A Day at the County Fair

[captpackrat]

(OMG, another post!  Two in the same day!)




The cattle competition.  The sheep, goats and pigs were on the side behind me, but the pens are so much smaller, all you can see are the railings.


The midway, deserted at this time of morning.


Bad weather was threatening all day.


Plush prizes!


Bear Affair


And of course, lots of farm equipment like this combine harvester.

Pictures of the animals coming in another post.

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[captpackrat.livejournal.com]

The Ferris wheel wasn't running yet. The midway doesn't open until the evening. There were thunderstorms in the area that day, though it didn't actually rain while I was there. I tweaked the levels a bit in Lightroom to make the clouds look even more menacing.

That combine has been equipped with a corn head. The cones are to funnel the thick corn stalks into the cutters, which strip the ears from the stalks. The augur moves the ears into the center where they're pulled into the body of the combine to be husked and decobbed. The kernels go into a hopper and the stover is dropped back into the field. Wheat and soy are smaller, more delicate crops and require a different kind of head unit; modern combines are designed with interchangeable heads.