rm Show To Present >nnsylvania Agindustry Presenting Pennsylvania’s Agindustry has been chosen ,e theme of the 1961 edition of the Farm Show. The annual exposition next week is an outgrowth of a few ered exhibits of fruits and- grains at annual meetings few farm organizations in Harrisburg. From the first i Show in 1917 it has grown to be the largest free in agncultural show in the United States under one roof c roof is a large one •mg some 13 or 14 acres ding a large and small i, dairy, beef, sheep & 5 bams, poultry build meeting rooms and audi ms, as well as the main ntion hall e main exhibition hall h. extends the entire 780 I my free copy of your | II catalog. • State ... I HE PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW JANUARY 9 -13, 1961 BOOTH 699-700 LET US SHOW YOU HOW I AUTHORIZED BLUSALT DEALERS rn States Farmers Exchange, Lancaster John J. Hoober, Gordonville an is, Lancaster Maurice M. Good, Gordonville • Buckwalter, Lancaster J, C. Walker and Sons, Gap emuth Bros., Florin Millport Roller Mills, Lilitz , eng ® r and Sons, Ephrata Eby's Mill, Lititz Ephrata Mountville Feed Service, Columbia Mower, Ephrata J. H. Reitz and Son, Midway j ‘ j / Terre Farmers Feed and Supply, New Holland , ° n . Sons, East Earl -Earl Sauder, New Holland fidlri'M-ii 00 '^ Qn^e ‘ m “ Robert H. Barr,,Millersville G , s ' Petersburg Stephen M. Kurtz, Morgantown c 1/ ' Qnd on » Bareville Jacob L. Kurtz, Elizabethtown *>• Martin, Bareville COMPANY CLARKS »UMMir'. v -^>rKNSVtVAKM Lancastes Fanning, Saturday, January 7, 1961—5 feet length of the building, houses most of the commer cial exhibits and the food booths operated by the vari ous farm commodity groups and Pennsylvania churches. Each year approximately 300 commercial exhibitors display their wares and a bout 10,500 individual farm product entries are made m 9,950 classifications. Organized for the purpose of education through cooper- fmtvucmsr from Hubbard Farms MAKE MONEY^^ Visit Us at Booth 505-508 at the Farm Show H ÜBdARD FARMS WatMU, H H Stitenritlc, N C Uti'tster, f«. ✓ Cr#v« City, SEE YOU AT ation, the show draws large ly farmers and farm families Farmers are drawn in large numbers Last year approxi mately 635,000 persons at tended the five day affair, but the year of best attend ance was 1955 when it was estimated that 675,000 peo ple witnessed events at the gala exposition Programs during the even ings of the show days, al ways playing to capacity crowds in the 7,639-seat arena, include a State Police rodeo, a folk dance festival, horse pulling contest, tractor driving contest, livestock parade, six horse hitch and a 4-H light horse and pony club demonstration. No commercial entertain ment is on the show ground and no midway type shows are permitted. Educational displays in various departments of the state government and The Pennsylvania State Universi ty as well as farm organiza tions will be set up in the main entrance lobby and on the concourses around the large arena. Youth participation is en couraged at the Farm Show and many activities have been planned for Future Far mers, Future Homemakers, and 4-H members. About 35 farm organiza tions will hold annual meet ings during the Farm Show Week By and for the farm ers of Pennsylvania, the Farm Show is operated by three delegates from each of *- - - - - 45 different state-wide farm and allied organizations com prising the Pennsylvania Farm Show Committee. Su pervision arid management is by the State Farm Product* Commission of nine members Farm Show Didector is John B. McCool. County Future Farmers To Receive High Degree Fourteen Future Farmers from seven Lancaster County schools will bring honors to the Garden Spot next week when they accept the coveted Keystone Farmer Degree at the Annual convention of the state organization. With only about 200 tie- in agriculture and rural life, grees being conferred by To be eligible the member the stale FFA, Lancaster co must have shown marked earned off a lion’s share ot leadership, completed at the honors least two years in vocation- One of the 14 Future Farm ers was also named Star Keystone Farmer of the 12- county Southeastern Region He is James C. Brubaker, of Lititz Rl. Four of'the degrees will go to members of the Man heim Centiai FFA; two were won by students at Solanco High School and two more each by Lampeter-Strasburg and Penn-Manor vocational agriculture students. One degree will go to each of the following schools: Pequea Valley, Donegal Union and Cocalico Union. The degree is awarded to vocational agriculture stu dents who have demonstrat ed outstanding achievement See Them at the FARM SHOW wi fh a D-14 or D-17 Tractor Only 24 inches from the ground to the platform of a low-line D-Series Tractor. You don’t need to climb over the cultivator to get to the seat. There’s no danger of slipping or barking shins as so often happens when you climb up on a high tractor. See us about a low-line, high-crop Allis- Chalmers tractor. Ask vs obovf fhe Allis-Cbalmers plan fo finance year time purchase of farm equipment. ALLIS-CHALMERS A SALES AND SERVICE L. H. Brubaker Lititr. Pa. N. G. Myers & Son LH. Brubaker Rheems, Pa. Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv. Quarryville, Pa. Snavely’s Farm Service Farm onow i (a » Colorful Past H ARRT SBURG Farm Show officials delving into misty records of the event and the excellent history of the show written by Dr. George F Johnson this week pointed out that the 45th Farm Show also marks a senes of other anniversary dates. The 1961 Farm Show this year is celebrating tire for tieth anniversary of the first display of livestock, necdl craCt and other handiwork Also, in 1921, the General Assembly set up a “State Fair Commission” which (Turn to page 14) al agriculture instruction, earned at least $5OO in pro gressive agriculture pro grams and attained satis factory achievement in im proving his farm’s efficiency or his farm home’s comfort The boy must also have a satisfactory scholarship rat ing at his high school. Lancaster County’s degree winners were chosen to re ceive the award on the bas is of the following accomp lishments : CHARLES DAVID LICHTY Charles is the son of Mr and Mrs. Charles Lichty, Paradise, Penna The 18 yr old Future Farmer is a stu dent at Pequea Valley High (Turn to page 6) Nissley Farm Service Washington Boro, Pa. .Lancaster, Pa. New Holland, Pa. st a INGIS IP m your k... R. S. Weaver Stevens, Pa.
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