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The animations

During your visit you will also be able to take part in activities with the animators in period costume and learn more about the gestures and rural traditions between 1900 and 1950

Events are presented at weekends, during the holidays and on public holidays from 10.30am to 12pm and from 1.15pm to 5pm.

in green period from 10.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in orange period from 1.30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

le vieux Mas reserves the right to change or cancel a show or event.

Starting up the threshing machine

The threshing was one of the first agricultural operations to be mechanised in the campaigns In the 19th century, when the threshing machine replaced the flails for threshing wheat, it was the beginning of modernism in the countryside.

Most of them were powered by a steam engine or horse-drawn carriage.

You will be able to watch the threshing of real sheaves of wheat and thus gain a better understanding of how it worked at the time.

15 min

Indoors

Starting the Vierzon tractor with a blowtorch

The tractor has developed in France with the motorization of ls agriculture after the First World War, 

Cranking a tractor engine is not easy. Yet it is a mechanism that has changed the lives of farmers.

Here no key or crank but a hot ball tractor that starts with fire! 

and maybe you will have the chance to ride in a cart like before !

20 min

Outdoor

But also to assist in the work of the farm by participating in the feeding of the animals and to learn a little more about the life of all our boarders.

 presented on Wednesdays, weekends and school holidays

milking the cows!

Become a real farmer and try your hand at milking with our 2 milking cows ANNABELLE (the black Holstein), and MARGUERITE (the brown Montbéliarde).

Of course you don't run any risk, but they are just as beautiful as the real ones that you can see in the cowshed or in the meadow!

5 min

Outdoor

Feeding the animals

In the 18th century, animals played an essential role in farm life, both large and small. Cows and goats provided milk, chickens offered eggs and meat, while horses and oxen took part in farm work or pulled carts to town, long before the arrival of tractors and other motorised machines.

Sheep were prized for their wool, ideal for protecting against the cold in winter.

Today you have the opportunity to get up close and personal with these animals. In the company of the farmers, you will learn more about each of them.
You can even take part in feeding the goats and chickens - who will come and eat directly from your hand - and take the time to cuddle them!

20 min

Outdoor

The little carousel

Who doesn't have childhood memories of funfairs with all the games of skill, the colourful sweets and the rides where children loved to spin around.

In the old farmhouse, our mini carousel will make your children twirl to the sound of old-time music.

Outdoor

10 min

Ride on a small train

On Wednesdays, holidays and public holidays, take a tour of the park in a small train.

He will lead you through the vineyards and meet the four-horned sheep, donkeys, and you will learn a little more about the history of his creation...

10 min

Outdoor

The little carousel

Who doesn't have childhood memories of funfairs with all the games of skill, the colourful sweets and the rides where children loved to spin around.

In the old farmhouse, our mini carousel will make your children twirl to the sound of old-time music.

Outdoor

10 min

Crossbow shooting

Become a real crossbowman with crossbow shooting

Will you hit the target?

For young and old

10 min

Outdoor

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