43rd Annual Farm Days

Wrap up your fall festivals with a trip to Waters Farm on October 14 & 15th where the past & present combine to produce a family-oriented weekend full of activities & educational experiences.  Waters Farm is a not-for-profit (501c3) all-volunteer run living history center located on 120 beautiful acres in West Sutton.  

The Antique Engine and Tractor Show is dedicated in memory of Sten Brote,  whose rare black Mack truck and trailer loaded with a multitude of beautifully restored antique engines was a perennial favorite.  Visit with members of the Chapter 18 International Harvester Club as well as others from New England area clubs displaying and demonstrating their antique engines, tractors, implements and doodlebugs.

Shop at our large selection of craft vendors and enjoy lunch and apple crisp.  Watch the Antique Farm Tractor Pulls both days.  Demonstrations from yesteryears include our working Blacksmith Shop, Shingle Mill and Maple Sugar House.  The recently restored hearths in the Waters farmhouse will be in operation this year to enhance your house tour.  Stop by the Darling Barn to see demonstrations including sign carving & painting, tin smithing, and pottery.

Children’s activities include games and contests, barrel train rides, inflatables, and bottle rockets.  The Sutton Robotics Team will be onsite as well as the Scouts, emergency vehicles and animals with plenty of interactive presentations.

The Animal Showcase, sponsored by the Sutton 4-H Preservationist Club,  will host new exhibits  to include goats and small farm animals in addition to their cattle.  Sutton’s own Angela Kazanovicz and her horse, Aurora, known for their role as The Headless Horseman in The Sleepy Hollow Production at Old Sturbridge Village, will be there.  Carolyn Stearns, author, and storyteller will join us both days along with the Molnar’s of Donifer Farm in CT with their mammoth donkeys offering demonstrations of the amazing things that donkeys can do.  They will be joined by other donkeys and mules from the area.  

Music will be provided by Cruisin’ Bruce Palmer.  Food and beverages are available onsite.  Wagon rides, provided by Whittier Farms, run throughout the day traversing the grounds.  

Sunday features include the Bruce Nichols Memorial Car Show in the upper field.  The annual apple pie baking contest is next to the Apple Crisp Shed at 12:30pm.