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Tractors work while melons fly

LeeAnne Bulman For Agri-View
Nov 2, 2021
Nov 2, 2021

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A little boy tries out the seat on Mike Ramsey's 1930 John Deere GP.

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The Pumpkin Cannon shoots melons and the occasional bowling ball. It was built by Rick Reuter and John Sendelbach.

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The Waumandee Lions Club in western Wisconsin sponsors an annual plow day.

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Vintage cars are displayed at the Waumandee Plow Day, including a 1950 Ford.

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Harmonia Hall park is the site of the annual Waumandee Plow Day. It was originally used for reading and singing groups of Swiss immigrants.

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Kids at the Plow Day have their own entertainment with a barrel train that traverses the grounds.

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Rick Helwig, left, discusses farming and tractors with another plow-day attendee.

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Many plows make light work on the Maynard and MaryLou Pronschinske farm south of Waumandee, Wisconsin.

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Chuck Helwig demonstrates his 1973 International 574; it was one of the newer tractors in the field at Plow Day.

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Cody Pattison demonstrates one of the smaller tractors of the day, a 1948 Allis G.

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A four-bottom semi-mounted John Deere plow follows behind a John Deere 730.

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A Ford 3000 and an old spoked Deere parallel each other in the field.

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A 1938 John Deere A makes its way across the field.

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A plow is adjusted while on the go behind a Farmall.

A Ferguson tractor's colors contrast nicely with the black dirt of the Waumandee Valley.

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An IH Cub and 730 John Deere contrast with a 140 Deere lawn tractor driven by Charles Larson of Pigeon Falls, Wisconsin.

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Bert Schaffner drives home with his wife, Ruth, in his perfectly restored 1929 Buick.

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LeeAnne Bulman For Agri-View

WAUMANDEE, Wis. – Plowing is becoming a lost art, but it’s still one township’s way of bringing farmers together for a fall gathering. The Harmonia Park in Waumandee, at the center of Buffalo County in western Wisconsin, has an annual gathering hosted by the local Lion’s Club. It celebrates the good old days of plowing the black dirt.

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LeeAnne Bulman writes about agriculture from her farm overlooking the beautiful Danuser Valley on Wisconsin’s west coast. When not writing she helps her husband on their small grain and beef farm. Email genwim2@gmail.com to reach her.