WOOSTER, Ohio — Food, fun, farms and fall foliage will highlight the Wayne County Farm Tour on Oct. 13-14. The tour will feature farms and businesses in the southwestern corner of Wayne County and will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

The first stop on the tour will be the Clinton Township Fire Department located at 205 E. McConkey St., Shreve, Ohio. The Shreve Firemens’ Assoc. will have the station open both days during the farm tour. They will have equipment and educational safety displays at the station. The Shreve Firemens’ Assoc. will be serving Wayne County Fair Style BBQ Chicken at this stop.

After a meal of BBQ chicken, head across the street to Shreve Custom Meats at 200 E. McConkey St. Ray and Donna Haas own and operate Shreve Custom Meats. They do custom butchering and process fresh and frozen meats. They also have cheese for sale. Tour the facility and see the processing area, including tables, saws, stuffers, pattie machine, slicers and vacuum packaging machines.

They will also have educational and business-related information available. This stop will also include a selection of antique farm tractors on display and a wide assortment of pedal tractors on display in the parking lot. They will also offer refreshments, cookies and beverages.

The third stop is Spring Run Farms located at 5729 Brown Road, owned and operated by the Tom Wolf Family. They farm 460 acres and raise corn, oats, wheat and hay to feed their herd of Registered Ayrshire cattle.

They have 90 milk cows and 75 heifers on the farm. Two years ago, they added a loose housing barn for their dairy herd. Special highlights of this stop include the Wolf’s collection of antique Allis Chalmers tractors and pedal tractors, and a young pair of Ayrshire oxen.

The next stop is the Kister Water Mill, located at 3595 Kister Road in Wooster. Owned by Rich and Cyndi Boyer, Kister Mill was established in 1816 as a gristmill. At its peak, the mill produced 30,000 pounds of cornmeal, 30,000 gallons of apple cider and 100,000 board feet of lumber per year.

The 18-foot wooden water wheel was rebuilt and erected in 2002. This wheel powers all the components of the mill. Other points of interest include the circular saw, woodshop, gristmill and water hydraulic cider press. The woodshop is fully functioning, complete with line shafts, belts and pulleys. This stop will include tours of the mill and demonstrations.

The fifth stop is the L J Nussbaum Farm, 5290 Kister Road in Shreve. The Nussbaum farm is owned and operated by Leonard and Janet Nussbaum and sons Lyle, Lee and Luke. Leonard and his youngest son, Luke, handle the day-to-day operation. They raise 50 acres of corn, 16 acres of wheat and 60 acres of hay.

They own 92 acres and rent an additional 45 acres. They have 45 Holstein dairy cows and raise all their heifer calves (about 40 animals) for replacement animals. Nussbaums purchased their small dairy farm 20 years ago and have added two stave silos, a machine shed and a cover-all building.

The barn was built in the 19th century with a couple of add-ons. They milk their cows in an 8-stall flat parlor and the cows are housed on pack pen, loose housing using straw and cornstalks for bedding. Conservation practices include laying the fields out in 10 strips approximately 130-feet wide, a manure storage facility and a milk house drain filter bed.

A tour of the Troutman Vineyard, located at 4243 Columbus Road is next. Troutman Vineyard and Winery is owned and operated by Andy and Deanna Troutman. The vineyard sits on 19 acres and the winery makes wine from estate and locally grown grapes. They also have a small petting zoo featuring pigs, chickens, goats and a donkey.

The next stop is South Hill Farm, owned by the Fred Cannon Family and located at 5521 Columbus Road in Shreve. Fred and Phyllis Cannon have 133 acres and raise corn, hay, soybeans and wheat. They have been breeding Shorthorn cattle since they sold their dairy herd in 1998.

This past year, they started to cross the Shorthorns with a Red Angus bull. This cross produces a Durham Red which possesses the better qualities of each breed. Fred Cannon also operates Barn Again LLC, a barn restoration business. Unique buildings on the farm include a restored 1856 timber frame bank barn and an 1870 timber frame barn they moved and restored in 2005. This barn was located behind the courthouse in New Philadelphia, Ohio. It was once used as the horse stable for the Tuscarawas County Sheriff and was later a blacksmith shop.

This stop will have a man who specializes in restoring slate roofs present both days of the tour and will also have a stone mason present on Sunday. The Wayne County Planning Department will have a display at this stop featuring their Rhythm of Agriculture project. The farm is in a Conservation Easement held by the Killbuck Valley Land Trust.

The eighth stop is G.E. Baker Construction/Baker Farms, at 4817 Maple Grove Road. Glenn and Nick Baker farm 165 acres and operate G. E. Baker Construction, Inc. They raise hay, corn, soybeans, oats and wheat, along with a herd of 30 crossbred cows and club calves. They also raise Quarter Horses.

G. E. Baker Construction, Inc. is a family business with Glenn as the owner/president, his son, Nick, as vice president; Glenn’s wife, Sharon, is secretary; and his daughter, Stacey Baker Rogers, as treasurer. They will have construction equipment and restored John Deere tractors on display.

They will also have club calves raised at the farm and club calves from Andrews Cattle Co. on display. Representatives from Ohio Caterpillar and Advanced Drainage will be on hand.

The final stop is Rolling Acres Farm at 4928 Snoddy Road in Shreve. Rex, Pam and Lilly Carter have been raising Boer Goats in the southwest corner of Wayne County for three years. Boer Goats originated in South Africa and were the first goats in the world to be scientifically performance tested for meat production.

Carter’s goal is to raise quality, affordable breeding stock and show wethers. They are members of the American Boer Goat Assoc., United States Boer Goat Assoc. and the Ohio Meat Goat Assoc. During the farm tour, they will have information available from each of these associations.

They will also display goat handling equipment and housing, kidding stalls and a petting area for children. Display boards on goat anatomy, husbandry and overall goat healthcare needs will be available. For more information, visit www.rafboergoats.com