For the past

four years the farm of Rick and Joanne Minter has been the site of Inman

Farm Heritage Days.

The festival,

now entering its fifth year, features antique tractors and engines, arts

and crafts exhbitors and more. The festival returns this Friday and admission,

as always, is free.

The public

is invited to bring tractors or antique engines to the event as visitors

can learn all about the machines and equipment of the farm heritage. At

Inman Farm Heritage Days one can learn about blacksmithing, hay baling,

wheat threshing, how a grist mill works or how a cotton gin is used. Also

on the farm is a restored 19th century log cabin, which gives vistors

a sneak peek into the past.

The tractor

is the main attraction at Inman Farm Heritage Days, though, and whatever

your favorite brand is, you are sure to see one in the tractor parade.

In additoon to the major brands, such as John Deere, Ford, Allis-Chalmers

and Massey Ferguson, there will be a 1917 Aultman-Taylor steam traction

engine. The Aultman-Taylor weighs 20,000 pounds and looks and sounds like

a steam engine as it circles the parade route with black smoke emanating

and the whistle blowing.

Visitors to

Inman Farm Heritage Days will get a special treat this year as the festival

is the host for this year's Red Power Roundup. Guests from all over the

Southeast are exhibitng their collections of International Harvester and

Farmall tractors.

The show grounds

are open daily from 9 a.m. until dark. There will be music, festival food,

tractor activities and exhibits running for the entire weekend. Sunday's

activities begin with an outdoor church service from Inman Methodist Church

at 8:30 a.m.

Inman Farm

Heritage Days is five miles south of Fayetteville, off Ga. Highway 92

on Hill's Bridge Road. Phone Rick or Joanne Minter at 770-461-2840 or

visit www.InmanFarm.com .

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