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Pat Shea directs his team of steers, Jack and Dick, Monday during a distance pull at the Farmington Fair. The team pulled the drag 330 feet while weighing 3,695 pounds at the Farmington event. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
The Farmington Fair is underway this week, bringing agricultural traditions, midway rides, livestock, harness racing and entertainment to the Farmington Fairgrounds.
The 185th annual fair runs through Saturday at 292 High St. Activities include livestock exhibits, animal pulling events, 4-H activities, exhibit halls and a large midway. Harness racing is scheduled throughout the week, with races beginning at 1:30 p.m. each day.
Monday is the fair’s annual Ag Day, an educational program for students in kindergarten through fourth grade focusing on agriculture, conservation and the environment. Other highlights this week include a youth auction Wednesday, truck and tractor pulls Friday and a demolition derby Saturday.
The fair is organized by the Franklin County Agricultural Society.
Evergreen Russell, 4, sticks her head through a hole in a pig cutout Monday while attending the Farmington Fair during a River Valley Christian Academy field trip in Farmington. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageEmma White, 3, points to jockeys and horses as they take laps Monday during pari-mutuel racing at the Farmington Fair. White attended the fair with her parents, David and Rachel White, of Cape Cod, Mass. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageA jockey takes warm up laps with his horse Monday before pari-mutuel racing at the Farmington Fair in Farmington. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageJockeys and horses compete Monday during pari-mutuel racing at the Farmington Fair in Farmington. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageJanice Lathrop and John Henry perform live music Monday as the duo Jan & John at the Farmington Fair in Farmington. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageDesirae Mixer poses as an artist creates a caricature of her and her husband, William, during their gender reveal Monday at the Farmington Fair. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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