In a Pickle: A Family Farm Story by Apps Jerry

Author:Apps, Jerry [Apps, Jerry]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2007-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

Except for this partial week in August, the fairgrounds nearly stood empty. County snowplows were stored in the buildings. The community celebrated the Fourth of July and Labor Day at the fairgrounds. But mostly the place was abandoned, except during the fair, when the place came to life. The sounds and smells of the country were concentrated on a few acres on the south side of Willow River, where the city gave way to farmland.

The fairgrounds took up about thirty acres. A woven wire fence surrounded the grounds, to keep out those who wanted to bypass the fifty-cent admission. Visitors to the fair first saw the ticket booth. From there, depending on their interests, they could stroll past the hog, sheep, and horse pens and walk through the two-story cattle barn—some of the 4-H members slept in the second story—or the fowl shed just beyond the cattle barn.

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