A2B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 26,1981
All-American stalls shine with decorators’ delights
BY SALLY BAIR
Staff Correspondent
HARRISBURG
and exhibitors to the All-Amencan
strolled down rows of some of the
nation’s top dairy amnials here
this week, they were made to feel
right at home’. Elaborate displays
and farm exhibits graced the
normally drab Farm Show
livestock quarters, making the All-
American barns an interior
decorator’s delight.
Although many of the booths
provided chairs and cots for the
exhibitors to relax on between
shows, most were seen scurrying
behind the cattle with pitchforks in
hand in an effort to keep
'everything’ cleaned up. Ex
perienced showman dazzled others
with their no-straw-out-of-place
bedding skills some even
without the benefit of aisle boards
to keep slippery straw from
squeezing out from under the
resting cattle.
■ Wreaths and flowers were joined
by ribbons and trophies as the
week progressed. Flawlessly
groomed and cleaned cattle left
their comfy stalls to parade around
the tanbark for a shot at being
picked as the All-American’s top
entry or to head for the sudsy,
steamy wash room.
Of course, all the efforts of the
dairy exhibitors will not go
unrecognized by the officials of the
state’s largest dairy show, for the
best in-barn performance of
'housekeeping’ will be rewarded
with the title of top herdsmen.
A lamp and some flowers exemplify the "little touches” that
go a long way in creating a pleasant atmosphere for visitors at
the All-American dairy show. These were part of an area
belonging to Gary N. Darling, Windever Farm, Groton, VT.
Herdsmen can relax when cows are as
relaxed and contented as these animals
resting on this professionally-forked bed of
straw. These bovines belong to Douglas
Maddox’s RuAnn Holsteins, Avon, N. Y.
As visitors
•use mi . always ~ - ...is case it’s as Wisconsin built this cozy structure next to their lineup of top
close as one can get in the middle of the All-American Dairy dairy cattle.
Show. Askew’s Holsteins of Urbana, Ohio and Kau’
Or. the ole bam never looked this good
Corn husk and pumpkins add a touch . mirror work together to ;p
to this display by Green Slopes Farm, Me- time and looking goodin the show ring.
Donald Family, Imler. A clock, a radio and a
and a neat bedded area wild flowei
own
;ive an outdoor touch.
Feathers and