The Annual Fall Fair is happening at Farmamerica on September 12-13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The two-day event combines a variety of unique agricultural demonstrations with a bit of fun for the whole family. All this for $1!
Saturday starts off with a tractor pull featuring classes ranging from antique to pro-stock. Then the wagon train arrives around noon for lunch.
Sunday features the Mankato Baltics taking on the Red Socks in the gentleman’s 1860 baseball tradition, dressed for the part and playing without gloves. The day starts with a church service at 11 a.m.
Both days are loaded with demonstrations. The antique farm equipment will be running, harvesting corn, threshing oats, baling straw, working the ground, pressing apples and combining flax. The latest equipment will also be on hand to show off how technology has helped farming evolve from survival to a market economy. Wool spinners from the Twilight Treadlers and quilters from the Stitchers in Time Quilt Guild will be plying their trade, no pun intended. Vincent the gypsy horse will be on hand.
Ride the trams around the farm. You’ll be able to visit corn and soybean variety and research plots. The 1930 and 1850 farmsteads have modern and rustic breeds of pigs, baby bulls (oxen in waiting), horses, chickens, geese and sheep.
Artisans from long ago will be on hand in Peddlers’ Grove making and selling goods of the 1800s. They will also let you join in black power shooting, hatchet throwing, archery, and a host of craft demonstrations.
Good food and drinks will also be available and special treats cooked on site.
“The fair combines a real farm experience with a bit of fun. Where else can you find all this for a buck?” commented Roger Steinkamp, the new executive director.
Farmamerica got its mandate in 1978, and has been giving people the opportunity to experience agriculture as it was and is. It is a great place to come with the family to just enjoy the farm, learn and dream.
Farmamerica is located approximately 4 miles west of Waseca, Minnesota on County Rd 2, or a mile south of Hwy 14 on Co Rd 17. Address: 7367 360th Ave, Waseca, MN.
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