Press Release - Tuesday, May 01, 2007
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The modern farmer, 1830s style
PETERSBURG - The latest farming technology (from the 19th century) will be showcased during the Antique Farm Show on Saturday, May 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site near Petersburg.
Spud and Tom Eldridge from Greenview, and other central Illinois farmers who still use horses for farming, will be on hand with their horse teams and antique equipment to demonstrate early plowing, planting and other agricultural work. The fieldwork demonstrations will be held weather permitting.
"A display of historic farming equipment will be set up in a field by the Blacksmith Shop near the entrance to the village," said Lincoln's New Salem's Ed Whitcomb. "This will allow visitors to learn about the latest developments in agriculture from Abraham Lincoln's time to the early 1900s."
The Vintage Ag Association of Menard County will have an antique tractor display in the Visitor Center parking lot. To highlight the importance of food and fiber provided through agriculture, the women of the village will cook in the Rutledge Tavern and volunteers will demonstrate linen preparation, cotton spinning, and quilting.
The Antique Farm Show, which is free and open to the public, is co-sponsored by the New Salem Lincoln League.
Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site, administered by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (www.Illinois-History.gov), is a reconstruction of the 1830s log village where Abraham Lincoln spent six years of his life. It is located about 20 miles northwest of Springfield and two miles south of Petersburg on Route 97, and is open daily for free public tours.
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