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James Kuik leads the Lucknow tractor parade on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, astride one of his grandfather John Kuik's old John Deere
tractors. A total of 51 tractors were out on the day.
Lucknow
tractor parade
brings the rain
Darryl Coote
Reporter
Dan Dalton of Fergus
called it the `Farmer's Rain
Dance.'
After months without a
good and proper downpour,
the sky heeded the call of
local farmers Aug. 12, 2016,
by drenching the Township
of Huron -Kinloss with rain.
And some are crediting it
-- with tongue in cheek -- to
the annual so-called tractor
parade in Lucknow Saturday
morning.
From at least the three
townships of West
Wawanosh, Kinloss and Ash-
field, farmers greased up
their old tractors and rode
them through the streets of
Lucknow converging at
Mary's Family Restaurant at
the edge of town for
breakfast.
Only about a half dozen
spectators waited on Camp-
bell St. for the parade Satur-
day morning and when the
skies opened up that num-
ber halved.
However, the rain did not
stop the farmers from com-
ing. Completely bypassing
downtown Lucknow, a small
convoy of about 11 tractors
piloted by smiling, mostly -
shirtless farmers, made their
route visiting the three nurs-
ing homes in the area.
One in particular, the Nine
Mile Villa, carried added sig-
nificance for the parade.
Waiting outside the nurs-
ing home for the procession
to pass was John Kuik, 77.
Over many winters many
years ago Kuik restored the
11 John Deeres that were
driven passed him by his
family. Some of the green
beasts had sat idle for 30
years until that Saturday
morning.
"Unbelievable," he said as
the tractors, driven by his
children and grandchildren,
through the parking lot of his
nursing home.
"I spent all winter rebuild-
ing them," the former farmer
told The Sentinel.
The youngest machine was
from 1939 and the oldest 1927.
His wife, Leda White, said
they can run forever, and both
she and Kuik said that as long
as they are running they will
be sitting out waiting to see
them during this parade.
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