HATFIELD - Hatfield Fall Festival takes place Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine starting off with the Jim Labbee Memorial Classic Car, Truck and Tractor Show (fourth annual) with a parade down Main Street at 10:30 a.m.

But the spotlight this year shines on the treasures found inside the Mary Lou and Robert J. Cutter Farm Museum, now in its 11th year.

"We've got farm equipment and tools from the last 200 years," said curator George Ashley.

He spoke of an exhibit about a household item everybody takes for granted - the corn broom. But a special breed of corn was grown specifically for the broom. "For a long time broom corn grew in the Valley," said Ashley. "It came with very stiff tassels and was one of the biggest crops from 1800 to 1850. People grew it in their backyards and made brooms out of it."

Also on display will be a giant roller that was dragged by yoked oxen to tamp down snowy streets so horses and sleds could get through, and equipment used to harvest ice from nearby ponds.

"Hardly anybody alive remembers ice harvesting," said Ashley. "My dad just died and he remembers working with his grandfather harvesting ice."

The museum will also exhibit vintage hand quilting by Marsha Molloy, knitting by Elinor Bell, rug making by Avis Fusek, and weaving and spinning by the Springfield Weavers Guild.

Also on tap is a Friends of the Library Book Sale, a display of working engines by Joel Carr of Goshen, music from Walter Thayer and Friends, a cider press demonstration and antique cornshelling from John Chicoine of Southampton.

At 3 p.m. Randy Daum will present a program on discoveries and archeology of the 1680s village site in the Bradstreet area of town. The Hatfield Historical Museum will also be open with newly organized exhibits and, of course, fall produce will be on sale.