Farm City Day schedule
After a three-year hiatus, Fayette County is reviving Farm City Day. This year the event will be held from noon to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 at the Allen Hill Dairy on Route 51 in Smock.
Farm City Day, first held in 1988, is held “in hopes that it will bring together rural and urban residents to help each gain a better understanding of agriculture and its role in the community,’ according to the Farm City Day committee.
Farm City Day is open free to the public. A concession stand will be available, sponsored by the Fayette County Cattlemen.
Events will include continuous walking and wagon tours of the host farm; soil conservation practices, crop talk, and a history of the Allen Hill Farm.
There will also be a pedal tractor contest for children ages five through 12 at 2 p.m. Pre-registration will be held at 1:30 p.m.
An ice cream eating contest is another popular feature and will be held for children age six through 12 at 1:30 p.m. and age 13 through 18 at 3:30 p.m.
Milking demonstrations will be held at 1 p.m.
Other events will be agriculture exhibits, antique tool display, Safety Sam Robot, Woodlands Petting Zoo, machinery displays, face painting and sheep shearing demonstrations.
Event sponsors are the Fayette County Farm Bureau, Fayette County Conservation District, Albert Ferens, Fayette County Cattlemen, Western Flour, Angelo Equipment, Jackson’s Dairy, William Rittenhouse Agency, Cairns Agway, Robert Constantine, AgChoice Farm Credit, Agway Crop Service, Davies Ford and Fike’s Dairy.