Autumn on the Farms

With more than 30 activities, rotating throughout the two weekends, visitors will be able to see and experience all aspects of rural life. They will get an up-close look at draft horse demonstrations as at least 10 teams of horses from the Jefferson County Draft Horse Association demonstrate plowing and planting, harnessing, and log skidding. A sawmilling demonstration will feature a Frick steam engine and an edger powered by a McCormick-Deering 1020 tractor.

Other activities will include helping the farmers pull up root vegetables, grating cabbage for sauerkraut, helping to make headcheese, or for brave souls, plucking the poultry or seeing how a hog is processed into many useful products. There's also candle making, quilting, soap making, wool spinning and dyeing, the red-hot blacksmith demonstrations and much more.

Visit www.oldworldwisconsin.org and follow the Calendar and Events link for specifics on the activities, as they change daily.