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Our 153rd FAIR, will be JULY 18-22, 201 |
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Grandpa’s Farm & Pleasant Hill |
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Franklin County Fair P.O. Box 442 1008 Central Ave. West Hampton, IA 50441 Phone 641-456-2049 |
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Grandpa’s Farm has old time farming demonstrations with vintage equipment powered by draft horses, steam engines, and antique tractors. Demonstrations include threshing with hand fed wooden thresher powered by 7 teams on circular horse power , plowing, including an eight bottom gang plow,, corn shelling, milling, binding, saw mill, rock crusher, potato harvest, etc. |
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Pleasant Hill is an early 1900’s town built on the fairgrounds. There are demonstrations, craftsmen, entertainment, and reenactments. The Franklin County Historical Museum is on the fairgrounds and open daily during the fair. There is also an extensive display of antique machinery. |
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Grandpa’s Farm Sponsors Farm Credit Services Sukup Manufacturing Garst Seeds Franklin Grassland Seeds Fahrmann Heating & Plumbing Twin State/Liquid Grow Dupont Ag Pioneer Seeds AgVantage FS FC Farmers Elevator Dekalb Seeds BASF Latham Seeds Fierce Syngenta |
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Pleasant Hill Sponsors |
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First National Bank Rick’s Pharmacy Prairieland Cooperative Hampton JayCee’s Adams Concrete Jasperson Insurance |
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Sensor and Wagner Family Dentistry Staley Real estate First Security Bank Koenen-Collins Chiropractic Clinic Sukup Mfg. Giddings Signs Hampton Hardware
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Principal Builders Hampton Heating Mort’s Inc. John and Joy Lyman
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Grandpa’s Farm and Pleasant Hill are free attractions at the Fair. Pleasant Hill is open daily and Grandpa’s Farm operates daily, weather permitting
GRANDPA’S TRACTOR CRUISE sponsored by GARST SEEDS, Weds. July 18
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DRAFT HORSE PULL BY IOWA DRAFT HORSE PULLERS OVERLOAD PULL SATURDAY, 1 P.M., weigh in 12:30 p.m.
ANTIQUE TRACTOR PULL, Sun., 11 a.m., weigh in 10 - 11 a.m. Sponsored by LG Seeds Must be 1975 or older model tractors - Weight limits 3,500 - 10,500 pounds No super farm stock, just hot rod tractors and tractors from the field Will be a local pick up class
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