By ANN ALLEN
Indiana Correspondent

ROCHESTER, Ind. — Despite struggles with a wet spring and delayed planting, the Fulton County Historical Power Assoc. is gearing up for its 7th annual show, set for June 19-21 at the Fulton County Historical Society grounds north of Rochester on U.S. 31.

This year’s featured tractor is Ford/Fordson. The featured agri-business is New Holland Rochester, owned by Jim Straeter, a Fulton County entrepreneur who also has dealerships in Logansport, Rossville and Bluffton and sells wind power equipment at his Rochester outlet.

This year’s show offers a bit of something for everyone – a kids’ pedal tractor pull, a ladies’ powder puff pull and skillet toss, bluegrass music, toy show, hay baling with New Holland equipment, cutting logs by using steam power, horse and tractor pulls, a garden tractor pull and a trading post featuring equipment, parts and farm-related items.

An all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet including biscuits and sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, hash browns, fruit and a drink will be offered daily. The lunch menu offers sub sandwiches and homemade pie. Both meals will be served in the museum meeting room, and meals are served between 7 a.m.-2 p.m.

From 9 a.m.-5 p.m., the Museum and Living History Village will open. Also, food vendors, a flea market, and toy and craft vendors are available. The toy show hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday in the Richland Center room at the north end of museum.

Displays in the Center Field Tent will honor New Holland Rochester, Jim Straeter and the featured Ford/Fordson, New Holland equipment, and hit-n-miss engines. Raffle tickets are available on a Ford 9N Pedal tractor and other prizes. The drawing is set for noon on Sunday. A silent auction on 1/16-scale Ford tractors, and other miscellaneous items are scheduled. Winners will be announced at 9 a.m., Sunday.

The day-by-day schedule, subject to change, includes:

Friday
9 a.m. - Opening ceremony
10 a.m. - Sawmill and field demonstration (threshing and baling), south end powered by steam engines
10 a.m. - Ladies skillet toss
11 a.m. - Parade, starting at south end
Noon to 1 p.m. - Lunch
1–6 p.m. - Trading Post open in upper level of Round Barn – bring farm-related items to be sold on consignment with a percentage going to FCHPA.
1 p.m. - Team tractor pull
2 p.m. - Pitcher pump contest
3 p.m. - Tractor or garden tractor games
4 p.m. - Sawmill and field demonstration (Baker fan, threshing and baling), powered by steam engines
5 p.m. - Light- and heavyweight tractor pulls at track
8:30 p.m. - Bluegrass music at track area

Saturday
9 a.m. - Opening ceremony
9 a.m. - Sawmill and field demonstration (Baker fan, threshing and baling), powered by steam engines
10 a.m. -  Tractor and garden tractor games
11 a.m. - Parade, starting at south end
11 a.m. - Pedal tractor pull
Noon to 1 p.m. - Lunch
1–6 p.m. - Trading post open in upper level of Round Barn
1 p.m. - Powder Puff Pull, track area followed by 50/50 Pull
3 p.m. - Sawmill and field demonstration (Baker fan, threshing and baling), powered by steam engines
3 p.m. - Ladies skillet toss, track area
4-5 p.m. - Kids games, track area
5 p.m. - Tractor & garden tractor games
6 p.m. - Auction for limited number of 1/16-scale Ford tractors at track
7 p.m. - Horse pull, Northern Indiana Horsepullers Assoc. at track

Sunday
7 a.m. - Tractor Drive to Rochester
9 a.m. - Silent Auction winners named
10 a.m. - Sawmill and field demonstration (Baker fan, threshing and baling), powered by steam engines
10 a.m. - Deadline for getting trading post items from Round Barn, anything left will be in auction
10 a.m. - Opening ceremony
11 a.m. – Parade, starting at south end
Noon to 1 p.m. - Lunch
Noon - Announcement of raffle winners
Noon - Auction for Trading Post
Noon - Garden tractor weigh-in
1 p.m. until finished - Garden tractor pulls by Northern Indiana Pullers

FCHPA officers are: President Carl Overmyer, 574-542-4694; Rich Rensber-ger, 574-223-1866; Secretary Melinda Clinger, 574-223-4436, and Treasurer Robert “Skeeter” Daugherty, 574-223-3031. All have Rochester addresses and may be contacted for more information.