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Country Threshing Days, August 3 – 5, 2018, Goessel, KS
Featuring Minneapolis Moline
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 3 through August 5, 2018. This year we are featuring Minneapolis Moline. 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 3 through August 5, 2018. This year we are featuring Minneapolis Moline. 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.
2018 Country Threshing Days Schedule of Events
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Friday, August 3, 2018
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. Saturday, August 4, 2018 6:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. All Day 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.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 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 5, 2018 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 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/ensilage chopping, plowing Supper (WHEAT Hall) 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 Farm Animals at the Schroeder Barn Uncle Milt’s Shed Children’s Activities Threshing Demonstrations Field Demonstrations - corn binding/shelling/ensilage chopping, plowing Lunch (WHEAT Hall) Prairie Tractor Start-up Parade of Power, immediately following prairie tractor start-up Draft Horse Demonstrations Sawmill Demonstrations Pedal Tractor Pull (Building #1 lean-to) Landscape Painting with Cindy Sigmond (WHEAT Hall) Large Engines Start-up (large engine building) Supper (WHEAT Hall) Breakfast (WHEAT Hall) Worship & Song Celebration (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) Landscape Painting with Cindy Sigmond (WHEAT Hall) Sawmill Demonstrations Threshing Demonstrations Field Demonstrations – corn binding/shelling/ensilage chopping, plowing Pedal Tractor Raffle Drawing Supper (WHEAT Hall) |
2019 Country Threshing Days is August 2, 3, and 4, 2019. The feature is John Deere.
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.