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The Middleville Agricultural Society was formed in 1851 to help farmers improve their farming practices. It ordered pure and reliable seeds in bulk for its members, and imported purebred rams to boost the quality of local sheep and wool. In 1883, the Society purchased the fairground property and built the large Exhibition Hall. In 1902, the Temperance Society added a meeting hall, now used as a dining hall.<\/p>\n
Since 1851 in September the Middleville Agricultural Society have organized the Middleville Fair as a fall celebration of rural life.<\/p>\n
Agriculture is the main focus of the Fair, with animal, flower, fruit and vegetable exhibits and competitions. Crafts, baking and preserving, and heritage displays of antique machinery and household items, as well as old fashioned games and races for the children, fill out the day. There is a ham and bean luncheon, and fair day ends with the renowned homecooked turkey dinner. Come join us!<\/p>\n
Saturday Sept. 19th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The 164th Annual Middleville Agricultural Fair Admission: $5 per person, Children 10 years of age and younger are free.<\/p>\n Special prizes are awarded for the following categories:<\/p>\n Most Recently Married Couple<\/p>\n Longest Married Couple<\/p>\n Eldest Person<\/p>\n Youngest Child<\/p>\n New Exhibitor with the most points in the fair<\/p>\n Please register for these special prizes with the Secretary at the Office before 5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n Parking Handicap parking will be available on the south side of the Wolfe Grove Road, just outside the fairgrounds, as marked<\/p>\n General parking will be available where marked. A complimentary wagon ride will bring guests to and from the parking area.<\/p>\n Fair Highlights<\/p>\n 8:30 AM Judging of Hall Exhibits (Doors to these exhibits will not open until all judging is complete. Usually around 11 AM)<\/p>\n 10:00 AM Fair Opens<\/p>\n Light Horse Show<\/p>\n Heavy Horse Show<\/p>\n 11:00 Pet Show (By the Fire Hall)<\/p>\n Judging of Cattle, Swine, Poultry and Sheep<\/p>\n 11:30 Vegetable Racing (By the Fire Hall)<\/p>\n 11:30 – 1:00 Home-cooked Ham and Bean Lunch in the Dining Hall<\/p>\n $9 Adult; $5 Children 8 years and under<\/p>\n 1:00 Teddy Bear Show<\/p>\n 1:30 North Lanark 4H achievement Program – Sheep<\/p>\n 3:00 Dinner Tickets on Sale in Office<\/p>\n 4:30 Turkey Supper<\/p>\n Numbered tickets, served in order<\/p>\n $13 Adult; $8 Children 8 years and under”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Middleville Agricultural Society was formed in 1851 to help farmers improve their farming practices. It ordered pure and reliable…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[396,1,9,11],"tags":[911,641,913,662,910,912,780,656,909,914],"class_list":["post-2842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-events","category-perth-on","category-perth-ontario-events","category-perth-ontario-news","tag-a-fall-celebration-of-rural-life","tag-community-explore-perth","tag-homecooked-turkey-dinner","tag-middleville-agricultural-fair","tag-middleville-agricultural-society","tag-old-fashioned-games","tag-perth-events","tag-perth-on-fall-events","tag-the-164th-annual-middleville-agricultural-fair","tag-upcoming-perth-events"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pJPiZ-JQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Tradition Continues<\/p>\n
\nNo parking on the grounds, except for the livestock trailers<\/p>\n