Farming Festival was EDGE&TA National Show this year

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.

Shawnee Tractor and Engine Club President Shawn Singleton drives a Depression-era Ford Model T Tractor during the 26th Annual Farming Heritage Festival on June 20. Singleton said a kit could be bought for $94 through the Montgomery Ward catalog to convert a Model T into a tractor.

This 1916 Moline Universal Tractor, owned by Dale Wolf of Cushing, was the oldest tractor on display at the 26th Annual Farming Heritage Festival, held at Shawnee Feed Center on June 20-21. This was the first year that it was also the Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association National Show, said Shawn Singleton, president of the Shawnee Tractor & Engine Club.

Kendall Williams pulls in the Junior Stock Class of the Garden Tractor Pulls at the 26th Annual Farming Heritage Festival on June 21 at Shawnee Feed Center. Williams distance was 113.86 feet.

Erin Cash of Glencoe drives "Little Red," belonging to her grandfather Dale Caldwell, in the Modified Class of the Garden Tractor Pull during the 26th Annual Farming Heritage Festival on June 21 at Shawnee Feed Center. She pulled a distance of 133.41 feet.