FARMERSVILLE, Ill. — Adam Waldek of Farmersville and the Lincolnwood FFA hosted the annual FFA Heritage Days on Oct. 13. The day dawned with a bit of spitting rain and eventually was rained out, but growers were still able to bring out their antique equipment to turn the soil.

For farmers – many of whom had just finished working their fields – the plow day was a great time to get together and play in the dirt. The pressure was off and everyone who attended enjoyed working the ground.

Bud Redeford of Glenarm, Ill. finished working in his fields just days before this event.

He came armed with his John Deere R, which seemed to glide through the soil. This collector is dedicated to the green brand and enjoyed working the ground with the other tractor drivers.

Dean Van Winkle of Virden, Ill., like Redeford, had just finished assisting in the fields and could reminisce about the old machinery and the days of picking ear corn.

This retired airplane engineer is working on building a plane on his farm, and enjoys any opportunity to watch machinery at work. The plow day offered corn picking and shelling, plowing, hand corn shelling, a hay trolley and, of course, food. The Waldek family and their friends had been up since dawn making apple butter and setting up for this annual event.

The Lincolnwood FFA had a stand where they sold hot dogs and other items to raise money for their chapter. Waldek, a senior at Lincolnwood, used the day as his FFA project.