We get 30 to 40 tractors each year.” Ian MacKenzie drives his fathers 1960 tractor. Carl comes to our tractor trot, the August long weekend. It’s about what you can see at a slow speed. We used to take our tractors and go for lunch. Mike Reed, of Prince Township, brought his 1952 Ferguson TEA-20. The trot starts on Centre Line, moves on to Government Road past the abandoned Mennonite farm, a right on Fisher and a stop at the park for hot drinks, then about eight kilometres back, the short cut to dinner. “It’s about the socialization,” she says. McKinnon was supporting her grandson, Isaiah, driving the Case-International, hauling his grandfather’s Massey Ferguson 1940.
They bought a lot and built a cabin.” Pat McKinnon is another one of the few observers. We’ve been summer residents here, 82 years. How they know every little bit about tractors.
“We have a few gentlemen farmers in our area, the International lawn mower types. I’ll be driving my grandfather’s Ferguson tractor.” “It’s amazing,” said first-time observer Carol Myers, of Chicago, who owns property in Algoma. The aroma of home-cooked, rural goodness wafts around mixed with maple syrup and fresh pumpkin as stomachs rumble. No one is really sure how many years the township has hosted the event - more important is when the turkey dinner will be served. PLUMMER ADDITIONAL - “We’re old fashioned nuts,” said Ian MacKenzie, of MacKenzie Maple, as he outlined the route for the 10th - or is it 9th - annual Turkey Tractor Trot.
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