Delft Furrowmakers’ Labor Day event an annual tradition
“PLOWING DAY 2017″ just a few days away for the Delft Furrowmakers. The annual celebration – traditionally held on Labor Day – will be held this year on Monday, September 4. And, the antique tractors and vintage plows are itching for a comeback after last year’s Labor Day wash-out. Indeed, it was as a sad day for all Delft Furrowmakers, their families – and their fans as 1.2″ of rain fell on the Baerg’s harvested 50-acre wheat field in the wee hours of Labor Day, making it too wet to plow. In fact, the Furrowmakers’ “Founding Father” – Arnie Quiring – declared that the precip had put the “plug” in the plowing. However, the faithful did gather in the Baerg shop on the farm site west of Delft along Cottonwood County Road #3 to enjoy a noon lunch grill-out, supported by dutiful donors – pick up official Plowing Day T-shirts – and share tales worthy of the Farmers’ Almanac. This year’s harvested wheat field to be plowed is located ½ mile south of the Baerg Farm, south of County 3 and southwest of Delft. The plowing will get going at 1 p.m. The Delft Furrowmakers were founded in 1998 and gather every Labor Day to turn the soil with antique tractors and one-, two-, three- and four-bottom plows. The mission of the Delft Furrowmakers is to preserve the history of plowing – as well as the machines that do the work. Pictured above is this year’s T-shirt design. (Photo courtesy of Delft Furrowmakers)
