Fall Harvest Days At The Carroll County Farm Museum WESTMINSTER, Md. Fall Harvest Days will be celebrated at the Carroll County Farm Mu seum in Westminster, Maryland, on Saturday, Oct. 7, and Sunday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day. Fall Harvest Days offers a va riety of traditional activities. Those visiting the Farm Museum can enjoy some fun time by stuf fing a life-size scarecrow. Clothes, straw, eyes, nose, and a mouth are all provided to com plete a unique specimen at a cost of $B.OO. Enjoy an old-fashioned wagon ride pulled by mules ($1) or hop on the hay wagon pulled by a tractor (50 cents). Continuous on-stage enter tainment will include folk, coun try, bluegrass, and country west ern. A milk mustache contest will held on the stage at 2 p.m. on Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sun day. Be sure to attend and sup port your favorite contestant. A puppet show will be held on Sat urday in the Reception Barn at 2:30 p.m. The admission cost of 50 cents includes popcorn and soda. A checkers tournament will be held on the east end of the Farmhouse porch beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday and 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. Fresh butchered meats, home made breads, fruits and vege tables will be for sale. Apple but ter will be stirred in the large old copper pots, jarred, and sold on the spot. Twenty-five food stands will tempt appetites with chicken platters, pit beef sandwiches, country sausage sandwiches, steak sandwiches, baked pota toes, pizza, french fries and hearty soups. Fall dessert include apple dumplings, homemade cakes, candy, pies, and ice cream. seekers will have the opportunity to stop mid shop at any of die craft J.VS* HEALTHY YOUTH Mg Demonstrations by Passport Farms, and the 4-H Blue Ribbon Riders and Top Notch Riders early Saturday afternoon SATURDAY: * Antique Auto Show • Jeff Umbehauer Trio • Country Western Dancers • “After Hours” SUNDAY: • Carriage & Wagon Show Pleasure Drive • Horse & Wagon Obstacle Course • PACerman Dialect Program • Horse Pulling/Plowing Exhibitions ’’ ' t . BOTH DAYS: • Home craft demonstrations • Arts & Craft . > displays • Special programs and walking tours • Children's games stands. Grafters will be offering wood carvings, ceramics, hand made furniture, hand-wrought ironworks, quilts, jewelry, pot tery, oil paintings, tin punch work, and much, much more. The General Store, adjacent to the Farmhouse, has been stocked frill of old-fashioned candies, handmade brooms, souvenirs, and lots more goodies. The historic Farmhouse will be open for tours. Visitors will be re ceived from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. There will be no extra charge to tour the Farmhouse. Displays in the Farmhouse include a special exhibit featuring a potpourri of family treasures from the private collection of Christine Clark. Items on exhibit include depres sion glassware, kitchen utensils, lace and embroidery pieces, jew elry and more. A display of pie pans featuring advertising logos, circa 1920-1950, will be featured in the Bowfront China Closet lo cated in the dining room. The Living History Center will be filled with artisans demonstrat ing old-timey skills. Eighteen hundreds artisans include a blacksmith, a broom maker, quitters, a spinner and others. Visit the Veterinary Surgeon’s Office and talk with the vet on duty for the day. Farm animals are located in the pasture area. Farm animals are for viewing only and not for petting or feed ing. The Mason/Dixon Historical Society will demonstrate shingle sawing and threshing with old time steam engines. Fall Harvest Days is co-spon sored by the Carroll County Farm Museum, WPOC Radio FM 93.1, and Bohn Pontiac. The next event to be featured at the Carroll County Farm Mu seum will be the Holiday Visit, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, ' Dec. 1,2 and 3, and 8, 9 aqfi 10. Hours on Fridays are 10 a.m.-4 pan., Saturdays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The Carroll County Farm Mu seum is located at 500 South Center Street in Westminster, Maryland and is approximately (Continued from Page B 6) JERK CHICKEN 1 cup vegetable oil 2 small onions, coarsely chop ped 3 scallions, coarsely chopped 2 green peppers 1 tablespoon grated ginger 2 tablespoons coarsely chop ped garlic 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 tablespoon brown sugar 'A teaspoon ground cinnamon 'A teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg l A teaspoon ground cloves Vh teaspoons ground allspice Vi teaspoon salt 'A teaspoon freshly ground pepper 2 teaspoons lime juice 2 tablespoons rum 1 tablespoon tamarind concen trate 2 whole chickens, each 3 to 4 pounds 4 tablespoons olive oil Add marinade ingredients to food processor and puree until Delmarva Celebrates National Chicken Month GEORGETOWN, Del. Sep tember is National Chicken Month the perfect time to enjoy a late summer chicken cookout or a family chicken din ner featuring any favorite chick en dish. Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI) President Bill Massey notes that National Chicken Month is also a time to remind consumers that the Delmarva Peninsula is a leader in supply ing wholesome, nutritious, af fordable chicken to consumers throughout the United States and around the world. Addition- I VI NEED YOUR FARM BUILDINGS PAINTED? Let us give you a price! Write: Daniel’s Painting 637-A Georgetown Rd. Ronks, PA 17572 (or leave message) (717) 687-8262 Spray on and Brush in Painting x &9* PM. Heritage 174-8839 f form. 183 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30, 2000-B7 45 minutes from Baltimore, 90 minutes from Washington D.C., two hours from Philadelphia, 40 minutes from Gettysburg, and one hour from Annapolis. Alco- Chicken Dishes almost smooth. Pierce chicken with tip of knife to make tiny holes. 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