ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Farming Staff SCHUYLKILL HAVEN (Schuylkill Co.) Hundreds of visitors to this week’s Schuykill County Fair had a chance to see actual, old-time working farm machinery here as part of the dedi cation of the Schuylkill County Ag Museum. Dedication ceremonies for the new museum were Monday even ing. As part of the day’s dedication activities, museum committee members and friends turned the crank of an old one-hole com . , . _ ceremonies for the new museum were Monday evening. As part of the tray s dedication activities, museum committee members and friends turned the crank of an old one-hole com shelter at the fairgrounds. Schuylkill County Opens Ag Museum shelter at the fairgrounds. Tractor pull events were also staged for the week-long celebra tion coinciding with the fair, which runs through Saturday evening. In an interview with Lancaster Farming, co-director of the museum. Curt Luckenbill, said that the museum was built as a showcase to have people “see the ways things were done years ago,' ’ prior to the 19505. The museum, which has a lot of room for addi tional antique and antiquated equipment, measures 44 feet by 120 feet, for a total 0f5,280 square feet. Inside, some of the equipment featured includes a 1915 Osborne grain binder from Lebanon Coun ty. a 1922 Ellis-Keystone thresh ing machine, and an early 1920 s Buch roughage cutter, according to Luckenbill. Along with co-director Harold Bcrkhciser, Luckcnbill manages the equipment, and there is still “plenty of room for more” to showcase fanning technology before 1950, said LuckenbUl. Lancaster Fuming, Saturday, August 12, 1995-A2l flv 1.100-pound modified stock class at the fairgrounds. Eventually, Luckenbill said the plans are to feature tillage, plant ing. and harvesting equipment, in addition to blacksmithing tools, butcher shop equipment, kitchen, and other items. The museum will showcase food production from start to finish, he indicated. The museum is open free to the public until the end of the fair on Saturday evening, Aug. 12. Luckenbill said that as of press time, several hundred people had toured the building. The building ivur.seiJL. trade on rent through the PHONX; it 717-9M4047 PAX 717-7SMON Mob.. Two.. Wad.. PH. • AM to > PM; Than. 7 AM to • PM will be open by appointment the rest of the year. Also, the museum will be open during the county Fall Festival, scheduled Oct. 14-15 at die fair grounds. In additional, antique tractors, including an antique trac tor pull, will be featured. For more information about the museum, contact Curt Luckenbill at 324 Schuylkill Mountain Rd., Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972. (717) 739-4554 (home) or (717) 754-FAIR (at the fairgrounds).
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