“Thank you for taking the time to visit our farm.” This is one of the responses that I give to the many visitors as they prepare to leave Carriage Hill Farm, an historical farm which is part of a much larger system of 24 parks within the Five Rivers Metroparks system. The main emphasis of our farm is education and interpretation of an 1880’s family farm with all the equipment and animals from the 1880’s time period.

This event could not be held if it weren’t for the volunteers and sponsors that make it all possible. With sincere gratitude to the many and generous individuals who helped bring our 2008 Plowing Contest from the beginning to end, I want to say “Thank you.” To all my plowing friends, I say “See you next year and bring a friend.”