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The Topsfield Fair is known as America's Oldest County Fair. Started in 1818 by the Essex County Agricultural Society, the Topsfield Fair was originally a one-day cattle show. [ 1 ] The goal of the society was to showcase agriculture in order to educate the public as well as provide somewhere for farmers to exchange ideas and methods.
The dairy cows at the fair were the most elite of the world. Says the History of the World's Fair: They belong to the herdsman's 400. Every one of them is blue-blooded and has a pedigree in the herd books as long as a man's arm. Every one of them, as her name indicates, is somebody's darling. Every one of them has a body servant and is a farm pet.
Lisa Gress of Spring Run Farm near Shreve serves on the Wayne County Dairy committee. She is overwhelmed by the local support for the dairy auction. "Wednesday is my favorite day of the fair," she ...
El Dorado County Fair – Placerville, California; Elkhart County 4-H Fair – Goshen, Indiana; Erie County Fair – Hamburg, New York; Farm Progress Show – Dacatur and Boone, Iowa (alternate years) Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo – Fort Worth, Texas; Fulton County Fair – Wauseon, Ohio; Great Allentown Fair – Allentown, Pennsylvania
Started in 1873, Stokes Farm continues to deliver farm-fresh produce and offer on-farm events. Stop by the stand for tomatoes, hydroponic greens, Swiss chard and more. Upcoming Events: Sunset Snip ...
Whiting Farms is a neighborhood in Holyoke, Massachusetts, located to the southwest of the city center, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from downtown. Following the construction of Whiting Farms Road in 1961, the area was developed as a residential and commercial area in the 1960s and 1970s. [ 1 ]
Howling Cow, which makes ice cream using milk and cream from 300 cows on an NC State campus farm, has been “slinging cones” at the fair since the 1970s, an N.C. State webpage says.
Holly Ravine Farm is a farm and shopping center located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States. The farm was the site of the Cowtail Bar, an ice cream parlor established in 1933 by former Cherry Hill mayor John Gilmour, Jr., who was the first mayor of Cherry Hill (previously known as Delaware Township). [ 1 ]