Farm Days sees good weather and attendance

By Eve­lyn Long –

Dwight Mur­phy, pres­i­dent of the Mor­row County Antique Trac­tor and Equip­ment Asso­ci­a­tion, was very pleased with Farm Days, held August 3, 4, and 5th at the Mor­row County Fair­grounds. ‘We had very good atten­dance, the demo­li­tion der­bies went well — the demon­stra­tions — the thresh­ing, etc. were well attended.”

The Ham­mer­mill– hay cut­ter was a first for this year, said Mur­phy. Atten­dance on Fri­day and Sat­ur­day nights was espe­cially high. The Sun­day events were affected by the inclement weather, said Mur­phy, but it was bal­anced by the good atten­dance the first two days.

A total of 153 trac­tors were entered in this year’s Farm Days, said Loren Ful­ton, asso­ci­a­tion mem­ber. This count was in line with that of past years.

The Sun­day morn­ing church ser­vice was con­ducted by a band, “In His Name,” whose mem­bers are sev­eral local men led by John Tennant

There were 19 indoor crafters and 27 out­door flea mar­kets and crafters.

In addi­tion there were seven toy show vendors.

Mur­phy said the Asso­ci­a­tion will host the State Massey-Harris Show dur­ing the 2013 Farm Days.

Fol­low­ing are the results from the many con­tests held dur­ing Farm Days:

TRUCK PULLS: 8000 pounds: Com­plete Stock, Diesel and Gas no smoke:

First: Mike Bush, Mor­row County; Sec­ond: Chad Ray, Craw­ford County; Third: Pay­ton Chey, Green­wich; 8000 pounds, Street licensed gas: First: Joey Bran­dum, Mor­row County; sec­ond: Ryan Nida, Mor­row County; third: Dustin Tate, Bucyrus 8000 pounds, Diesel 2.6 Turbo Street Stock: first: James Etgen, Mor­row County; Sec­ond: Cassey Pearce, Mor­row County; third: Don Trout, Cham­pagne County; 6500 pounds, Pro-Stock Gas: first: Zach Bur­nell, Marengo; sec­ond, Jeff Barker, Card­ing­ton; third: Ray Van­horn, Mount Gilead; 8000 pounds; Pro Street 4 x 4 Diesel unlim­ited sin­gle or 3.2 twin: first: James Etgen, Ash­ley; sec­ond: Josh Nash, Mor­row County; third: Matt Pet­ti­grew, Mount Gilead; 8000 pounds, R. W. U. B.: first: Jamie Etgen, Ash­ley; sec­ond and third: Adam Parks, Mount Vernon

SATURDAY ANTIQUE TRACTOR PULL: 3500 pound class: First: Justin Rahall, Bel­lville; sec­ond: Danielle Hornsby, Marengo; third: Dale Crock, Galion; fourth: Ron Brokaw, Bel­lville; 4000 pound class: first: Ron Brokaw, Bel­lville; sec­ond: Wes Weiss, Bel­lville; third: Dale Crock, Galion; fourth: Casey Clay­tor, Cale­do­nia; 4500 pound class: first: Danielle Hornsby, Marengo; sec­ond; Ryan Nie­der­mier, Tiro; third: Ron Brokaw, Bel­lville; fourth: Wes Weiss; 5,000 pound class: first: Terry Keen, Mount Ver­non; sec­ond: Mark Jones, Jeromesville; third: Gail Nie­der­mier, Tiro; fourth: Jeff Mel­lott, But­ler; 5500 pound class: first: Terry Keen, Mount Ver­non; sec­ond: Erin Baugher, Tif­fin; third: Mike Bowles, Jeromesville; fourth: Phil Nie­der­mier, Tiro; 6500 pound class: first: Mark Jones, Jeromesville; sec­ond: Terry Keen, Chester­ville; third: Eric Baugher, Tif­fin; fourth: Gary Hol­brook, John­stown; 7500 pound class: first: Erick Baugher, Tif­fin; sec­ond: Spencer Ship­man, Galion; third: George Hol­brook, John­stown; fourth: Rudy Miller, Mount Gilead; 8500 pound class: first: M ike Met­zger of Sun­bury; sec­ond: Bill Doudna, Galion; third: Dick Poland, Mount Gilead and fourth: Wade Ship­man of Galion

SATURDAY DEMOLITION DERBY: Lawn Mower Derby: First: Don Wal­ter, Fos­to­ria; sec­ond: John Cole, Bucyrus; third: Larry Massey, Bucyrus; Com­bine Derby: first: John Swet­land, Sparta; sec­ond: Luke Swet­land, Sparta; third: Justin Belcher, Sparta

Full Size Truck Derby: first: Shawn Knecht of Nevada; sec­ond: Bran­don Knecht, Bucy– rus; third: Jason Knecht, Bucyrus; Com­pact Truck Derby: First: Tim Hoff­man, Mount Gilead; sec­ond: Michele Knecht, Bucyrus and third: Tyler Furry, Bucyrus

KIDS PEDAL PULL RESULTS — There were 44 kids participating:

First Class: First; Cole Fricke; sec­ond: Bryce Hart­ley; third: William Fidler;

Sec­ond class; first: Mia Fidler, sec­ond: Kelli Lan­don; third: Nathan Krabill

Third Class: first: Gar­rett Fitz­patrick; sec­ond: James Hall; third: Kiley Graham;

Fourth class: first: Tyler Brown; sec­ond: Kristina Wet­zel; third: Seth Carman;

Fifth Class: first: Chan­dler Evans; sec­ond: Alyx Conkright, third: Andrew Schultz.

WOMEN’S SKILLET TOSS: First: Valerie Fraizer; sec­ond: Jonda Axthelm, third: Mary Van Regen­morter; MEN’S WRENCH TOSS: first: Aric Hornsby; sec­ond: Ron Har­ringer; third: Chris Tru­man; SLOW RACE RESULTS: first: Jonda Axthelm; sec­ond: Ron Har­ringer; third: John Pow­ell; fourth: Larry Welch

KID’S COLORING CONTEST: Ages 0–4: Ella Ful­ton, age 3; Ages 5–8: James Hall, age 8; Ages 9–12: Holly Gompf, age 9

The Ford petal Trac­tor raf­fle was won by Glen Green­walt. Win­ner of $75 cash was Carl Webb and the win­ner of the $50 cash was J. Kline.

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