On the far right is the McFarland ranch house. It has new siding and double pane windows. With some luck it will be open for visitors in time for the 2005 show. The booth in the center is Chapter 13's sales and membership promotions. The tent on the left is of old household items and kitchen tools with costumed members. The tent in the top center is the pie sales.
The red one is a 2 1/2 hp Jacobson mid 20's. The larger on to the left rear is a JL Hicks made in San Francisco in 1913.
This is a homemade tractor by Al Bulger of Oakley, CA
This ferris wheel (for little ones) was made by Wilber and Janice Reil of Davis. It is powered by a 1912 2 1/2 hp Faultless engine.
You will need tickets, but you must be a minimum height.
The Stirling hot air engine
1900 Fairbanks Morse Wench Engine type "T" with 6 HP at 350 RPM. Owned by Ted and Carol Weber
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A gas powered hack saw
Gas powered cornshucker
Corn mill
Water pump
This 7 UP can is magically suspended in the air and has water gushing out of it
This is an ice cream maker, but this one has a 5 gallon capacity and is now full and "packed" It was made by Sam and Smokey Stover of Sacramento, CA. I wasn't offered any ice cream.
This water truck was demonstrated several times. The low volume of water spreading would make road building very slow.
This young woman was told to "pump until the barrel is full" and she tried, but failed. She caught on.
The Galt Area Historical Society sold pieces of pie. Most were homemade and donated for our sale. This year the show traffic was lower than last year and pie sales were a bit down as a result.
Veronika Blechova is taking a donation. She is from the Czech Republic
Jarka Lojdova (pronounced as Yarka) is explaining the show to a visitor. She is also from the Czech Republic. Both women did a great job of handing out leaflets, taking donations, promoting this show and the McFarland Living History Ranch. With enough people to "man the gate" during the primary show hours, we were able to beat last year's donation amount, even though the attendance was down. Everyone seemed to have a good time and many visitors were "first timers" to the Ranch.
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Last edited 22 November, 2005