Today, it is known as the New Jersey State Fair / Sussex County Farm and Horse Show, with a continued emphasis on the county’s agricultural history. He began doing the rooster crow in 2011.

Plans to convert a barn on Grassington Farm, a chicken farm between Uckfield and Haywards Heath, into residential dwellings have been approved.

The Farm in West Sussex is home to eight goats as well as horses, rabbits, Guinea pigs, chickens and a plethora of wildlife.

A Sussex County resident beloved for opening the county’s summer fair with his distinctive “rooster crow” — which he delivered even after turning 100 — has died.