Wednesday, September 12, 2001
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Wednesday, September 12, 2001 |
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Visitors get an old-fashioned good time at Inman Farm Heritage Days
By MICHAEL
BOYLAN
For the past four years the farm of Rick and Joanne Minter has been the site of Inman Farm Heritage Days. The festival, now entering its fifth year, features antique tractors and engines, arts and crafts exhbitors and more. The festival returns this Friday and admission, as always, is free. The public is invited to bring tractors or antique engines to the event as visitors can learn all about the machines and equipment of the farm heritage. At Inman Farm Heritage Days one can learn about blacksmithing, hay baling, wheat threshing, how a grist mill works or how a cotton gin is used. Also on the farm is a restored 19th century log cabin, which gives vistors a sneak peek into the past. The tractor is the main attraction at Inman Farm Heritage Days, though, and whatever your favorite brand is, you are sure to see one in the tractor parade. In additoon to the major brands, such as John Deere, Ford, Allis-Chalmers and Massey Ferguson, there will be a 1917 Aultman-Taylor steam traction engine. The Aultman-Taylor weighs 20,000 pounds and looks and sounds like a steam engine as it circles the parade route with black smoke emanating and the whistle blowing. Visitors to Inman Farm Heritage Days will get a special treat this year as the festival is the host for this year's Red Power Roundup. Guests from all over the Southeast are exhibitng their collections of International Harvester and Farmall tractors. The show grounds are open daily from 9 a.m. until dark. There will be music, festival food, tractor activities and exhibits running for the entire weekend. Sunday's activities begin with an outdoor church service from Inman Methodist Church at 8:30 a.m. Inman Farm Heritage Days is five miles south of Fayetteville, off Ga. Highway 92 on Hill's Bridge Road. Phone Rick or Joanne Minter at 770-461-2840 or visit www.InmanFarm.com.
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