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Taken at the Gordonville Mud Sale. Mud sales are auctions to benefit volunteer fire companies in Lancaster County.
Lancaster County is home to a large Amish population, and mud sales are one of the few places where the Amish mix with "English" (i.e., non-Amish) folks. The Old Order Amish are fascinating folks, who live in close-knit communities and avoid many modern technologies, including cars and most uses of electricity. You can also easily recognize them by their dress and especially the signature hats.
Mud sales offer a way to see - and touch - many technologies they do use, such as horse drawn buggies, plows, and other agricultural machinery. Moreover, at mud sales the Amish are said to tolerate some discreet photography, to which they are normally very much opposed.
I don't think the auctioneer is Amish, and certainly not Old Order. But he blends in quite well.
8" tall 8" wide 4" deep
this one was given - for the Auctioneer competition- Yorkton Exhibition. CTV -(Canadian Television) ,
Grain Millers.
"Grain Millers Harvest Showdown"Yorkton Saskatchewan November 8th to 10th This Years event will be held November 11th 11:00 am
Stock Dog Trials,the CCA & MRCA 2 day-dual approved Rodeo on Friday and Saturday
Team penning on Friday and Team Roping on Saturday.