Muster Field Farm Museum-What's New

FARM DAYS

August 28-29, 2010

Farm Days Experience down-home farming demonstrations and exhibits dating back to the 1800s: dowsing, corn and ensilage cutting, barn loom weaving, rug braiding, antique tractors, trucks, and gasoline engines, blacksmithing, hay rides, homemade ice cream making, and much more!

The Hinsdale Garrison Company will present an authentic colonial life demonstration. The American Revolution will come alive as re-enactors from the Second Parish Co. 1732 Minutemen of Burlington, MA, 6th and 10th Connecticut Militias, and the 6th Connecticut Regiment, Continental Line portray military practices and culture in encampments nearby.

Take your chances at cow flop bingo on Saturday at 4:00, and enjoy the Grande Parade at 3:00 both Saturday and Sunday.

And don’t miss the famous roast beef supper on Saturday evening from 5-7 p.m. in the Hardy-Pillsbury Barn. Tickets for the supper are $10 for adults and $5 for children, available by reservation (603-927-4047), or at the Farm Days information booth.

Lunch and snacks are available to buy on site, or pack a picnic to enjoy on the farm’s 250 acres of open fields, gardens, and historic buildings. General admission is $5, free for members.

MUSTER FIELD'S NEW
BOOK & CD OFFERINGS

Now available by local author Carlton Bradford, Out Of Tin Boxes provides a detailed look at some interesting aspects of this branch of the Harvey family such as:

Matthew Harvey's devastating fire and rebuilding of the Harvey Tavern
Matthew's 1799 will and inventory listing possessions a wealthy farmer of the time owned
Matthew's quarrel with the New London Baptist church and decision to build not one but two meeting houses in Sutton
The 1811 seventeen day horse and buggy trip with Jonathan and Ruth's uncle Jacob for his cure at Saratoga Springs from North Sutton, accounted in four letters sent back to his wife Ruth
Matthew II and Jonathan's trips to Washington City in the time of Adams and Jackson
Read Matthew II's inaugural speech in 1830 on becoming Governor of NH
Matthew II's will and discover that two on his grandsons fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side

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	Muster Field Farm Museum's HARVEY TAVERN SINGERS proudly present HISTORY IN SONG a musical collection of 18th Century & Civil War songs Hear some of their musical selections (coming soon) & information on ordering ....

	UNH Cooperative Extension proudly presents PRESERVING OLD BARNS PREVENTING THE LOSS OF A VALUABLE RESOURCE by John C. Porter Extension Specialist - Dairy UNH Cooperative Extension and Francis E. Gilman Extension Agricultural Engineer, Emeritus UNH Cooperative Extension *Click here for details ....*



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