Tractor Fest Aficionados

Come From Miles Around

Yes, there are 60-some vintage tractors at The Farmers’ Museum annual Tractor Fest today and through 5 p.m. Sunday in Cooperstown, but it isn’t ALL about tractors, as members of the Morris-based Tired Iron Club were proving as their corn-shucking machine entranced  visitors passing along the Village Green.  Making it work were Tired Iron members from around the region, from right, John Leahy, West Oneonta; Dale Williams, Sherrill; Darlene Whitaker, New Lisbon, and Russ Dutcher, Burlington Flats.  Inset, Mike Ainslie, Fly Creek, brought his pal the Grim Reaper and the Reaper’s custom traffic to the event.  A blacksmith demonstration, pedal tractors for kids, tractor-drawn hay-wagon rides and a Doodlebug Club exhibit are among the offerings.  Looked like a good crowd today, but sunny skies are expected tomorrow.  (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)