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Farm Power visitors entertained

GREENVILLE – “It was a family thing,” said Dale Merkle, State President of International Harvester Collectors. “I have a love for the old IH products… thinking back, he said “at that time there was no real competition. Yes, there was John Deere, but we had to have red.”

As of about noon July 7, the 2015 Farm Power of the Past had 274 tractors on the Darke County Fairgrounds. This year featured “red”… International Harvester. There were 104 IHC tractors, 170 other brands. Many of the other brands were “green”… John Deere. Rows upon rows of green. Rows upon rows of red.

Increasing their presence each year were lawn and garden tractors; up to 150 in the 2015 show.

Show announcer Rick Brewer said a group of dedicated individuals put the show on each year and “do a great job.” Some of the events included antique and kiddie tractor pulls, threshing, draft horse pulls, a car show and (new) a pony pull. He noted a Friday night tractor pull wasn’t over until 2:05 a.m. Saturday...

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