GOESSEL, Kan. — The Wheat Heritage Engine and Threshing Company is holding its annual Threshing Days in Harvey County in Goessel this weekend.
More than 100 exhibitors from a 7-state area display and demonstrate antique equipment related to farming during the past century. Additional demonstrations and ethnic Mennonite food are provided in conjunction with the Mennonite Heritage & Agricultural Museum.
Admission is five dollars at the gate. Children 11 and under get in free.
Goessel, Kansas (population 500) is located on highway K-15, about 12 miles north of Newton and 40 miles north of Wichita.
Below is the event schedule:
Friday, August 4
11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch (WHEAT Hall)
12:00 p.m. Gates open
All Afternoon Sawmill Demonstrations
All Afternoon Pedal Tractor Raffle tickets on sale (WHEAT Building #1)
2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Large Engines Start-up (large engine building)
3:00 p.m. Threshing Demonstrations
3:30 p.m. Field Demonstrations – corn binding/shelling/cutting
7:00 p.m. Mennonite Heritage & Agricultural Museum: Haymakers – acoustic group.
Goessel H.S. Auditorium, Show starts at 7:00. Donations welcome! Concert
benefits the Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum
Saturday, August 5
6:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Breakfast (WHEAT Hall)
All Day Pedal Tractor Raffle tickets on sale (WHEAT Building #1)
All Day Band Organ Rally (South of Uncle Milt’s Shed)
9:30 a.m. Parade on Main St., line up at 9:00 a.m., map at exhibitors booth
10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Uncle Milt’s Shed Children’s Activities
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Low German meal by Menn. Heritage and Ag Museum (Goessel grade school)
10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. BBQ Sandwiches, bierocks, New Year’s Cookies at the Museum Prep School
11:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m. Threshing Demonstrations
11:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m. Field Demonstrations – corn binding/shelling/cutting
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch - WHEAT Hall and other vendors on the grounds
12:30 p.m. Prairie Tractor Start-up (west side of show grounds)
All Afternoon Draft Horse Demonstrations
All Afternoon Sawmill Demonstrations
All Afternoon Blacksmith Demonstrations (sawmill building)
2:00 p.m. (registration at 1 p.m.) Pedal Tractor Pull (Building #1 lean-to, see reverse side)
2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Large Engines Start-up (large engine building)
Sunday, August 6
7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast (WHEAT Hall)
9:30 a.m. Worship Service with meditation by Darryl Claassen and music by Jerry Toews
(WHEAT Hall)
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Special Sunday Dinner (WHEAT Hall)
12:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Uncle Milt’s Shed Children’s Activities
12:30 p.m. Prairie Tractor Start-up (west side of show grounds)
12:30 p.m. Large Engines Start-up (large engine building)
1:00 p.m. Sawmill Demonstrations
1:30 p.m. Threshing Demonstrations
2:00 p.m. Field Demonstrations – corn binding/shelling/cutting, plowing
2:00 p.m. Pedal Tractor Raffle Drawing
For more information, including a map of the exhibit area, go to http://www.wheatco.org/threshing-days.html.
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