In a line, tractor after tractor plodded up and down the field turning the dirt over.
They were plowing a field near Ireland on Harris Farms for the fifth annual Plow Day; a day created to teach young farmers about plowing, a practice that has been replaced by modern farming techniques.
So, for about 3 hours, about 40 tractors and hundreds of farmers showed up at Harris Farms and took turns plowing about 80 acres.
While farmers took turns plowing and showing off their different tractors, food was served in a barn. The sales of which raised money for Ireland’s 200th Anniversary celebration planned for next year.
Olivia Durcholz, 12, Huntingburg, operated one of about 40 tractors that converged on Harris Farms (Burger Farms) in Ireland for the annual Plow Day. Plow Day was created about five years ago to teach youg farmers how to plow the fields. Modern methods of farming no longer utilize plowing to turn the field over.The tractors plowed a line and then turned to head the opposite direction turning the field over in lines.The tractors plowed a line and then turned to head the opposite direction turning the field over in lines.The tractors and farmers mainly came from Dubois County and the surrounding area but the farthest came from Bonnie, Ill.Mike Renner took instruction from Linus Hagedorn of Celestine on how to operate the horse drawn plow. Horses Charlie and Dale pulled the plow.Jacob Durcholz and Andy Schwenk operate a tandem Andy created from two 1930s era John Deere tractors.
