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Steam and Gas Show
- Sept 26-28, 2008 The Way We Were
Photo by Catherine Stortz Ripley, C-T The Livingston County Fairgrounds were filled with the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of life in the country many years ago during the 22nd annual Old Time Harvest Days. The three-day event, which ended Sunday, was sponsored by the Livingston County Steam & Gas Association whose motto is “Preserving the Past for the Future.” The featured tractor of the this year’s Harvest Days was the Ford. There was also a large display of Sears and David Bradley large garden tractors. Harvest Days concluded with the antique and classic tractor pull on Sunday. Throughout the fairgrounds were a number of demonstrations including water well drilling and oats threshing. The old-time water well drill was powered by a single horse walking in circles as the equipment drills down. The drill was in operation Friday and Saturday until it hit rock about 15 to 16 feet below the ground’s surface. Through water witching (using a divining rod), it was believed that water was around 27 feet down. The threshing machine is owned by Larry and Mary Grothe. Association President John Meneely said the annual steam and gas association event — which was only the second one at the new fairgrounds — was successful with ideal weather conditions as well as a good number of vendors and exhibitors.
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CAPTION: The featured tractor of
this year’s Harvest Days was the Ford. There was also a large display of Sears and David Bradley large garden tractors. Harvest Days concluded with the antique and classic tractor pull on Sunday.
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The old-time water well drill was powered by a single horse walking in circles as the equipment drills down. The drill was in operation Friday and Saturday until it hit rock about 15-16 feet below the ground's surface. Through water witching (using a divining rod), it was believed that water was around 27 feet down.
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The Livingston County Fairgrounds were filled with the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of life in the country many years ago during the 22nd annual Old Time Harvest Days. The threshing machine is owned by Larry and Mary
Grothe.
