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Country Threshing Days, August 4 – August 6, 2017, Goessel, KS. Featuring Ford.
The Company’s major event is the annual old-fashioned country threshing demonstration and show in Goessel, KS. More than 100 exhibitors from a 7-state area display and demonstrate antique equipment related to farming during the past century. Additional demonstrations and ethnic Mennonite food are provided in conjunction with the Mennonite Heritage & Agricultural Museum.
Country Threshing Days is August 4 through August 6, 2017. This year we are featuring Ford. Admission is five dollars at the gate or four dollars in advance. Admission is free for children under 12 years of age. Advance admission buttons are now available at Keith’s Food and the Mennonite Heritage & Ag. Museum in Goessel. Admission buttons are good all three days.
Country Threshing Days is August 4 through August 6, 2017. This year we are featuring Ford. Admission is five dollars at the gate or four dollars in advance. Admission is free for children under 12 years of age. Advance admission buttons are now available at Keith’s Food and the Mennonite Heritage & Ag. Museum in Goessel. Admission buttons are good all three days.
2017 Country Threshing Days Schedule of Events
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Friday, August 4, 2017
7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. All Afternoon All Afternoon 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, August 5, 2017 6:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. All Day 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m. 11:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m. 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. All Afternoon All Afternoon All Afternoon 2:00 p.m. (registration at 1 p.m.) 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Sunday, August 6, 2017 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
Breakfast (WHEAT Hall) Lunch (WHEAT Hall) Gates open Sawmill Demonstrations Pedal Tractor Raffle tickets on sale (WHEAT Building #1) Large Engines Start-up (large engine building) Threshing Demonstrations Field Demonstrations - corn binding/shelling/cutting, plowing, combining Supper (WHEAT Hall) Mennonite Heritage & Agricultural Museum: Greg Claassen, Ventriloquist, Goessel H.S. Auditorium, Doors open at 7:00 Free, donations to the museum gladly accepted, www.goesselmuseum.com Breakfast (WHEAT Hall) Pedal Tractor Raffle tickets on sale (WHEAT Building #1) Parade on Main St., line up at 9:00 a.m., participant map at exhibitors booth Uncle Milt’s Shed Children’s Activities Threshing Demonstrations Field Demonstrations - corn binding/shelling/cutting, plowing, combining Lunch (WHEAT Hall) Prairie Tractor Start-up Parade of Power, immediately following prairie tractor start-up Draft Horse Demonstrations Sawmill Demonstrations Blacksmith Demonstrations (sawmill building) Pedal Tractor Pull (Building #1 lean-to) Arts and Crafts Demonstration (WHEAT Hall) Large Engines Start-up (large engine building) Supper (WHEAT Hall) Breakfast (WHEAT Hall) Worship & Song Celebration led by Glenn and Sheila Litke (WHEAT Hall) Special Sunday Dinner (WHEAT Hall) Uncle Milt’s Shed Children’s Activities Prairie Tractor Start-up Large Engines Start-up (large engine building) Arts and Crafts Demonstration (WHEAT Hall) Sawmill Demonstrations Threshing Demonstrations Field Demonstrations – corn binding/shelling/cutting, plowing, combining Pedal Tractor Raffle Drawing Supper (WHEAT Hall) |
2018 Country Threshing Days is August 3, 4, and 5, 2018. The feature is Minneapolis Moline.
Map
Goessel, Kansas (population 500) is located on highway K-15, about 12 miles north of Newton and 40 miles north of Wichita. It is nestled in the heart of Central Kansas Mennonite communities.
Click here for a printable map of the show grounds.
Click here for a printable map of the show grounds.
Exhibitors
Anyone desiring to exhibit or demonstrate equipment is welcome to do so during the Country Threshing Days. Exhibitors receive free admission. For further information contact us. Vendors are also welcome during the Country Threshing Days. More information on the Contact page.
Campers
Campers are welcome, however no hook-ups are available on the show grounds. Local facilities are available in Hillsboro or Hesston. Four RV hook-ups in Hillsboro, which is 15 miles north-east of Goessel. For more information visit: cityofhillsboro.net/forms/84-facilities-rental reservations can be made in advance by contacting city hall (620)-947-3162. Twenty-two RV hook-ups in Hesston, which is 12 miles south-west of Goessel. For more information visit: cottonwoodgrove.com or call (620)-327-4173.
