ROCHESTER, Ind. — The search is on for Oliver tractors of the triple-digit series: Organizers of this year’s Fulton County Historical Power and Tractor Show want 33 of the vintage tractors on display when the June 15-17 event opens.

Actually, any model Oliver tractor, or any other make, is welcome. The triple-digit, however, is the model of choice.

The show, its 10th annual event, will be at the Fulton County Historical Society, located four miles north of Rochester on U.S. Highway 31. Hours are 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults (age 12 and over.) No admission is charged for children under 11. The grounds are handicapped-accessible; free parking and tram rides are available.

On display will be antique tractors, lawn tractors, hit-and-miss engines, farm equipment and antique trucks. Toy vendors will be on-site with new and old farm toys, Matchbox toys and handcrafted farm-related items.

Activities include a parade of trucks and tractors each day at 11 a.m., tractor games and games for kids, including pedal tractor pull and money in the straw. An antique tractor pull featuring both light- and heavyweight tractors will begin at 5 p.m. Friday, followed by a miniature horse pull at 7 p.m.

A powder puff and team tractor pull will be on Saturday, with two tractors pulling one old-fashioned stone boat. The Northern Indiana Horsepullers Assoc. will have its annual pull at 7 p.m. Saturday. The Indiana Garden Tractor pulls will start at 9 a.m. Sunday, followed by a 50-50 pull in which both the driver and tractor have to be 50 or older to participate.

Demonstrations at various times throughout the day will include baling hay, grinding corn, operating burr mills, corn shellers, buzz saws, edgers and a sawmill. Food of every type will be available.

The Oliver Farm Equipment Co. was an American manufacturer in the 20th century. It was formed as a the result of a 1929 merger of four companies: the American Seeding Machine Co. of Richmond, Ind., Oliver Chilled Plow Works of South Bend, Hart-Parr Tractor Co. of Charles City, Iowa, and Nichols and Shepard Co. of Battle Creek, Mich.

On Nov. 1, 1960, the White Motor Corp. of Cleveland, Ohio, purchased the Oliver Farm Equipment Co. Its patents are now owned by AGCO.

Since the death of Charles Crippen, owner of Athens Oliver Sales, his son-in-law, David Hurst, operates the business as Hurst Farm and Truck Service. “I still work on Olivers,” Hurst said.

This year, for the first time, a family farm will be featured as part of the power show. Located at 6765 W. 200 North, it is owned by the Steve Brown family. It formerly belonged to Steve’s parents, Richard and Dorothy Brown, who used Oliver equipment to till their acreage.