A44—lancastar Famine, Saturday, January 12,1980 Governor Dick Thornburgh presents the onaughey family with the Pennsylvania Outstanding Farm Show Family award in special Monday evening ceremonies. Pictured with the Governor are Darlene, daughter; Clyde W. Mc- Conaughey, Jr., owner of Mahoning Creek Farms; Lois, wife; and Pa. Secretary of Agriculture Penrose Hallowell. \r The Farm Show’s dairy barn provides all the comforts of home for exhibitors who often stay all week. Like many others, these folks brought along a TV, bed, chairs, table -- everything but the kitchen sink. idl Machinery makers are certain to bring the biggest, the shiniest and the most colorful equipment to the Farm Show. This six-row corn head on a New Idea Uni-System drew its share of oohh’s and aahh’s from the throngs passing by. Dateline: Farm Show **£o%. Evidence of a hard working shephard are left in the sheep barn while the exhibitor and the sheep are in the show ring, striving for a blue ribbon. It was a common sight Farm Show week. PENNSYLVANIA AGRICULTURE H A WE’RE GROWING BETTER Emmett Rhein has been coming to the Farm Show for nine years, and this year saw his Jerseys walk away with both the grand and reserve grand cham pionships. One of the, most obvious of this year’s Farm Show fads were the little paper whips that seemed to shoot out from everywhere all the time. A quartert of Soianco sophomores demonstrate their skills for the camera. Standing, left to right are Scott Steem, Walt Guessford and Bernie Houghton. Kneeling is the ambidextrous Jim Vasco. Arlen Keener - State Agribusiness award winner ft '■'•V
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