Farm Machinery Show

Steve Riddle picked me up at 7 AM and we drove to town and parked at the Bank of Cumberland. The bus was waiting with a few people already on board. We got on and picked our seats. A few minutes later, the bus rolled out of the parking lot and headed for Columbia to pick up the rest of the farmers waiting at the First National Bank of Columbia. We picked up the rest of the farmers and headed north towards Campbellsville, on through towards Elizabethtown and onto I-65 to Louisville. During the ride, the bank employees passed out donuts, pop, orange juice and breakfast biscuits. It was about 2 hours after we left that we pulled into the parking lot, unloaded and walked inside.
   
   
   
   
There was every possible piece of farm machinery inside! Some of the equipment was 60 feet wide and 30 feet tall. One combine would harvest 28 acres of corn per hour, I figured that would do both of my fields across the creek in about an hour and a half. So, I could spend $180 K and use it for a hour and a half a year, uhhh, that's not going to happen. There were probably a thousand tractors from everywhere on the planet, not just the USA. There were vendors selling ATVs, disks, plows, bush hogs, hay rakes, round balers, square balers, combines, lawn mowers, in other words, everything was there. So, that was the description of the first building, and there were about six different areas to walk through. Steve and I made it through several of the areas, then ate a burger and fries for lunch, and continued on through the rest. After finishing one round of all the areas, we headed back to the entrance where we came in and continued looking at things we had missed the first time through. We met up with the rest of the guys at 3 PM. Then Bank President Ricki Huntsman called the bus driver and had the bus pick us up at the door. We loaded on the bus and headed for home. On the way home the bank employees passed out drinks and 'goody bags' and also had drawings for 'door prizes'. The bus dropped off the farmers from Columbia and continued to Burkesville and let us off right around 6 PM. We jumped in Steve's truck for the quick ride on home.

My compliments to the employees of the Bank of Cumberland and First National Bank of Columbia for arranging the trip. They did an excellent job of planning and executing the bus trip.