Farm
By JUDY MITCHELL
Berks Co. Reporter
KUTZTOWN, Pa. - Ac
cording to Earl Rabenold of
Kutztown R 2, he and his
family had been attending
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Show fan
ttie Pennsylvania Farm
Show for years before they
actually got involved in
showing at the state event.
An avid Farm Show fan,
Rabenold says, “well, you
just have to get up there and
see it” to appreciate what an
event it is.
The Rabenolds first began
showing livestock at the
Harrisburg show in 1958
when their son Richard was
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is also Hampshire exhibitor
in FFA, and for years after it
became an annual family
project. The Rabenolds run a
dairy and a swine operation,
and Rabenold has
traditionally shown his
Hampshires at Farm Show.
He and his wife’s sons,
Richard and Carl, also
showed swine; but the boys
and their sisters, Shirley and
Carol, all of whom were
members of the Berks 4-H
Baby Beef Club, showed
steer as well..
His daughters, Rabenold
explained, only showed
steers because in those days
there were no girls in FFA
and only youth in the FFA
were permitted to show
swine at Farm Show. But of
course the rules have
changed now, he added, to
permit 4-H members to show
swine also.
Although the Rabenold
“children” are all grown and
married and between them
have 10 children of their own,
Rabenold is still involved
with the Berks 4-H Baby
Beef group. In fact, he is
presently serving as
president of the club’s
parents’ committee and was
recently recognized by the
organization for 21 years of
faithful service to the club.
Although 'he missed
exhibiting at Farm Show the
past couple of years due to
“breeding problems,” be
will be back for the 1977
Show with six of his Hamp
shires. As president of the
Pa. Hampshire Association,
Rabenold, who is also
president of the Berks-
Lehigh Pork Producers,
feels it is important to
participate in the state show.'
Although the numbers of
swine at the show are still
strong, he says, “not all
breeds are meeting their
quotas” and the Hampshire
is one of them. Only 18
Hampshires, he reports,
were entered this year
against the 40 available
slots.
The job of feeding and
milking their dairy herd
makes it impossible for the
Rabenolds to stay with their
animals through Farm Show
Week, but delivery,
grooming and showing them
will require at least four
trips to Harrisburg.
Catherine recalled that when
the children were involved in
4-H, “some years they went
every day.”
weather conditions as they
affect travel are a con
sideration for most Berks
countians attending Farm
Show, but particularly, as
Rabenold says, “when you
have animals there.”
Although he is hoping for
clear weather this year, his
son Carl who will be going up
to groom the swine on
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Earl Rabenold and his son Carl (left) look over
summaries of this year's competition in the
Hampshire breed (swine) event to be held at the
upcoming Pa. Farm Show.
Sunday, suggested he might
not mind getting snowed in.
The Rabenolds recollect
that weather conditions have
not always been ideal for
Farm Shows in the past. Carl
remembers clearly one year,
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when he was quite young,
when the highway near
Harrisburg was drifted so
high on the westbound lane
that the only way to get
through to the show was to
cross into the eastbound
lane. “But that was before
the medians were put in,” he
hastily added. As for
Rabenold, the most
memorable year weather
wise was the time “we got
five miles more (as
registered by his car’s
odometer) from-the wheels
spinning. It was that slick.”
The highest award
Rabenold has taken at Farm
Show to date was a reserve
champion. Although he’s
pleased with the swine he is
entering this year, par
ticipating seems to be the
important thing for the
Rabenolds. “You meet a lot
of other exhibitors,”
Catherine explained, “and
it’s like a whole big family.”
Her husband agrees
recalling a couple from
Bedford they made friends
with some years ago, and “at
Farm Show,” he adds,
“that’s the only time we see
them.”
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