Big Spring Farm will once again offer its Hay Day and Big Spring Farm Day, which will be open to the public on Friday, Aug. 6, and Saturday, Aug. 7, respectively. Admission is free. This two-day event is designed for guests to explore past ways of life at the farm, 735 Spruce Road, New Holland.

The Friday event will kick off at 1 p.m. with displays and demonstrations of early hay tools, scythe sharpening and hay cutting, a tumble-and-dump rake, saw milling, a horse-power hay hook used to unload hay, and more. A demonstration of horse training will occur from 6 to 8 p.m.

Saturday's Big Spring Farm Day will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. New this year will be a wood shingle mill demonstration. Demonstrations will also include threshing by hand with a flail, by horsepower, and powered by steam engines and tractors; loom weaving; log sawing, behive oven breadmaking; and pottery making.

Special Saturday events will include German singing at 12:05 p.m. and a 1 p.m. parade in which attendees may drive their own antique tractor, farm equipment, horse-drawn wagon, or buggy.

Food will be available for purchase. For instance, on Friday, pulled pork and bread baked in a behive oven will be featured. On Saturday, sausage sandwiches, iron-kettle soup, and more will be on hand.

These Big Spring Farm events are sponsored by the Swiss Pioneer Preservation Association, a nonprofit organization. For details, call Lewis Leid at 717-475-0318 or Raymond Zimmerman at 717-354-7139.