20170923 - LCJ Farm Fest (hrb)

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Nora Burns, 18, of Round Lake Beach with the Lake County 4-H club milks Merrida, the goat, during the Farm Heritage & Harvest Festival at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Food artist Titus Arensberg, of Columbus, Ohio uses a clay tool to make some corn out of a pumpkin for his display during the Farm Heritage & Harvest Festival at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Amanda Green, of Lake Villa looks at a scarecrow her daughter, Gabi, 11, made during the Farm Heritage & Harvest Festival at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Food artist Titus Arensberg, of Columbus, Ohio uses a clay tool to make some corn out of a pumpkin for his display during the Farm Heritage & Harvest Festival at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Lottie Buckbee, of West Dundee, a square dance caller, gets people dancing during the Farm Heritage & Harvest Festival at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Kayla Korpak, 12, of Grayslake makes rope as her bearded dragon named, Lord Drago the Magnificent, sits on her shirt during the Farm Heritage & Harvest Festival at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. Kayla's mother, Renee, stayed close behind her.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Rob Rissell, of Waukegan rides a 1948 McCormick Farmall tractor as he gives children a barrel train ride during the Farm Heritage & Harvest Festival at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Mia Green, 8, of Lake Villa, 2017 Little Miss Lake County Fair queen, holds a squash that looks like a swan during the Farm Heritage & Harvest Festival at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. The squash came from the Beelow Farm of Mundelein.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Adriana Demos, 13, and Mia Green, 8, both of Lake Villa and 2017 Lake County Fair queens check out a single squash that looks like a crown during the Farm Heritage & Harvest Festival at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. The squash came from the Beelow Farm of Mundelein.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jerritt McMillon, of Trevor, Wis., gives a tractor ride to Joe Weadick, of Wauconda (center) and his sons, Justin, 4, and Josiah, 2, during the Farm Heritage & Harvest Festival at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Martha Schapals and Rich Weingart, both of McHenry with the McHenry County Square Dancers, dance together during the Farm Heritage & Harvest Festival at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.