FARMINGTON — Franklin County Soil & Water Conservation District will hold a public auction on Friday, March 20, at WG Mallett School on Middle Street. Note the date was changed from March 27.

Doors will open at 5:15 p.m. Jeff Harris will start the auction at 6 p.m. Anyone who registers for a bid number by March 18 will have a chance to win the door prize.

The auction will benefit education programs.

Featured items include hay, wood pellets, heating oil, ski lift tickets and a dental exam. Items big and small as well as certificates from individuals, businesses, doctors, dentists and vets will be auctioned off. Items include gift baskets, furniture, pet food and pet items, pies and pastries, handmade soaps, hydraulic oil, clothes drying rack, framed photo, dipping oil and bowls, snow shovel, Johnny’s tote full of gardening items, baby wrap, motor oil, movie passes and stacks of Chinet plates.

Certificates include reflexology sessions, wood pellets, meals, strawberries, pizza, general merchandise, propane tanks, ground beef, maple syrup, to fair passes, a Christmas tree, compost and loam, dental and vet exams. Donations are still coming in.