PLOW DAY
2ND ANNUAL
HELD
MARCH 10, 2007
AT CAMPGROUND METHODIST CHURCH
GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS
WRITTEN BY : TINA EASLEY
PHOTO'S TAKEN BY : OTTO MORTON
A LARGE CROWD OF SPECTATORS CAME TO SEE THE WAY FARMING USED TO BE DONE " THE OLD FASHIONED WAY " . HARD WORK , LONG HOURS BEHIND THE PLOWS IN GREENE COUNTY .
THE HOURS WERE SUNUP TO SUNDOWN TO RISE THE NEXT DAY AND START WHERE ARE GREENE COUNTY FARMERS LEFT OFF IN THE FIELDS THE DAY BEFORE DURING FARMING SEASON .
BEFORE MODERN DAY MACHINERY WITH TEAMS OF HORSES OR MULES .
YESTERDAY AT PLOW DAY , TEAMS HELPED PLOW A FIELD WHERE A CROP OF CORN AND PURPLE HULL PEAS WERE PLANTED.
THE "PLOW DAY EVENT " ATTRACTED SPECTATORS FROM ALL OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS , TENNESSEE AND MISSOURI. FOR THIS FAMILY EVENT . DEMONSTRATING A PIECE OF OUR GREENE COUNTIES HISTORY .
TEAMS PLOWING THE FIELD
SOME OF THE PLOWS THAT YOU DON'T SEE TO OFTEN TODAY
ANOTHER TEAM WORKING TOGETHER
A TEAM RESTING AFTER A HARD DAYS WORK
