Farming Festival was EDGE&TA National Show this year

Photos by Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun

Shelby Smith feeds hay into a 1922 McCormick-Deering separator, as Dylan Smith and Ricky Hostetter oversee operations during the 26th Annual Farming Heritage Festival, held at Shawnee Feed Center on June 20-21. John Marlow said they had trouble finding wheat to separate this year due to wet conditions. The separator, made in Canada, was brought to the festival by the Silver City Antique Tractor Club in Tuttle. This year, the event doubled as the Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association National Show.
Shelby Smith feeds hay into a 1922 McCormick-Deering separator, as Dylan Smith and Ricky Hostetter oversee operations during the 26th Annual Farming Heritage Festival, held at Shawnee Feed Center on June 20-21. John Marlow said they had trouble finding wheat to separate this year due to wet conditions. The separator, made in Canada, was brought to the festival by the Silver City Antique Tractor Club in Tuttle. This year, the event doubled as the Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association National Show.

This was the 26th year for the Farming Heritage Festival, held at Shawnee Feed Center on June 20-21, but it was the first year for it to be an Early Days Gas Engine & Tractor Association (EDGE&TA) National Show.

The Shawnee Tractor and Engine Club, which hosts the festival, joined the association in 2022 for its insurance while traveling.

“We had people from as far as Oregon who brought trac…