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Day 1
10:00	Located just off Highway 20, the National Farm Toy Museum in Dyersville is a toy collectors dream! This cultural museum has two floors of over 30,000 farm toy collectibles including tractors, implements, trucks, miniature farm dioramas, toy manufacturing information and pedal tractors. View displays depicting the progress of American agriculture and the history of farm toy manufacturing year round or attend the Annual Summer Farm Toy Show in June!
3:00	No gear head tractor tour is complete without seeing the real deal in full scale. The John Deere Waterloo Operations – Tractor Assembly Division offers a one-of-a-kind tour where you can see John Deere tractors being made from start to finish. Stop by the Deere Crossing gift shop and pick up authentic John Deere gifts and collectibles Tour reservations are required at can be made by calling 319-292-7668.
DAY 2
1:00	Travel north to Charles City to the Floyd County Historical Society Museum, one of the Midwest’s largest rural county museums. Here you can view Hart-Parr and Oliver tractors and White Farm Equipment, artifacts from the factory, company advertising literature, photos and memorabilia.