Farmers show they did it in the good-old days

NEW HOPE -- Freshly turned rows of chocolate soil glistened in the sun as white, red and green antique tractors swayed along edges of stubble-headed fields, preparing to receive new seed.

The second annual Buckwheat Plow Day was held by the Old Time Farmers club north of New Hope Saturday morning on Mack Road.

Antique farm equipment lovers came out with five vintage tractors to plow four areas of a large field owned by Don DeWitt, readying it for planting. Two more tractors were expected, but one had a flat tire and the other's engine burned up.