June July 2011 Newsletter Morgan Reed & Jim Cooney at the ECATC Spring Pull East Coast Antique Tractor Club Seabrook NH 03874

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1 June July 2011 Newsletter Morgan Reed & Jim Cooney at the ECATC Spring Pull August 7, 2011 Club Picnic September 14, 2011 October 12, 2011 Upcoming Meeting Dates East Coast Antique Tractor Club PO Box 2286 Seabrook NH 03874

2 June July 2011 Newsletter ECATC Minutes 6/8/11 Call to Order & Welcome: President Rosencrantz called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. The meeting was held outdoors in the parking lot due to a power failure. The club welcomed new members Buster Brownell, from Milton, NH, Richard Gilbert from Ipswich, MA and Morgan Reed from Tennessee. Minutes: Minutes from the April and May meetings are printed in the newsletter. The suggestion was made to accept the minutes as printed, at the July meeting if there is no objection. Treasurer s Report: see attached report, Motion made, seconded and approved to accept the treasurer s report. Club Announcements Spring Club pull is June 12 th a sign up sheet was circulated for potluck food Marini s Strawberry Festival- June 18 th see Bill Cassidy for more info, everything is a go Don t forget to get your tickets for the Weber grill raffle Membership renewals were due by the end of March, those currently not renewed will be dropped from the membership There is a pull in Sandown, NH, on June 12 th, Sandown Materials Committee Reports- explain each committee briefly for new members Tractor Safety/Lawn & Garden- Rules will be available at the pull and are printed in the latest newsletter Shingle Mill committee- Jason Weirs mill will be ready for the 2011 fair. The committee has located a mill for $ and a committee member will be purchasing it, with the understanding that the club can use it at Deerfield. 20 th Anniversary Committee- Megan has not had time to work on this. George Carr brought several old club pictures to tonight s meeting. Deerfield Fair committee- Does the general body want to rent a tent again for Deerfield Fair for the tractors? Tent rental was $ last year, minus $ in donations and $ donated by fair. Final cost to the club was $ Motion was made, seconded and approved for the same person that took care of this last year to go ahead and make the arrangements for this tent rental again this year. No other committee reports Old Business Cookbooks and ECATC club calendars are still available Club attire see Jeff New Business Tickets on sale tonight for Weber grill and utensil set. 1-$1.00 or 6 for $5.00. Drawing will be held at the spring pull in June. Old iron calendars are here, $5.00 each, get yours tonight Any items you wish to submit for June/ July newsletter, see Megan. Cliff Tilton presented an idea for a new club logo. It is a drawing of a steel wheeled tractor. Lisa Raitt circulated a sign up sheet for helpers for the Eliot show. DOING BUSINESS WITH A MEMBER! Your Business Card could be here! Contact Trudy Tilton, Club Treasurer today! To place your business card here for a year ($25) please contact Trudy Tilton, Club Treasurer Club Officers Jim Rosencrantz, President Dave Tilton, Vice President Barry Moore, Second Vice President Megan Megrath, Secretary Trudy Tilton, Treasurer Blanche Levesque, Historian SEE YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

3 2011 Deerfield Fair Exhibitor Information Exhibitor Name Address City, State, Zip Tractor Equipment/ Tools Brief History Description of Tractor or Display Equipment (if unusual or rare) Please bring completed form to the September 14 th club meeting. If not attending this meeting, please bring to the fair when entering display, etc; Thank you, The Deerfield Fair Committee Tabled Items Donation to the FFA Please thank Bill Megrath for this evening s refreshments. Cliff and Belle Tilton will be providing July s refreshments. Motion for adjournment at 7:45 p.m., followed by 50/50 raffle. Winners of the 50/50 raffle; Caitlin Demers- $45.00 John Gamble, Jon Deere clock donated by Don Sowa Rome Capobianco, 3 JD Tractor trays, donated by Barbara Gasper Respectfully submitted, Megan Megrath Secretary ECATC June 1, 2011 Checking Beginning balance as of May 1, 2011 $ Debits James Rosencrantz post office box Reiman Publications Old Iron Calendars- Credits $ Deposit 9 membership renewals donation Ending balance as of May 31, 2011 $ Savings Beginning balance as of May 1, 2011 $ Debits Service fee 4/ Credits Deposits 50/ May 11, 2011 meeting Interest April.26 Interest May.27 Ending Balance as of May 31, 2011 $ Total combined balance $

4 ECATC Minutes 7/13/11 Call to Order & Welcome: President Rosencrantz called the meeting to order at 7:45 p.m. There were no new members present this evening. Minutes: Minutes from the April & May meeting. A motion was made, seconded and accepted to accept the April and May minutes as printed in April/May newsletter- Megan offered to read the June minutes, there was no interest in this, the minutes will be printed in the June/July newsletter. Treasurer s Report: Trudy not present. Dave Tilton read the treasurers report. See attached report. Club Announcements Club picnic is Sunday, August 7. There will be no fee to attend the picnic this year. The club will provide hamburgers and hotdogs, and members should bring a pot luck dish or desert- sign up sheet tonight. Ralph Capobianco and Brian Matorozzo will cook. Tent set up will begin between 8:00 and 8:30 Sunday morning. Ralph will have the coffee 7 am. The picnic will start at noon time. Bring your tractor and have some fun with tractor games before the picnic. Rosencrantz Farm and Country Days is Saturday August 13 th. Jimmy has invited the club to have a display of tractors again this year. Tent set up will be on Friday and if possible tractors should be there before Saturday, but no later than 7:00 am on Saturday morning. Summer pull is Sunday August 28 th -food list tonight and at picnic Volunteer sheet for Raitt Farm tractor show was sent around. The club needs volunteers to help the Raitts at this show in exchange for the use of the grounds for the picnic. Looking for people to work the food booth, ticket gate, parking, driving tractors hauling wagons from parking lot, etc Thank you to all those who signed up. Megan read a letter from the Adam s family in Reading, MA requesting help with replacing rings in a 1948 Farmall Cub. Committee Reports- explain each committee briefly for new members Shingle Mill committee- Brian M. The mill is already on a sub frame and can be loaded on any trailer. It has been run and makes great shingles. The committee is ordering parts for Jason s machine. The mill may make it s debut at the Power of the Red show in Dublin, NH. 20 th Anniversary Committee- Megan- No new news to report. Suggestion made to unveil new club logo for the 20 th anniversary. Deerfield Fair committee-looking for volunteers to man sales tent. Contract was sent to Dan Briggs, Jimmy is waiting to hear back from him regarding this matter. Old Business Club attire see Jeff Any Other Old Business? New Business We need a volunteer to print Christmas party tickets for this year. Dave Tilton volunteered to take care of this item. Club phone listing is available this evening, see Megan WANTED Wanted- 6 Ft Disc Harrow JD-J or JB Call Andy O Book, (Posted 4/15/11) Please send to info@ecatc.org to post your ad. ECATC Cookbooks are now available. Get your copy at the next Club meeting! Only $14.95 a copy. If anyone is unable to attend a meeting to get a copy of the cookbook please call either Trudy ( ) or Megan ( )to make arrangements to get a copy.

5 The Mills part of Harford Mills was a lumber mill where we used to shovel sawdust for use as bedding along with straw, baled after oats combining. They not only gave the piles of sawdust away free, but also the fletch wood cut off the outside of the logs and cut to fireplace length. At 14 years old I was driving two John Deere tractors, a ford pickup truck, a GMC stake body truck and the family Rambler station wagon. The Johnny poppers were my favorite, listening to them bark as you worked them. They talk to you as you load and unload them. Bud asked me to change the oil in the 50. When he came out from lunch I had it all done. It would not turn over with the starter. What did you do to my tractor? came the question. I drained the oil and filled it with clean oil as you told me to, I replied. How did you fill it? he asked. I placed the hose from the oil drum in the filler opening, as you showed me and filled it, I replied. Well as you might guess, we were lucky it did not fire with the crankcase full to the top with oil and no place for the pistons to go. Now my hobby is restoring old machinery. My first project was a basket case 1946 Aeronca Champion Airplane. This was the result of scale model, radio control, model airplane building that got out of control, as I moved to full scale model building. The Champ took three years to restore and I flew it for seven years. My wife Jane could not fly, so I sold the Champ and started an eight year restoration of a 1952 MGTD sports car. You may have seen her at last ears tractor pull. Jane & I share the fun with the MG and we have made many friends in the MG T-Party car club. Our MGTD has taken first in class at the British Invasion car show in Stowe, VT for the past two years, which has been quite gratifying. Upon completing the MG project, I had to find another project. Our son Jonathan and his wife Cara have a horse in Fitchburg, MA. They could use a tractor, to move manure around with. With my love for the sound of the two cylinder tractors I wanted to find a John Deere. I looked at models 40, 50 and the model B tractors on Tractorhouse.com. Jonathan s land is not all flat so I wanted a wide front end for a bucket loader. I found a 1949 model BW in Chittenango, NY and a model 45W loader in Hillsdale, NY. The tractor ran, but poorly. The biggest culprit turned out to be the magneto, with a broken impulse coupler spring. She now starts and runs well, without having rebuilt the engine, clutch or transmission. I did rebuild the magneto, generator and starter motor. The sheet metal work was not too bad, but I had to do some patch welding on the fuel tank and the hood, where it was cut for muffler replacement. So she is finally all repainted and pretty again. I can t wait to get it to a club pull so we can share it with you folks. Roy Any items you wish to submit for June/ July newsletter, see Megan. If anyone has any designs for a new club logo get them to Megan, they will be printed in upcoming newsletters for members input. Starting with the June/July newsletter, there will be a new column in the newsletter, Tractor Restoration Tales and Woes, stories needed, contact Megan Any suggestions as to things the club could do or participate in? Any other new business? Tabled Items-Donation to the FFA Please thank Cliff and Belle Tilton, Trudy Tilton, Blanche Levesque and the person who brought brownies for this evening s refreshments. There is no meeting in August. Roger and Cheryl LaPlante will be providing September s refreshments. Motion for adjournment, at 8:15 p.m., followed by 50/50 raffle. Winner of the 50/50 raffle was Skip Potter, $ John Deere watch donated by Bill Cousins, won by David Tilton 4 pint boxes of blueberries donated by John Gamble won by Barry Moore, and Tom Reed, and Jim Rosencrantz. John Deere tractor plaque donated by Don Sowa, won by Cliff Tilton Respectfully submitted by, Megan Megrath Secretary ECATC JULY 1, 2011 Checking Beginning Balance June 1, 2011 $ Debits ( ) Cheryl Bernier April/May newsletter Ralph Capobianco gas for club grill Market Basket Hamb/hotdogs/condiments For pull 6/ Megan Megrath Postage Megan Megrath Postage Dave s Septic Service Porta potty for pull 6/12 Credits ea ea ea Old Iron 5.00 ea Club Calendars Weber Grill and Utensil Raffle Donation toward food for pull Barry Cooley Ending Balance June 30, 2011 $

6 Savings Beginning balance June 1, 2011 Credits 50/50 6/08/ /50 6/12/ Interest.27 Ending Balance June 30,2011 Total combined balance Club Announcements $ $ $ For those members who received this year s member card with the dates of club meetings on it, the date for the picnic is wrong, it should read August 7 th, not August 3 rd. Sorry about that! Speaking of the picnic..there will be no charge to attend the ECATC picnic this year! The club will be providing hamburgers and hotdogs and we ask that members attending bring either a cold side dish or a desert. The picnic is held at the Raitt Farm, 2077 State Rd., in Eliot, Maine. For directions to the farm visit their Saturday August 13 th is Farm and Country Days at Rosencrantz s. We are looking for members to bring tractors for display, volunteers to answer questions about tractors and represent the club, please if possible have tractors there before Saturday. If bringing tractor in on Saturday, you must be there no later than 7:00 am Saturday morning, due to safety issues, (parking of trailers and trucks, etc.). Club tents will be set up on Friday August 12 th, if you are available and would like to help with this please contact Jim Rosencrantz at Don t forget, the summer pull is Sunday August 28 th. Members attending are asked to bring a cold side dish or a desert. The club will provide hamburgers and hotdogs and drinks. Shingle Mill Committee Update! June and July 2011 June 11. Nick and Brian acquired a Chase shingle mill in very good condition, paid for by Nick until another club member is ready to take ownership. Brian s boss contributed the use of a boom truck (crane) operated by Brian. The mill was rigged, pulled and delivered to Nick s shop before the rain really came down on Saturday. The mill will be fitted with new steel skids, bunks and removable wheels so it can be easily transported by trailer to show s and events, by Brian, Ken and Nick, starting 6/12. June 15. The mill was run in Nick s shop using a 1925 McCormick Deering sweatshirts and jackets to help us make a professional appearance. Items of clothing are available for purchase at club meeting s. New or amended rules will be communicated as they are made. Please help make sure ECATC is welcome by conducting yourself in a friendly and helpful way. We are guests of the fair. The fair has helped us a lot over the years and we would like to keep it going. Packing up and moving out can only start after the fair ends on Sunday night, often it is late before the fair gives the green light, for this reason please plan to pack up on Monday morning. Help is always needed for taking down tents, packing the Club trailer and cleaning up. Thank you for your help with this club endeavor and enjoy the fair! Tractor Restoration Tales and Woes This is the beginning of a new column in the newsletter, the editor is not restoring, nor has any plans to restore any tractors so I am relying on members for contributions to this column John Deere BW Restoration By Roy B. Crane When I was 14 years old I had the pleasure of working for my uncle, Bud Lusk, on his dairy farm in Harford Mills, NY. Being a kid, raised in the city of Rochester, NY, this was a real treat. The year before I worked for Bud, my cousin David Crane worked there for a summer. When I saw the size of his biceps after a summer of putting up bales of hay I couldn t wait to change my, sand-in-your-face, at the beach image. Some of you are old enough to remember those matchbook covers for Mighty Joe Young body building courses. Unfortunately I just got skinnier, wiry but skinny, at 6ft tall, 125lbs. Bud had 125 head of Holsteins that had to be milked, twice a day 7, days a week. This was my first introduction to what it meant to do a full day of work. At $20.00 per week, plus room and board I was kept in a plentiful supply of 22 cartridges, plus a bit of savings left over. My first job in the morning was to clean barn and spread manure with a John Deere model 40 tractor. Bud also used the 40 for cutting hay with a sickle bar cutter. As the summer went on, I got to rake hay with either the 40 or the model 50, depending on which was available at the time. Bud used the 50 for plowing and baling, while the smaller 40 took up the easier tasks, including pulling the hay wagon full of bales. I got to pull the three share plow behind the 50 just once.

7 EAST COAST ANTIQUE TRACTOR CLUB PARTICIPATION IN THE 2011 DEERFIELD FAIR The Deerfield fair presents a unique opportunity for the ECATC to get together, demonstrate tractors and equipment, sell items, sign up new members, and earn income for the club. Set up starts as early as the Saturday before the show (September 24). The fair runs Thursday through Sunday. Volunteers are needed to help set up and break down the club s displays and to staff them from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., during the fair. Monday is the day for picking up and moving out. Again this year, we are requesting that you sign in when dropping off tractors or equipment, using the exhibition info sheet. We will be compiling a list of all the exhibitors including exhibitor name, tractor brand, model and year, equipment brand, model, year and a brief description of what it is/was used for. You may bring your tractors and equipment for the duration of the fair. Fair rules allow equipment to be moved or brought in only before 7:30 a.m. during the fair. You should plan, therefore, to bring your equipment in by Wednesday or earlier, prior to the fair. The one exception for moving equipment during the fair is for tractors participating in the pulls. Please discuss any movement you plan with the ECATC fair chairman. Please let the ECATC fair committee know prior to set up what you plan to exhibit, and the days you can work. Sign s are available that you can fill out at the fair to describe your demonstration. Please use them. If you are working the show, please purchase a ticket and retain the stub for reimbursement at the October club meeting. There is room for campers on the grounds. Please review with the ECATC show chairman if you plan to stay at the fair. The club often cooks many of the meals eaten by members working the show. As it is not easy to plan, there may not always be enough food for late arrivals, or visitors. When possible, please wear items of ECATC clothing hats, tee shirts, on a 30 belt. After some adjustment, it ran well and produced quality pine shingles. Mock up wooden skids were tested to assure the new steel parts would not interfere with the safe operation. Design of the new skids, bunks, and axels was finalized June 19 th. Brian cut all of the parts to size the following week, Brian also aquired 4 wheels and axels. June 26. The mill was jacked up and placed on the new skids and bunks, axels and hitches were positioned. After a day of welding and fitting the wheels the new under pinning was painted. July 9. Brian, Ken and Nick pulled the mill from the shop on its new wheels, set it out side on the new skids and belted it up. The mill ran very well, producing quality shingles. The mill may be tested at the Power of the Red show on August th, in Dublin, NH. It seems likely it will be ready for the Deerfield Fair, this fall. Meanwhile, a new clutch has been ordered for Jason s mill, as back up in the event the Chase is more of a challenge than expected. The club will be asked to pay for the new clutch, as it will be required if Jason s mill is needed for Deerfield again this year. Jason has generously allowed us to use his mill for the past 3 years and has agreed to our use again this year. The cost of the clutch will be under $ Congratulations to Russell and Blanche Levesque, winners of the Weber table top grill. and utensil set. The club raised $ from this raffle. Tractor Pullers Important Notice: Our insurance policy requires that members who wish to pull in the non lawn and garden tractor pulls must be 18 years of age or older. The spring pull was well attended despite the dismal weather. Forty three people attended, with 14 tractors entered in the pull. The mist held off long enough to pull for a couple of hours before and after lunch. As always there was lots of good home cooked food and laughs. Thank you to everyone who participated. Marini s Farm Strawberry Festival, located in Ipswich, MA was held on Saturday, June 18 th. The morning started out dull and overcast, but by noontime it was bright and sunny. The festival was well attended with many people enjoying the clubs tractor display. Nine members brought 11 tractors. A big Thank you! to all those who participated. This event is good advertising for the club. ECATC will be celebrating its 20 th Anniversary in We need old photographs of club events we would like to make an anniversary calendar

8 for So if you have any photos from club outings, plow days, parades, etc, please loan them to a committee member. Also any information you would like to share pertaining to the history of the club would be most appreciated. ECATC 2012 Club calendar Pat Dozibrin is now accepting photo entries for the 2012 club calendar. Please see her at the next meeting. We would like to have the calendar printed in May if possible. Winners will be drawn at a future club meeting from the selection received. Submission guidelines; There will be a $2.00 entry fee for each picture submitted to help offset printing cost. Monies raised will go the general fund. The calendar will be printed by a local NH school. Picture must be submitted in a printed 4 X 6 color format. Please include your name, address, make, model, and year of your tractor, and any interesting history with your submission. Time for a New Club LOGO????? The suggestion has been made that the club needs a new logo, So here is our first submission, any one else have a design they would like to submit?? The new logo can be used for the 20 th Anniversary. Submitted by Cliff Tilton Date: July 25, 2011 To: ECATC Members ECATC Club PO Box 2286 Seabrook, N.H Thanks to very strong club member participation again, the East Coast Antique Tractor Club show at the 2010 Deerfield Fair was another great exhibit, with excellent educational displays of tractors and equipment. The ECATC fair committee is again preparing for another great show, September 29 th October 2nd. The Fair committee extends a welcome to all club members to participate as you can. Please call any of the committee members to let us know what tractors, equipment, or antique tools you may wish to exhibit. Additionally, if you can work the show some part or all of the days, please let us know days and times that can work for you. The club display is staffed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday Sunday. Below is a list of the committee members and their contact numbers. Nick Brett Ralph Capobianco Dianne Howes Russ Levesque Jim Rosencrantz David Tilton The team working the show cooks many of the meals for the convenience of those people working the ECATC show. Contributions for the food are always welcome. Enclosed is a copy of the Exhibitor Information sheet. Please bring this completed form to the September 14 th meeting. If not attending this meeting, please bring to the fair when you come for setting up. Also enclosed is a copy of the rules that apply to all members of the ECATC working or exhibiting at the fair. Please familiarize yourself with these rules. Your cooperation is appreciated. The committee looks forward to seeing you at the fair. Again this year we will be making a schedule of working display times and a map of where each display is located to aid in promoting our displays. For any equipment that you are planning to bring, especially unusual pieces, we would appreciate a brief written description as an aid to the volunteers answering questions from fair goers. The Deerfield Fair Committee

9 Sandown, NH, Contact: or September 16 18, 45th Annual Antique Car Show Willow Park,Bijur Field, Bennington, Vermont, Contact: September 16 25, Rochester Fair, Rochester NH, Contact: September 16 October 2, The Big E, Massachusetts State Exposition Fair W. Springfield, MA, Contact: September 17 18, Tobaco Valley Flywheelers Show, Haddam, CT. Contact: Russ Bengston, September 17 18, Owls Head Transportation Museum, Earth Movers & Shakers & Antique Aeroplanes Show Owls Head, ME, Contact: or September 18, Rowley Agricultural Day & Tractor show on the Common, Rowley MA, Contact: Barry Moore September 24, Connecticut Antique Machinery Fall Show, Rte 7, Kent, CT, Contact: September 24 25, New England Antique Tractor and Truck Association NEATTA Fall Show and Swap the Francis Farm, Rehoboth, MA Contact: September 24 25, 13 th Annual Autumn Round Up Antique Tractor and Gas Engine Show Barker Farm, Ludlow, Vermont, Contact: Dan Moore, , danbarkerfarm@aol.com September 25 October 1, Cumberland County Fair Cumberland, ME, Contact: September 29 October 2nd, 135th Annual Deerfield Fair Deerfield, NH, Contact: September 30 October 10, Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, MA, Contact: What s Happening at ECATC? Want to participate in or volunteer at a club function? Come and join other club members at the following functions. Don t have a tractor or want to bring one.help is always needed with set up and clean up, potluck food, etc,.. check below for more details. Don t forget spouses and family members are always welcome. When: August 7th, What: ECATC Annual Picnic Rain or Shine Where: Raitt Farm Homestead, 2077 State Rd., Eliot, Maine Contact: Ralph Capobianco, Food: potluck pasta salads, garden salads and sweets. Club provides hamburgers and hot dogs coffee and cold drinks. Tentative start time for picnic: Noon Set up date: August 7th Tentative start time for set up: 8:00 am Help needed to set up: tents, tables and chairs When: August 13th What: Rosencrantz Farm and Country Festival Where: JR Rosencrantz and Sons, Rte 107, Kensington, NH Contact: Jim Rosencrantz, Food: on your own, food is available for purchase on site Tentative start time: 7:00 am, check with contact for latest info Help needed: members to bring tractors for display, volunteers to answer questions about tractors and represent the club, please if possible have tractors there before Saturday. Tractor must arrive no later than 7:00 am Saturday morning Set up date: August 12th Tentative start time for set up: check with contact for latest info Help needed to set up: tents When: August 28th What: ECATC Summer Tractor Pull,rain or shine Where: JR Rosencrantz and Sons, Rte 107, Kensington, NH Contact: Jim Rosencrantz, Food: potluck pasta salads, garden salads and sweets. Club provides hamburgers and hotdogs, coffee and cold drinks. Tentative start time: 8:30 am Help needed to set up: Volunteers needed to set up tables, chairs, food and pull area. ECATC Spring Pull - June 13, 2011

10 When: September 11th What: Applecrest Farm Orchards Fall Harvest Festival Where: Applecrest Farm 133 Exeter Rd (Rte 88), Hampton Falls, NH Contact: David Food: on your own also available for purchase on site Tentative start time: 9:00 am, check with contact for latest info Help Needed: members to bring tractors for display, volunteers to answer questions about tractors and represent the club Tentative set up time: 8:00 am Help needed to set up: tent When: September 18th What: Rowley Agricultural Day on the Common Where: Rowley Common, Main St, Rowley MA Contact: Barry Moore, Food: Available for purchase Tentative Start Time: check with contact Help Needed: members to bring tractors for display When: September 29th-October 2nd What: Deerfield Fair Where: Deerfield Fair grounds, Deerfield, NH Contact: Jim Rosencrantz, Food: provided by club to volunteers, also available for purchase on site Tentative start time: 8:00 am each day, check with contact for latest info Help Needed: members to bring tractors for display, volunteers to answer questions about tractors and represent the club Tentative Set up dates: Sept.???????????? Tentative set up time: contact Ralph Capobianco, Help needed to set up: tents, displays, cider press, clean apples, and tractor sign in sheets Up Coming Events August 2011 August 3 7, Cheshire NH Fair, Cheshire, NH, Contact: August 7 Annual Club Picnic (Rain or Shine), Raitt Farm, Eliot, ME, Contact: Ralph Capobianco, August 7, Billings Farm Museum Tractor Day, Woodstock, VT. Preregistration required, Contact: The Billings Farm or August 13th Rosencrantz Farm & Country Festival J.R. Rosencrantz, Kensington, NH, Contact: Jim Rosencrantz, August 10 13, 51 st Pageant of Steam; featuring Massey Harris, Ferguson and massey Ferguson, Canandaigua, NY. Contact: Brad White, or August 11 20, Skowhegan State Fair, Skowhegan, ME, Contact: August 12 14, Chapter 18 Power of the Red, All IHC Show, Dublin, NH, Contact: Jim Whitaker, August 13 14, Raitt Farm Celebrate Maine Festival, Mainley Grill in and Chill in Stae BBQ Competition Eliot, ME, Contact: Lisa Raitt, August 13 14, Straw Hollow Engine Works Show Pine Ridge Farm, Boylston, MA, Contact: J. Resseguie August 17 20, 63rd Annual Threshermans Reunion, Rough & Tumble Engineers Historical Association, Kinzers, PA, Contact: August, not until 2012, New England John Deere Expo V, New Boston, NH, Contact: Tom or sailingneedle@msn.com August 19 21, Cornish NH Fair, Cornish NH, Contact: August 20, Chichester Old Home Day and Pig Roast and Antique Fire Apparatus, Chichester, NH, Tractor Parade and Show, 33 class Tractor Pull starting at 7 am. Contact: Jann Luikmil, August 21, 21 st Annual Barrington Truck & Tractor Show, (no cars) behind Calef s Store, Rte 9/125, Barrington, NH. Contact: Don Smith August 25 28, Antique Tractor & Engine Show, & the 142nd Cummington State Fair, Cummington, MA, Contact: August 27 28, Musterfield Farm Days, North Sutton, NH, Contact: , August 28, Summer Tractor Pull (Rain or Shine) Rosencrantz, Kensington, NH, Contact: James Rosencrantz August 31 September 5, Lancaster Fair Lancaster, NH, Contactwww.lancasterfair.com September 2011 September 1 5, Hopkinton State Fair Hopkinton, NH, Contact September 2 3, Vermont Gas & Steam Assn. Stockbridge Show & Swap, Stockbridge VT. Contact: Ted Norman, or September 2 11, Vermont State Fair Rutland, Vermont, Contact: September 3, Twin Mt, Breton Woods Historical Tractor and Engine Show, Rtes 3 & 302, N.H. Contact: Phil Bell, September 10, 11 th Annual Dracut Old Home Days Dracut, MA, Contact: September 10 11, 40 th Granite State Gas & Steam Engine Association, The Legendary Dublin Show Rte 101, Dublin, NH, Contact: John Lightbody, September 11, Applecrest Farm Orchard Fall Harvest Festival Hampton Falls, NH, Contact: David Tilton, September 16 18, 11 th Annual Antique Tractor Pull and Mini Mods, Odell Rd,