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Hand mowing draws all ages

HANDMOWING VOLUNTEER ORGANIZER Judd Markowski shows how the craft is done while competitor Finn Yarborough waits his turn with scythe in hand at the Field Days Handmowing competition this past Thursday. Independent photo/Caroline Jiao

Nearly every year since the late 1960s, the young and the old with a special loyalty to hand tools gather to show their skills at the Addison County Fair and Field Days hand-mowing competition.

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