of events follows:

Saturday

Starting at 7:30 – Breakfast in the Main Pavilion

All Day – All Museum Buildings Open to the public

All Day – Live Demonstrations in the Blacksmith Shop

All Day – Attic Treasures Sale

All Day – Live Animals in the Barn near the Farm House

9:00 - 5:00 – Vendors in front of Main Pavilion

9:00 - 5:00 – Antique Car Show

9:30-11:30 – Saw and Shingle Mill Operating

9:30 – Light Draft Horse Weigh In

10:00 – Corn Harvesting Demonstrations by Carriage Barn

10:30 – Light Draft Horse Pulls in Equine Pavilion

11:00 – Antique Tractor Parade

1:00 – Horse Pulls in the Equine Pavilion

1:00 – Kids’ Pedal Tractor Races in the Tractor Barn

2:00 – Old Iron Auction located behind Attic Treasures

1:30 - 3:30 – Saw and Shingle Mill Operating

3:00 – Corn Harvesting Demonstrations by Carriage Barn

4:30 – Lasagna Dinner in the Main Pavilion

6:00-8:00 – Live Music in the Tractor Barn by Larry Holly, ($3 per person or $5 a couple; Refreshments and snacks available to purchase)

Sunday

Starting at 7:30 – Breakfast in the Main Pavilion

All Day – All Museum Buildings Open to the public

All Day – Live Demonstrations in the Blacksmith Shop

All Day – Attic Treasures Sale

All Day – Live Animals in the Barn near the Farm House

9:00-5:00 – Vendors in front of Main Pavilion

9:00 - 5:00 – Antique Car Show

9:00 – Church in the Nevin Church

9:30-11:30 – Saw and Shingle Mill Operating

10:00 – Corn Harvesting Demonstrations by Carriage Barn

10:00-5:00 – Antique Tractor Pulls - Weather Permitting

11:00 – Antique Tractor Parade

11:00 – Womens’ Skillet Toss - Equine Pavilion

12:00 until gone – Chicken BBQ Dinner

1:00 – Kids’ Pedal Tractor Pulls in the Tractor Barn

1:30 - 3:30 – Saw and Shingle Mill Operating

3:00 – Corn Harvesting Demonstrations by Carriage Barn

Raffles, Merchandise

Don’t forget to enter a raffle or purchase St. Lawrence Power & Equipment merchandise while attending the Old Fashion Harvest Days.

A 50/50 raffle will be conducted each day, with selling ending at 2 p.m. Drawings will take place at 2:30 Saturday and Sunday.

You do NOT have to be present to win.

A Bob Moulton quilt raffle will take place.

Tickets will be for sale in the Fiber Arts building and at the Information Desk.

Power & Equipment Museum merchandise will be on sale, located in the Attic Treasures Tent

An ATM is located near the bathrooms.