COVID Event Rules for the Heritage Farm Show

 

We hope you can attend our Heritage Farm Show on September 5 or 6, 2020.  

* Please bring your mask with you to wear inside buildings. 

* Buildings have a maximum 10 visitors inside.  

* 100 visitors maximum are allowed on site at any one time, so please consider only staying for 2-3 hours to allow others entry.  

* One free hand sanitizer will be given out at the gate to each family unit.  

www.backuspagehouse.ca/events/heritage-farm-show

Heritage Farm Show September 8-9

Schedule of Activities

10am  Gates Open

11am Threshing

Saturday Only 11am—2pm

Your Picture in History with the Elgin County

Archives in the Museum Parlour

11:30am Skills Competitions: nail driving, bale toss, cross cut sawing, post toss

12—4pm The Back Pages Band

1:30pm Skills Competitions:

2pm Threshing

3:45pm Candy Scramble for Kids

4pm Closed to the Public

Saturday Only 5pm Exhibitor & Volunteer Dinner $5

All day activities: Carnival Games, Poultry Show, Barn Tours (2nd floor), Museum Tours, Horse Drawn Wagon Rides, Hands on History, Kids Zone, Blacksmithing, Guess the Weight contest, and Food.

Heritage Farm Show September 9 & 10, 2017

HERITAGE FARM SHOW SCHEDULE

SEPTEMBER 9 & 10, 2017

Throughout the day: antique vehicles and equipment, textile arts,  tours of museum, wood stove cooking, horse drawn wagon rides, demonstrations, kids zone, barn exhibit, market, animals, skills    competition, and much more! 

10:00 a.m.: Gates Open and Barbeque Lunch available for purchase including beans

11:00 a.m.: Threshing

11:30 a.m.:  Skills Competitions

12:00  - 4:00 p.m.: Musical Entertainment Saturday Back Pages and Sunday Pierce Family Band

1:30 p.m.: Skills Competitions

2:00 p.m. Threshing

3:45 p.m.: Children’s Candy Scramble

5:00 p.m.: Saturday Potluck Dinner for Volunteers , Vendors and Exhibitors (donation/person)

Admission $8/person, children 12 and under free.  No ATM on site.  Cash preferred although credit card accepted.  

Food available for purchase, museum gift shop, raffle tickets, carnival games and yard sale items on site in addition to admission.

You can still pre-register your farm equipment at 519-762-3072 or register when you arrive.  All equipment must be in place before 9:30am please.  

Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.    Tag us with all your farm show pictures!  

Tyrconnell Heritage Society extends a special thanks to all who make the Annual Heritage Farm Show a success including our society members, exhibitors, volunteers, and visitors.  

Government of Canada

Municipality of Dutton Dunwich 

A.Bruce McCallum

Barb Summers

Beary Blue Acres

Betty McLandress

Brad & Joanne Reive

Brian & Liz Elliott

Cal McMillan

Catie Welch

Corry Bachmeier

Dave Welch

Delany Leitch

Don & Betty Ann Bobier

Don Skipper

Duncan & Eileen McTavish

Edith Richardson

Glenn Ford

Hugh & Joyce McFadden

Jamie & Stacie Littlejohn

Jamie & Tina McCaffery

Jim & Darlene Ford

Jim & Leta West

Joe Casey

John Miller

John & Angela Bobier

John & Beth Goldsworthy

Kaitlin & Sue Crow

Karen Rose

Kelly  Shewan

Larry & Paula Grafstein

Lorraine Vallee-Moczulski

Mike & Ingrid Hentz

Mike Mulhern

Mike Price

Pete Agar

Rob & Janice Ellis

Rob & Laura Hathaway

Shawn Paton

Steve Proctor

Tony Gosnell

W.D. Shaw

 Back Pages Music

Blackmore Auto Parts

Co Trac Ford Lincoln Sales

Conway Automotive Repair

Deland Auto Parts

Dixon’s Feed Services

DJW Mini Backhoe Service

Dutton Food Market

Dutton Variety & Gas

Earl MacDonald & Son Transport

Elgin Poultry Club

Fulline Farm & Garden Equipment

Hair Razorz Salon & Tanning

Hathaway’s Feed Services

Highland Community Healthcare Drugs Inc.

Holland House

IECS Ready Mix Inc.

Knight’s Home Hardware

Lawrence Station Hall

Mancari’s

Mel’s Accounting & Tax Service

Melbourne Farm Automation

Melbourne Farm Equipment Inc.

Memories in Wool

Mike & Lynne Brady, Sutton Group Preferred Realty

PJ Gangle Insurance Brokers

New Roots Farm

Pierce Family Band

Queens Line Automotive

Rick’s Auto Repair

Rodney Mini Storage

Rodney Timber Mart

Stan’s Total Tire

T&K Fibres and More

Tasty Sweets Café & Bakery

Thompsons

Wallacetown Agricultural Society

West Elgin Accounting

West Elgin Mutual Insurance

West Elgin Pharmacy

West Lorne Foodland

Farm Meme Monday #6

The fun begins September 9 & 10, 2017 at Backus-Page House Museum's annual Heritage Farm Show.  

Farm Meme Monday #5

Will your tractor be one of the 150 pieces of equipment on site to celebrate Canada150 and Ontario150?  Join us at the Heritage Farm Show on September 9 & 10, 2017 at Backus-Page House Museum.

Farm Meme Monday #4

Bring your cowculator to the Heritage Farm Show, September 9 & 10, 2017 at Backus-Page House Museum to see if we hit our goal of 150 pieces of equipment on site to celebrate Canada150 and Ontario150.

Farm Meme Monday #3

Ha ha ha!  Let's have a FUN time at the Heritage Farm Show, September 9 & 10, 2017 at Backus-Page House Museum.

Farm Meme Monday #2

No texting and driving at Backus-Page House Museum's Heritage Farm Show on September 9 & 10, 2017.

Farm Meme Monday #1

We're bringing back the Poultry Show at this year's Heritage Farm Show September 9 & 10, 2017 at Backus-Page House Museum.

Try It Out Tours this Fall at Backus-Page House Museum

Heritage Farm Show Thanks and Winners!!!

Visit our Facebook page to view videos from this past weekend's event.  

Tyrconnell Heritage Society wishes to extend our thanks to the visitors, exhibitors, vendors, board, staff and volunteers who participated in the Heritage Farm Show at Backus-Page House Museum on September 10-11, 2016.  Special thanks goes to:

Government of Canada

Ontario Parks

Municipality of Dutton Dunwich

Agris Co-Operative Ltd.

Barb Summers
Bard Judith

Bill Denning

Brad & Joanne Reive

Bronko Nesic

Bruce & Lin McCann

Cal McMillan

Carm Pfeiffer

Catie Welch

Clean Cut Lawn Care

Conway Automotive Repair

Coralee Dunn

Co-Trac Ford Lincoln

Curtis & Anna Marie McCallum

D and L’s Place

Dave & Barb Wheeler

David Murray

David Welch

DJW Mini Backhoe Service

Dieleman Farm Equipment Sales & Service

Dixon’s Feed Service

Don Nicholson

Don & Betty Ann Bobier

Don’s Detailing and Refinishing

Don Skipper

Dowler-Karn

Duncan & Eileen McTavish

Dutton Building Products Rona

Dutton Foodland

Earl MacDonald & Son Transport

Elgin Poultry Club

Fingal Farm Supply

Glen Ford

Hair Razorz
H. D. Painting Contractor

Highland Pharmacy

Hugh & Joyce McFadden

IECS Ready Mix Inc.

Jim & Leta West

Joe Casey

John Agar
John & Angela Bobier

Knight’s Home Hardware

Larry & Paula Grafstein

Lloyd Monteith

Lorraine Vallee-Muczulski

Mark & Diane Patterson

Mel’s Accounting & Tax Service

Melissa’s Holistic Nutrition & Chef Services

Memories in Wool Rug Hooking

Mike & Ingrid Hentz

Morley Winter

Napa Deland Auto Parts

Out to Lunch Café

Pete Agar

P.J. Gangle Insurance Brokers

PJs Pizza

Pierce Family Band

Queens Line Automotive Ltd.

Ralon & Donia Harper

Rev. Donald A. Schieman
Rick Duckworth

Rick’s Auto Repair

Rodney Building & Metal Products

Ron & Janice Ellis

Rulene Lilley

Sam Foreman

Shannon’s Diner

Sean Robinson, Red Barn Accessories
Sharon Burd

Small Town Auto

St. John’s Ambulance

Stan Champ

Steve Proctor

Talbot Trails Restaurant

Tall Tales Café

Tasty Sweets Bakery & Cafe

Thompson’s Seed

Wallacetown Agricultural Society

West Elgin Mutual Insurance

West Elgin Pharmacy

West Lorne Foodland

Elimination Draw Winners

1st  Mary Simpson

2nd  Duncan McCallum

3rd Diane Purcell

4th  Scott Wilson

5th  Don Bobier Jr.

Other Winners: Marisa Brokenshire, Ken Reinke, John Brown, Don Lunn,  and Bob Lampman

Guess the Tractor's Weight Winner was Pete Agar

Exhibitor Winners:  Bob Boles, Shawn Paton and Heather Brady & Rob Robbins

Family History Friday - Katherine Elizabeth (Backus) Sifton

Katherine Elizabeth (Backus) Sifton recalls Pleasant Days on the Farm and we hope you will join us September 10-11, 2016 for our annual Heritage Farm Show at Backus-Page House Museum, Katherine's childhood home.  Katherine was the daughter of Andrew and Mary Jane Backus.   

Dutton Advance, August 21, 1947

It's Heritage Farm Show Time at Backus-Page House Museum!!!

When you arrive ask about our $25 deal for this weekend only!  The volunteers at the gate will be happy to provide you with 2 admissions, a charitable tax receipt for $13 and your entry into Sunday's Elimination Draw with cash prizes of $3500......all for only $25!!!

More Heritage Farm Show Details

New to the Heritage Farm Show this year (September 10-11)

Cider Pressing, Old Fashioned Carnival Games, Sauerkraut Demonstration, and a Chicken Show!

We also have space for yard sales/flea markets set up.  $25 for a spot.  The museum will have some treasures to sell such as cornflower crystal, VHS movies, eight tracks, Quilting Books, office and craft supplies, home decor and more.

Don't forget to get your registrations in for tractors, small engines, and equipment.  Colouring pages, pies, minced meat, and other submissions must arrive by 5pm on Friday September 9.  All forms can be found on our website www.backuspagehouse.ca under the Heritage Farm Show event picture.

29424 Lakeview Line, south of Wallacetown

10am - 4pm both days of the event.  Food available for purchase.

Remember to Register for the Heritage Farm Show

Heritage Farm Show is September 10 and 11 at Backus-Page House Museum but we need your registrations NOW!!!

NEW: Submit your creations by September 9 at 5pm and win prizes for 1st, 2nd or 3rd place.    

          ___ A fruit pie with recipe

___ 1850s style Minced Meat in a mason jar with recipe

___ Any type of craft or textile art with the theme “Out Standing in Their Field – A Farm Scene”

___ Colouring Page (supplied by THS and Backus-Page House Museum)

___ Vegetables you’ve grown 3 of a kind on stem with leaves

___ Fruit you’ve grown 3 of a kind on stem with leaves

___ Any painting, drawing, or photograph with the theme “Rural Roots”    

See our website for submission form and details.

If you have vintage or antique farm equipment or a classic car, please register using the form on our website.  

Vendors, Antique Tractors, Small Engines and Cars Wanted for Sept. 10-11

We're currently seeking the following people for our upcoming Heritage Farm Show on September 10-11 at Backus-Page House Museum.  If you can answer YES to any of the following questions then you need to send us your registration form.  

Do you have a business where you sell things?

Do you have some antiques or vintage items you would like to sell?

Do you make craft items to sell?

Do you have a vintage or antique tractor?

Do you have a garden tractor that is vintage or antique?

Do you have an antique car?

Do you have old farm equipment suitable for display?

Do you have friendly farm animals and pens for them?

Do you have a heritage or textile arts skill to demonstrate?

Go to our website for the registration form.  

Do you like to colour?

Do you make a great fruit pie?

Can you make 1850s minced meat?

Are you a vegetable or fruit gardener?

Do you knit, crochet, rug hook, paint, photograph or do any type of artwork?  

Go to our website for our colouring page and submission form.  There's prizes and ribbons for your contributions!!  

Behind the Scenes Sunday - Heritage Farm Show

                

Another Heritage Farm Show has come and gone!  Although the weekend was overcast and breezy and there were other events in the area, we had lots of visitors on site.  There are some pictures below and more on our Facebook page.  I want to use this post to thank everyone who made our 12th Annual Heritage Farm Show a success.  We appreciate you all and I apologize in advance if I have missed anyone.

Peter, Pat & John Agar

Don & Betty Ann Bobier

John & Angela Bobier

Butch's Small Engine

Clean Cut Lawn Care

Connell Family

D & L's Place

Bill Denning

Dixon's Feed Service

DJW Mini Backhoe Service

Don’s Detailing & Refinishing

Jeremy & Coralee Dunn

Dutton & District Lions Club

Dutton Foodland

Dutton Variety & Gas

Brian & Liz Elliott

Rob & Janice Ellis

Fairles Food Market

Glen Ford

Sophie Gowan

Great Lakes New Holland

Knight’s Home Hardware

Cal McCallum

Cal & Mary McMillan

Don Miller

Dog Agility Group

Duncan & Eileen McTavish

Municipality of Dutton-Dunwich

Dave Murray

NAPA Deland Auto Parts

Branka Nesic

Out To Lunch Cafe

Carm Pfeiffer

PJs Pizza

Steve Proctor

Queens Line Automotive

Isabel Reid

Lisa & Richard Reid

Brad & Joanne Reive

Rick’s Auto Repair

Rodney Building and Metal Products

Shade and Shelter Tent Rentals

Shedden Fair

Talbot Trails Restaurant

Tasty Sweets Café & Bakery

Thamesville Community Credit Union

Thompson’s Seed

Ian Toll

Frank Vysocil

Wallacetown Agricultural Society (Wallacetown Fair October 2-4)

Jim & Leta West

West Elgin Mutual Insurance

West Lorne Foodland

Wicketthorn Farm

Susan P. Wilson

and many more!

Thank you to all our exhibitors, vendors, staff, farm show committee and volunteers!

    

  
  
  

Behind The Scenes Sunday

This is a card the children from History Camp for Kids left us on Friday.  Glad they enjoyed themselves.  Special thanks to our sponsors Jerry Galbraith - Investor's Group and Rodney Lions Club. 


David Ford, Janice Ellis, and Betty Ann Bobier are here today making sauerkraut from our heritage gardens.  You can purchase these jars at our Heritage Farm Show on September 13-14 and they will be ready to serve by Thanksgiving! 

Trivia Question CLOSED

Want to win a family admission pass to our Annual Heritage Farm Show? This is the last trivia question we will be posting. Answer correctly on our Facebook page and you could win a free one day Family Admission (2 Adults and 2 Children) for our 2012 Heritage Farm Show on September 15th - 16th. 

What do you think this tool was used for? Leave your answer on our facebook page for your chance to win!*

Click here to enter!

*Comments here will not be eligible for the contest

Register Your Equipment for the Heritage Farm Show

On September 15 and 16, 2012 the grounds of the Backus-Page House Museum will once again be filled with pieces of our agricultural past.  We invite you to bring your antique equipment, tractors, and displays, but make sure to register first so we can give you the space you need to showcase your treasures. 

Mail or email the registration form ASAP.  You can find the form under Heritage Farm Show on our Events page.   http://backuspagehouse.ca/Events.html

For more information contact the office info@backuspagehouse.ca or 519-762-3072