When I was growing up, country life revolved around county and state fairs.
Not only were there 4-H and open class exhibits of livestock, crops and hobbies, but also the fair was where you went to see the latest farm equipment and products.
You could walk from one exhibit to another, comparing tractors, chain saws, lawn mowers and countless other tools of the good life.
Increasingly fairs, county and stateFarm Machines, are more about entertainment than agriculture.
The Minnesota State Fair maintains the livestock show where I exhibited my Ayrshire heifer 40 years ago. However, the major agricultural suppliers have long since pulled out of Machinery Hill, not that there aren’t still many interesting exhibits to visit.
The real action for agricultural window-shopping has become the regional and national farm shows.
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Not only were there 4-H and open class exhibits of livestock, crops and hobbies, but also the fair was where you went to see the latest farm equipment and products.
You could walk from one exhibit to another, comparing tractors, chain saws, lawn mowers and countless other tools of the good life.
Increasingly fairs, county and stateFarm Machines, are more about entertainment than agriculture.
The Minnesota State Fair maintains the livestock show where I exhibited my Ayrshire heifer 40 years ago. However, the major agricultural suppliers have long since pulled out of Machinery Hill, not that there aren’t still many interesting exhibits to visit.
The real action for agricultural window-shopping has become the regional and national farm shows.
Alligator boots
Diamond Studs
Read More
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