VAN WERT, OH (WLIO) - Farmers from around the region gathered in Van Wert to show off both modern and historical tractors.
Over 150 tractors are on display at the 48th annual Old Fashioned Farmers Days, some of them close to 100 years old. The weekend also includes a flea market, food vendors, live music, and plenty of events like thresher demonstrations and tractor pulls throughout each day. The event is a great way to celebrate agricultural heritage and teach people how far the industry has come in the last few decades.
"My grandpa, if he had seen it, he would think, 'Are you guys nuts?' Because he was used to working with horses, and when they got the first tractor, 'Oh, I don't know if I want a tractor on the farm.' But that's kind of what it's all about," said Dwight Sheets, the president of the Old Fashioned Farmers Association.
Farmers Days wraps up Saturday with the following events:
9am: Dirt Street Garden Tractor Pulls
10am:
- Animal Land
- Flea Market and Vendors open
- Sheriff's Dept. K-9 demonstration
- National Kiddie Tractor Pull
- Threshing Demonstrations
11am: Soup Beans
12pm: Antique Tractor Pull
1pm: Concert - The Breaks
2pm: Kiddie Pedal Tractor Pull
5pm:
- Threshing Demonstrations
- Concert - Sonny Chorvas
8pm: Flea Market and Vendors close
