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use no electricity, housed in a 32,000-sq-ft barn. Stroll through to ogle wind-up flash-
lights, wood-burning stoves and hand-cranked meat grinders.
Kidron Auction
MARKET
(
www.kidronauction.com
;
4885 Kidron Rd, Kidron; from 10am Thu)
If it's Thursday,
follow the buggy line-up down the road from Lehman's to the livestock barn. Hay gets
auctioned at 10am, cows at 11am and pigs at 1pm. A flea market rings the barn for folks
seeking non-mooing merchandise. Similar auctions take place in Sugarcreek (Monday
and Friday), Farmerstown (Tuesday) and Mt Hope (Wednesday).
Heini's Cheese Chalet
CHEESEMAKING FACTORY
( 800-253-6636;
www.heinis.com
;
6005 Hwy 77, Berlin; tours free; 8am-6pm Mon-Sat)
Heini's whips up more than 70 cheeses. Learn how Amish farmers hand-milk their cows
and spring-cool (versus machine-refrigerate) the output before delivering it each day.
Then grab abundant samples and peruse the kitschy 'History of Cheesemaking' mural.
To see the curd-cutting in action, come before 11am weekdays (except on Wednesday).
Hershberger's Farm & Bakery
FARM
( 330-674-6096; 5452 Hwy 557, Millersburg; bakery 8am-5pm Mon-Sat year-round, farm from
10am mid-Apr-Oct; )
Gorge on 25 kinds of pie, homemade ice-cream cones and seasonal
produce from the market inside. Pet the farmyard animals (free) and take pony rides ($3)
outside.
Yoder's Amish Home
FARM
( 330-893-2541;
www.yodersamishhome.com
; 6050 Rte 515, Walnut Creek; tours adult/child
$12/8; 10am-5pm Mon-Sat mid-Apr-late Oct; )
Peek into a local home and one-room
schoolhouse, and take a buggy ride through a field at this Amish farm that's open to vis-
itors.
Sleeping & Eating
Hotel Millersburg
HISTORIC HOTEL$$$
(
330-674-1457;
www.hotelmillersburg.com
; 35 W Jackson St, Millersburg; r $79-149;
)
Built in 1847 as a stagecoach inn, the property still provides lodging in its 26 casual
rooms, which sit above a modern dining room and tavern (one of the few places you can
get a beer in Amish Country).
