The groomsmen and David's family came from Georgia and Connecticut, and didn't have much farm background to bring with them. So we held a "Farm Day" before wedding day. It was a chance to introduce people to an unfamiliar way of life, and to each other, and it was a lot of fun..
We started with a little agricultural education, provided by John. First he explained how his planter splits the soil 16 rows at a time, drops in seeds and then covers them up at the rate of 384,000 seeds per hour.
Then he demonstrated his antique, horse-drawn planter that sows one row at a time.
After Farming 101, we went to Farm Play 101. Everybody got a chance to ride horses
and drive tractors. Audrey persuaded the groomsmen to take a spin in a 170-horsepower tractor,
while the father-off-the-bride taught the father-of-the-groom to drive a 35-hp tractor built the same year they were.
Curly-headed cousins got to see each other and catch up
and siblings-of-the-groom posed with big horses.
I was the hostess of Farm Day. I couldn't very well be hostess AND official photographer, so I left the latter to my competent brother. Thanks, Marshall, for the photos.
Here's Marshall on the horse. We let him hang around because he takes nice pictures, not because he knows what kind of shirts to wear in Nebraska. The Longhorns? Really? Tsk, tsk, Marshall. ;)
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