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
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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).