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O N S I C D O D U A N E TY H T E L I D F D & AYS R I A F - EDITOR’S NOTE -

A lot of folks can get caught up in the world of officialdom. Well, ours may not be the official booklet of Addison County Fair & Field Days, but we put a lot of heart and soul into this publication as a way to salute all the wonderful Field Day organizers, volunteers, and participants who make this — the greatest of Vermont’s agriculture fairs — an annual must-see event.

if you haven’t been to the New Haven fairgrounds in a few years.

Beyond the Field Days event, this little booklet is a good vehicle to salute the many farm related activities around our area.

For example, inside we look at how automation is making inroads on local farms as well as acknowledgement that the Blue Spruce Farm in Bridport, which just hosted a statewide 4H Club dairy event, is becoming a sustainable model for other dairy farms.

Please check out all that this year’s fair has to offer, from midway amusements to diverse livestock, food vendors, and farm displays to horse shows and even the demolition. We’re happy to get the word out about the fair and we hope you’ll consider attending this year With that said, see you at the fair! Lou Varricchio, Vermont Eagle editor

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ADMISSIONS Your ticket price includes parking, gate admission, re-admission, grandstands, all Field Days shows & exhibits.

ADULTS (ages 12 and over)

CHILDREN (ages 6-11)

Tuesday Only Daily Admission $10.00 Wednesday – Saturday Daily Admission $12.00 SEASON PASS $45.00 SENIOR DISCOUNT Free on Tuesday with Green Mountain Passport (Green Mountain Passports can be purchased at your local Town Clerk’s office)

Daily Admission $5.00 SEASON PASS $15.00

CHILDREN (5 years and under) FREE all days.

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md Active 4-H members and leaders who are exhibiting and free volunteering every day will be admitted to the grounds free )ne upon presentation of a special colored 4H/Fair Bracelets. One leader from each club will send a list of active participating -ing 1M members and leaders by July 19 to: 4-H Fair Bracelets, UVM '53. Extension, 23 Pond Ln., Suite 300, Middlebury, VT 05753. or 4-H members will receive their Bracelets from their leaderr or department superintendent

(Top) Vermonter Emily Miner carries on her family’s tasty tradition at Thelma’s Fired Dough stand at Field Days. (Left) Fair goers will enjoy Field Days by night when amusement rides and other vendors turn on colorful, festive lights. Eagle Photos

NOTE: Special individual rate of $8.00 applies to bus bus loads or groups of 20 or more people who have made prior rior elet arrangements. The payment of a one-day admission bracelet ·hat permits the individual re-entry on the grounds during that same day and evening.

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mnlv to all departments denartments of the the Fair. Fair. It Tt shall shall 1. The following rules shall apply to all of be the responsibility of all exhibitors, food vendors and concessionaires to abide by these rules. 2. All property brought upon the Field Days grounds by any person and for any purpose is subject to these rules. 3. All persons entering upon Field Days grounds, with or without permission and for any purpose, agree to hold Field Days and its officers, directors, trustees, agents and employees, harmless from any loss, damage, injury, death, or disability from any cause whatsoever to any person or property. 4. All property brought upon the Field Days grounds shall be the sole responsibility of the owner, and Field Days assumes no responsibility for its safety. 5. As a part of the consideration for permission to be upon the Field Days grounds, all claims for damage to property or for personal injury are specifically waived; and no claim or suit shall in any way be commenced or maintained against Field Days or its officers, directors, trustees, agents or employees. 6. All exhibits and entries must remain intact until the release time specified in each department. Failure to comply with this rule will result in forfeiture of all premiums and ribbons or trophies won in all departments. 7. The Directors of Field Days reserve the right to reassign any space not

ocnmied by bv an an exhibitor exhibitor by bv the the specifi snecificc date. da occupied No exhibitor is permitted to sublet or assign his/her space without prior written approval of the director(s) in charge of such space. 8. Exhibitors and concessionaires shall keep their space(s) and stall(s) clean at all times. All waste and litter shall be placed in appropriate containers. Failure to do so automatically transfers, to the Field Days Directors, the right to contract the cleanup at the expense of the person(s) responsible for such space/exhibit/concession. 9. Any person objecting in an ungentlemanly or public manner to the judgment or ruling of an awarding committee, judge, department superintendent, or any official of Field Days may be excluded by the Board of Directors from further competition or exhibition until such time as he/ she has been reinstated by decision of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. 10. Any exhibitor making or causing to be made, any false statement regarding an animal or article, or attempting to interfere with any judge in the performance of his/her duty, shall be excluded from competition or exhibition. 11. Premiums shall be awarded on articles listed in the premium lists only. The Department Superintendent shall approve the judges in each department. No one shall be permitted to judge in an area in which he/ she exhibits.

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14. Premiums shall be awarded only in accordance with the entry book, which has been properly signed by the judge(s). 15. The directors of Field Days have the right to remove from the Field Days grounds any exhibit, animal, concession, show, sign, banner, or advertising matter of any kind, which is unsuitable or objectionable to them, without assigning any reason thereto. 16. The Board of Directors shall authorize only those exhibits and concessions, which evidence a high moral standard. No exhibit or concession shall be conducted in other than a legitimate and tradesman-like manner. 17. Each exhibitor and concessionaire shall confine his/her activities to the space assigned. Failure to do so will subject them to forfeiture of the exhibit or concession privilege and any monies paid for such privilege. 18. No exhibitor or concessionaire may engage in extortion or any similar activity. Any such conduct — judged by the opinion of the Board of Directors — shall result in forfeiture of contract, money paid, and in expulsion from the grounds. 19. Advertising material shall be distributed from, and displayed in, an authorized exhibit space only. As well as, all signs, sandwich boards and banners must remain in the authorized exhibit space only. Begging, soliciting, singing, public speaking or creating a general nuisance is positively prohibited. Any person violating this rule is subject to expulsion from the grounds. 20. All space allotted shall be appropriately decorated by the exhibitor or concessionaire at their own expense. Said decorations shall be subject to the approval of the Field Days Board of Directors. There will be two $100 prizes awarded each year, one each to the neatest, best kept, most appropriately decorated of the indoor and outdoor exhibits/concessions; to be judged by the Board of Directors.

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for immediate removal of the offender from the grounds and forfeiture of all fees. Reservations for specific spots will be arranged, prior to the fair, with the camping office. Tenting, for exhibitors only, will be by permission of the superintendent. Campers, for 4-H members, who are exhibiting, will be permitted at the discretion of the superintendent. Designated camping spots will be provided for superintendents, without charge.

39. No commercial exhibitor or concessionaire may dig holes, pound stakes or poles, or mount antennas or satellite dishes without obtaining permission of the grounds manager.

34. Any electrical wiring must be done by the Field Days electrician and may involve additional expense to the requester of such wiring.

41. Tent stakes, exhibitor vehicles, etc. must stay within the boundaries of the space actually rented.

33. In the event of conflict between these Rules and Regulations and special department rules, the special rules shall govern.

35. All renters, exhibitors and concessionaires agree to obtain and maintain in force, at their own expense, during the term of their contract with Field Days, and any extension thereof, liability insurance with insurers and through brokers approved by Field Days. Such coverage shall be adequate to protect against liability for damage claims through public, private or sublease use of, or arising out of accidents occurring in or around the premises, in a minimum amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for any one accident, and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for property damage. Each of the aforesaid insurance policies shall name Addison County Fair and Field Days, Inc. as an additional insured, and Addison County Fair and Field Days, Inc. shall be furnished with a copy of said insurance policy(s) and/or a certificate from the insurer, which certifies that the foregoing insurance is in effect. 36. All exhibits in the Lucien D. Paquette Building shall be selfsupporting (no nails, staples, screws or hooks shall be attached to the building).

37. Inside exhibit spaces are 10’ x 10’. Back walls of exhibits may be up to eight feet (8’) in height. Sidewalls, for the first six feet (6’) of the depth of the exhibit, may not be more than four feet (4’) in height, to allow for better visibility throughout the building. The remaining four feet (4’) of depth may be up to eight feet (8’) in height.

38. All overnight vehicles and exhibitors must be registered at the Field Days office and must either display the tags on their vehicle or have their ID tag on the person.

40. Commercial delivery trucks and exhibitor vehicles may not move on the main streets of Field Days grounds between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. Noncompliance with this regulation may result in loss (without compensation) of Field Days admittance privileges and/or exhibit spaces. There will be a reserved area for exhibitors to park their vehicles outside the fence.

42. Concessionaires and food vendors may sell ONLY those items specifically listed on the contract signed with and submitted to Addison County Fair and Field Days. The directors in charge of the food vendor/exhibit/concession areas have the sole right to limit items, which may be sold by any vendor. 43. The Lucien D. Paquette Exhibit Building will be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily; from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. for exhibitors & concessionaires only. 44. All permanent buildings owned by Field Days and used by other than Field Days personnel (i.e., 4-H Exhibit Hall, Maple Exhibit, Grange, etc.) must have current, negotiated, and signed contracts prior to any occupancy. 45. Field Days is not responsible for damage caused by power outages.

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The Blue Spruce Farm in Bridport is one of Addison Callan, Berkshire (third); Elisabeth Crawford, County’s premiere examples of a modern, sustainable Whiting (fourth); Delia Morgan, Woodstock (fifth); Erica Goodhue, Fairfield (sixth); Whitney Dunklee, dairy farm operation. In recognition of the Audet family’s farm, the annual Vernon (seventh); Haley Michaud, East Hardwick State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest, held June 28 at the (eighth); Grace Denio, Waterford (ninth); Morgan Bridport farm. Over 53 4-H dairy members from White, Whiting (tenth); McKenzie Clark, Bomoseen throughout the state visited the farm to compete for (honorable mention); Emma Deering, Middlebury (honorable mention) top-10 rosette ribbons in their respective age groups. 10- and 11-year-olds: Maeve Leslie-Gawalt (first) The judging took place at the third-generation family and Kate Wehmeyer (second), both from Hartland; farm. The 4-Hers, ages 8 to 18, judged two classes of Chase Boudreau, Bridport (third); Ella McAllister, Holsteins (junior three-year-olds and senior threeMorrisville (fourth); Chandler Cook, Randolph year-olds) and three classes of Ayrshires (three-year(fifth);Boden Callan, Berkshire (sixth); Max Demaine, olds, fall calves and winter calves). Elizabeth Hall, East West Glover (seventh); Haedyn Williams, West Montpelier, served as the official for this University of Pawlet (eighth); Alyssa Frazier, Berlin (ninth); Jayme Vermont Extension 4-H-sponsored event. Landon (tenth) and Antonio Landon (honorable The top finishers, by age group, were: mention), both from West Pawlet Senior (14-18): Averie Brown, East Montpelier 8- and 9-year-olds: Arden Riesterer (first) and (first); Courtney Simpson, Sutton (second): Brianna Austin Washburn, (second), both from Bethel; Vander Wey, Ferrisburgh (third): Keenan Thygesen, Brandon Palmer (third) and David Landon (fourth), Tunbridge (fourth); Katie Blake, Sutton (fifth); both from West Pawlet; Alexa Graham, Westfield Lincoln Michaud, East Hardwick (sixth); Cassidy (fifth); Charles Young, Bethel (sixth); Nora Demaine, Dunphy (seventh) and Molly Callan (eighth), West Glover (seventh). 4-H teens assisting with this both from Enosburgh Falls; Caroline Kirby, East event were Isabel Hall, East Montpelier; Elizabeth Montpelier (ninth); Alissa Hill, Underhill (tenth) Menard, Fairfield; and Joseph Real, Georgia. All 12- and 13-year-olds: Colby Simpson, Sutton three previously competed nationally and regionally (first); Jack Bartholomew, Benson (second); Sam as members of the state 4-H dairy judging team. 

FARM ROBOTS By Lou Varricchio

The robot revolution in Vermont farming will not be televised. Instead, it will quietly transform dairy operations as we know it today.

Here in Vermont, the robot revolution is occurring in the barn with the latest generation of robot milkers.

During milking, cow’s milk is continuously monitored per quarter, providing data on mastitis, fat, and lactose. Every cow has its own database, so the Lely Astronaut probably knows more about each individual cow than the farmer—and its electronic brain never forgets.

Robots on a dairy farm allow farmers, like the Orwell dairy operation, to manage milk quality and cow health as well as respond if a problem or health issue appears.  

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circuitry, sensors, brushes, displays, software, and other gizmos only a computer geek could appreciate. The units, each about the size of two passenger vans combined, automatically milk cows, 24-7, as needed.

In 2011, the 150-year-old Hall and Breen Organic Farm in Orwell—among the oldest farms in Vermont—opened its doors to farmers from Addison and Rutland counties to see demonstrations of its twin high-tech “robomilkers” called the Lely Astronaut, the brand name for the automated milking units. The units replaced the need for hiring more farm hands.

Father and daughter organic dairy farmers Louis Hall and Jennifer Breen of Orwell stand with Lely Group distributor Paul Goden beside twin Lely Astronaut robots that milk cows on the Hall-Breen Organic Farm as needed. Eagle photo

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The “first-of-its-kind” Northern Tier Dairy Summit was held recently at Vermont’s Jay Peak Resort. The event was attended by 240 participants with 115 dairy farmers present from across New England. The agency announced four new initiatives derived from the summit, and four additional existing initiatives to respond to the areas developed.

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IN OLD VERMONT Vermont author Rusty Clark DeVoid, a resident of Hinesburg, has crafted a wonderful book-length account of life in old Vermont. Titled “Horse Tales and Hoof Prints”, the author’s true stories are odd enough to be both quaint and remarkable.

to-earth, and sometimes eccentric, lives of a cast of rural and town characters that would delight anyone interested in life before televisions, computers, and mobile telephones. The DeVoids are both native Vermonters. Rusty DeVoid collected the tales over decades at meeting worked on a farm in Hinesburg during his youth. places, local fairs, and social gatherings. He and Joyce first met while students at Champlain The colorful collection of true stories, published by Valley Union High School.  Distinction Press of Waitsfield, contain a few bordering  on the fantastic. The book is a treasure chest of yarns Storytellers Rusty and Devoid that recount what it was like to live in Vermont starting Joyce like to collect old Vermont in the 1920s through the World War II years. “Many of the events in my book actually happened,” DeVoid said. “Most were related to me by my father and his father. The stories were passed on as bona fide experiences in their lives and their neighbors’ lives.”

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Addison County’s first fairground, pictured here in 1900, was located in Middlebury where the Mary Hogan Elementary School stands today.

Lucien Paquette of Middlebury is the founder of today’s Field Days. Over 100 years young, Lucien still puts in an appearance at the fairgrounds in New Haven.

Today’s modern, high-tech farm equipment manufactured by the John Deere Corporation are a far cry from Deere’s first tools made at a blacksmith shop in downtown Middlebury during the 1800s.

Addison County resident Rylee Layne is an award-winning equestrian. She has showcased her skills at the horse arena at Field Days paving the way for more young women entering the sport.

Barbecue Bill’s is an annual destination for many Field Days attendees. Featuring the best in beef and pork, Bill says the Addison County fair is one of his favorites.

Members of the Vermont National Guard are warmly welcomed by fair goers at Field Days. Each summer, the Guard greet visitors and display the latest in Army field gear.

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Offer valid on qualifying purchases made between 1 May 2019 to 31 July 2019. Subject to approved installment credit with John Deere Financial, for consumer or commercial use only. No down payment required. $16.67 per month for every $1,000 financed. Fixed rate of 0% APR for 60 months only. Taxes, freight, setup and delivery charges could increase monthly payment. Available at participating U.S. dealers. Prices and models may vary by dealer. 2 Offer valid on qualifying purchases made between 1 May 2019 to 31 July 2019. $500 off implement bonus is in addition to low-rate financing and requires the purchase of two or more qualifying John Deere or Frontier implements. In addition to implement bonus and low-rate financing, get $300 off 1025R Tractors, $1,000 off 3E Series Tractors and 2038R Series Tractors. Prices and models may vary by dealer. Some restrictions apply; other special rates and terms may be available, so see your dealer for details and other financing options. Available at participating U.S. dealers. * All compact utility tractors purchased new from an authorized John Deere dealer come standard with a 6-year/2,000-hour (whichever comes first) powertrain warranty. See the LIMITED WARRANTY FOR NEW JOHN DEERE TURF AND UTILITY EQUIPMENT at dealer for details. John Deere, the leaping deer symbol, and green and yellow trade dress are trademarks of Deere & Company. 1

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