The Red River Valley Sugarbeet Museum held its 17th Annual Harvest Festival today where they held demonstrations of harvesting sugarbeets and grain bushels with older farming equipment. Along with the demonstrations, there were various tractors and other farming equipment from the early to mid-1900s on display throughout the museum. Behind the museum, multiple tractors were lined up in preparation for the Tractor Pull at noon, where spectators lined the hill to watch. Barnyard Bites was also there to provide lunch for visitors. The Festival was held in honor this year of Paul Dragseth.
People watching the rotobeeter shear the sugar beets
The Rotobeeter driving through the fields
The sugarbeets after the Rotobeeter went through the field
A 1948 Harvall Sugarbeet Harvester
A 1 Row Scott-Urschol harvester
A Tonsfledt Topper/Windrower
A 1996 John Deer 430 Harvester
Displays inside the museum
Displays inside the museum
Displays inside the museum
Displays inside the museum
A 1941 Farmall “A”
Tractors lined up for the Tractor Pull
Tractors lined up for the Tractor Pull
Souvenirs being given away at the festival
Sugarbeet harvesters harvesting the sugarbeets
Sugarbeet harvesters harvesting the sugarbeets
People watching the sugarbeet harvest
The final bounty of one of the sugarbeet harvesters
