| SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 -- The Greenfield Hill Grange, an agricultural club that dates back to 1893, held its annual agricultural fair Saturday, offering live music, a lecture on raising chickens, a teacup auction, judged exhibits and a display of antique farm tools.
Bob & Dave provided the music on guitar and mandolin, and the Dini Band, a pop/folk group, also entertained.
Before the music started, Maggie Buck, a member of the Oxford Grange, displayed two chickens and a rooster she’s raising, offering pointers on how to feed and care for them and prepare their eggs for hatching.
Her husband, Robert Buck, showed his collection of antique farm tools, including a chainsaw, corn knife, scythe and wagon lantern. “Most of them came from an old family farm,” he said. “But I still use the scythe today.”
The judged exhibits were on display — everything from photography and arts and crafts to baked goods and fresh produce.
Beth Bradley, president of the Greenfield Hill Grange, which operates out of an old house on Hillside Road, said the agricultural fair is one of many events the grange holds each year.
“There are gardening lectures, old movies and dances,” she said. “We hold monthly meetings and teach agricultural skills.”
The grange also donates to food pantries and other charities.
The Greenfield Hill Grange is one of 60 in Connecticut and 3,600 in the U.S., totaling about 300,000 members. The Greenfield Hill Grange currently has about 25 members and seeks more. |
