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Pioneer farming on display – photo essay

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Published: August 25, 2022

Pioneer tools hang on a wall of one of the site’s buildings. | Janet Kanters photo

Pioneer Acres, which preserves Alberta’s farming heritage, held its annual show Aug. 5-7 on its site north of Irricana, Alta.

The event featured an antique truck and car parade and a horse parade; quilting, spinning and rug-making demonstrations; field demonstrations including horse-drawn plowing, cultivating and binder work; and steam-driven plowing and threshing and antique tractor pulls.  | Janet Kanters photos

The show featured International Harvester as well as other tractor brands. | Janet Kanters photo
Antique trucks and cars were on display. | Janet Kanters photo

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Janet Kanters

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