0500161928*0 00H A 1 c DIVISION p JwT*«® Lißßf E y uniVERS itv _ rL _ r . _ OL. 30 No. 10 Farm Show opens Sunday Exhibiting together at the Farm Show will be the Musser family from Elizabethtown; Doug (standing left) and Greg, with their steers, and Diane (left) and Tricia with their Suffolk market lambs. See story on page A2l. It's showring practice for Bridgette Boyer of York County and her Sexation heifer, Icicle. See story on page E 22. Farm Show highlights in today’s issue Rhein Family Jerseys A 26 Frey Angus A 32 Miller Hogs 816 Keystone Degrees D 3 Six Sections Visit with Lancaster Farming at Booth 274 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 12,1985 Western Pa. Exhibitors El 4 Lambs Debut E 24 Farm Show Floor Map FlB Farm Show Exhibitors F 23 HARRISBURG - Penn sylvania’s 69th annual Farm Show will open Sunday in Harrisburg, offering half a million spectators five days of contests, exhibits and foods that salute the outstanding achievements of farm families throughout the Commonwealth. This yearly agricultural promotion is now the largest agricultural exposition under roof in the United States, covering a total of 11 acres. Farmers, agricultural and agribusiness leaders and a wide range of other visitors from at least 20 states, Canada and several foreign nations are expected to be among patrons at this year’s event, which runs Sunday through Friday in the Farm Show Complex at Harrisburg. The theme of this year’s show, “Agriculture: The Pride of Penn sylvania,” emphasizes the 59,000 farm families whose contributions make agriculture the top industry in the state. With their spirit*, buoyed by an exceptional growing season in 1984, after the double devastation of last year’s drought and avian influenza epidemic in the poultry industry, this year’s Farm Show already carries an upbeat note of excitement. Laura and Chad Folker of New Holland work together on their 4-H swine projects. They will be at the Farm Show preparing their pigs for the 4-H show and sale. See story on page A2O. JAN 1 7 1985 17.50 per Year “There’s a great deal of hustling activity,” Bob Bunting from the state Agriculture Department public information office said this week. It seems to indicate “an upbeat attitude” compared to the less optimistic atmosphere of last year’s show, he said. “We have a full house of commercial exhibits and our waiting list is as long as it has ever been.” Bunting said some commercial firms have been on the waiting list as long as five years. “We have a good track record of exhibitors in terms of longevity over shows,” he said. About 20 new exhibitors were brought in last year on one-year contracts when poultry exhibits were dropped because of avian flu, but with poultry once more on the roster, these exhibitors had to be returned to the waiting list, Farm Show Director harold Mann added. Exhibits Worth $25 Million Commercial and competitive exhibits on display throughout the show are valued at about $25 million. The livestock show, considered the largest state show m the Northeast, will include (Turn to Page A 37)
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