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<p>It’s here and more beautiful than ever. No, I am not talking about spring I am talking about <a href=”https://www.grit.com/store/product/farm-collector-show-directory-2009″>Farm Collector Magazine’s 35th Annual Show Directory</a>. Although it feels like spring might be just around the corner, today I am more excited about the beginning of the 2009 antique farm equipment show season.</p>
<p>I can’t say exactly why, but I am fascinated … some would say obsessed with antique and vintage farm equipment … especially tractors from the 1940s through the 1970s. I am also a huge fan of the International Harvester Company and their construction equipment, tractors and light trucks … I am so obsessed that I have written <a href=””>books about Harvester and some of its equipment lines</a>.</p>
<p>Anyway, back to the <i>35<sup>th</sup> Annual Show Directory</i>. This book is your guide to hundreds and hundreds of antique equipment shows, threshing bees, horse pulls, you name it … in just about every state and province in North America. I keep one copy of the book in my truck and one at home. I like to stop at shows as I travel around, so keeping the <i>Show Directory</i> in my truck means that no matter where I am going, I can find some show to visit between here and there. I expect to take in a few shows this summer … probably in Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin.</p>
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<p>If you have never been to a tractor show or plow day, now is your chance. Get your own copy of the <i>35<sup>th</sup> Annual Show Directory</i> and plan a fantastic family outing or 100 in 2009. For those grandparents among you, I know you have a grandson or granddaughter who would relish a chance to see how things were done in the “olden” days.</p>
<p>You can <a href=”https://www.grit.com/store/product/farm-collector-show-directory-2009″>order your copy of Farm Collector Magazine’s 35th Annual Show Directory here</a>.</p>
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<a href=”http://www.grit.com/biographies/oscar-h-will” target=_self>Hank Will</a>
<em> raises hair sheep, heritage cattle and many varieties of open-pollinated corn with his wife, Karen, on their rural Osage County, Kansas farm. His home life is a perfect complement to his professional life as editor in chief at GRIT and Capper’s Farmer magazines. Connect with him on </em>
<a title=Google+ href=”https://plus.google.com/u/0/117459637128204205101/posts” target=_blank rel=author>Google+</a>.</p>
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<p>It’s here and more beautiful than ever. No, I am not talking about spring I am talking about <a href=”https://www.grit.com/store/product/farm-collector-show-directory-2009″>Farm Collector Magazine’s 35th Annual Show Directory</a>. Although it feels like spring might be just around the corner, today I am more excited about the beginning of the 2009 antique farm equipment show season.</p>
<p>I can’t say exactly why, but I am fascinated … some would say obsessed with antique and vintage farm equipment … especially tractors from the 1940s through the 1970s. I am also a huge fan of the International Harvester Company and their construction equipment, tractors and light trucks … I am so obsessed that I have written <a href=””>books about Harvester and some of its equipment lines</a>.</p>
<p>Anyway, back to the <i>35<sup>th</sup> Annual Show Directory</i>. This book is your guide to hundreds and hundreds of antique equipment shows, threshing bees, horse pulls, you name it … in just about every state and province in North America. I keep one copy of the book in my truck and one at home. I like to stop at shows as I travel around, so keeping the <i>Show Directory</i> in my truck means that no matter where I am going, I can find some show to visit between here and there. I expect to take in a few shows this summer … probably in Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>If you have never been to a tractor show or plow day, now is your chance. Get your own copy of the <i>35<sup>th</sup> Annual Show Directory</i> and plan a fantastic family outing or 100 in 2009. For those grandparents among you, I know you have a grandson or granddaughter who would relish a chance to see how things were done in the “olden” days.</p>
<p>You can <a href=”https://www.grit.com/store/product/farm-collector-show-directory-2009″>order your copy of Farm Collector Magazine’s 35th Annual Show Directory here</a>.</p>
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<p>
<a href=”http://www.grit.com/biographies/oscar-h-will” target=_self>Hank Will</a>
<em> raises hair sheep, heritage cattle and many varieties of open-pollinated corn with his wife, Karen, on their rural Osage County, Kansas farm. His home life is a perfect complement to his professional life as editor in chief at GRIT and Capper’s Farmer magazines. Connect with him on </em>
<a title=Google+ href=”https://plus.google.com/u/0/117459637128204205101/posts” target=_blank rel=author>Google+</a>.</p>
