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Special Exhibit in Taos Focuses on Early Farm Implements
Artifacts from the very earliest years of European-style agriculture in North America will be on display as part of the "Historic Woodworking in New Mexico" show sponsored by Kit Carson Historic Museums in Taos Oct. 1-Nov. 10.
Northern New Mexico was settled in the late 16th century, and metal implements were in short supply there for centuries. The upcoming show includes plows made from narrow blades of iron lashed with rawhide to wooden frames. Curator Skip Miller said the show will include hames, yokes, lots of hand tools, plows and other agricultural objects. Some of the objects displayed date to the 1680s.
The site for the show is in the historic Martinez Hacienda, a fortress-like frontier estate established during the first decade of the 1800s.
Other objects scheduled for display include handmade saddle trees for horses and burros, wooden panniers with hide covers for carrying grain, and inventive handmade implements, like a cultivator created from a heavy log from which 10-penny nails stick out like spines.
For more information, contact Skip Miller, curator, (505) 758-0505.
Placed End-to-End, 11 Tons of Watermelon Would Reach To...
If you like watermelon, and you like old tractors, then there's no where else to be on Aug. 7 than DeLeon, Texas, home of DeLeon's "Golden Saturday."
The event features a happy, if juicy, combination of 11 tons of ice cold watermelon and more than 50 vintage tractors. It is the grand finale of the 85th annual, week-long Peach and Melon Festival.
The tractor show and swap meet are open to every make of tractor.
"There'll be vintage Cases, Internationals, John Deere's, Massey Fergusons," says Show Chairman Thomas Ray Keith. 'The tractors will range from metal to rubber wheels, 2-cylinder to 4-cylinder, gas to diesel engines, and of course, all colors."