Farmers 9 Day At Flemington Fair Set for Aug, 27 FLEMINGTON, NJ - Farmers’ Day is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 27 at Flemington Fair. Some activities of Farmers’ Day will be held Thursday as well. The first event for local farmers is the New Jersey State Farm Tractor Pull. It is set for 9 a.m. on Aug. 27, on the track in front of the grandstand. About 75 to 80 farmer-owned turns to the big, big “modified” been added, including a blind tractors will compete in seven tractors at night. These huge, often folded male driver, directed by a classes. Classes are determined by 2-engined monsters compete female co-pilot, weight of tractor. They will range during the Wednesday evening Thursday evening’s highlight from the lightweights, Class 1, program. They come from nearby will be the 4-wheel drive truck tractors 5,500 pounds and under, to states, Pennsylvania, Maryland, pulling contest. There’s great the big ones, Class 7, tractors Delaware and New York. interest in this one. Each year it weighing 18,000 to 22,000 pounds. A few come from New Jersey, increases in number of vehicles Farmers arrive on the but most are from the Keystone entered, fairgrounds early that day for the r . T r . r official weigh-in, which begins at 8 AUentOWn FOIT lO teallire ISeW LvetltS StewartsviUe Spha Washington* ALLENTOWN - The at 7 p.m., Friday, August 29. The agricultural division of the exhibitors will be judged on Mead A large Allentown Fair, which is usually a originality creativity, at cntiiigent always participates. “ d Tn'SiMardtaGras' IaSjSfBtfSMS! die local machinery dealers- Hay Bale Throng Contest are of activities and promises to be one w r anif Rvmnn x, Cnne two new ingredients that Sterling of the largest agricultural events Washineton- Poniatowski Bros ’ Ritter ’ superintendent of the fair’s this year, according to Ritter. He FlemiSn- HoSck &S’ Greater Livestock Show, is hoping expects 100 contestants to take “f"’ “rtiffnii'S will “beef up” the agricultural their turns hurling hay bales the 2 i area at the west end of the farthest distant. Anyone is ment Rmgoes. The Hunterdon {airgrounda welcome to enter. sMnsor a tronlnf 8 ab ° ' The Animal Mardis Gras, which Both of these events are free and thp pnntPQt invnivps a features fair exhibitors parading open to the public. For information mechanical draesled which is their animals in original costumes about them and other fair at- SneTtoinSsethe ‘S” as around the judging tent, premiered tractions call (215) 433-7541 or ini at the fair last year. write The Allentown Fair, 17th & the sled moves down the 300-foot year , s Mardis Gras wiu Chew Sts > Allentown, PA 18104. 10 Miles South of Lancaster on Route 272, Buck, PA HERR FOODS, INC. will sponsor THE ORIGINAL John Cole Percherom ’GRAND CHAMPION HITCH” HERRMANN RO yal lipizzan stallions/ JOHN COLES PERCHERONS “GRAND CHAMPION HITCH" PA DRAFT HORSE QUEEN IN SURREY, PULLED BY BELGIAN HORSES (All Reserved Seats $7 00) GATES OPEN 2 HOURS BEFORE SHOW STARTS SATURDAY. AUGUST 30, 8:00 P.M. SUNDAY. AUGUST 31, 8.00 P.M. (Ram Data Sunday. 2 PM) (Plain Date Monday. 2 PM l course. It can be adjusted class by class to accommodate the various size and powered tractors. A committee, some 30 strong, conducts this event. There is a weighing crew, officials on the track serving as judges, flag-men, and others involved in the day-long contest. The Farmers’ Day program Herrmann’s ROYAL LIPIZZAN STALLIONS BUCK TRACTOR PULL STADIUM SATURDAY, August 30 and SUNDAY, August 31,8 PM «. ALL RESERVED SEATS $7.00 state, where the modifieds are a very popular Saturday night ac tivity. The Modifieds bring their own officials, but a local committee will handle many of the routine chores. The annual Garden Tractor Pull is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday in front of the grandstand. A number of new, fun classes have RACTOR PULLS.. Aug. 30 A 31 8 P.M. Elizabethtown Fair Opens Aug. 26 ELIZABETHTOWN - The Elizabethtown Fair will host Lancaster County FFA’s annual tractor driving contest Wed nesday, Aug. 27 at 1 p.m. Several area high schools will have members competing in the skill contest, which requires drivers to maneuver their tractors, with equipment attached, through an obstacle course. The contest will be held at Elizabethtown Fairgrounds. Area FFA members will also compete for the supreme cham pion award to be given to the youth whose livestock represents the best of show for the entire fair. Judging for the award is drawn from the best of show in the dairy, beef, sheep and swine divisions. Soybean Assoc. Elects President ST. LOUIS, Mo. - David Haggard, a soybean farmer from Steele, Mo., has been elected president of the American Soybean Association. Haggard was elected during the Soybean Association’s annual Soybean Expo by the 44 soybean farmers who make up the Soybean Association board of directors. These farmners represent soybean farmers in the 29 states that are affiliated with the Soybean Association. The American Soybean Sullivan Co. 4-H Livestock Sale FORKSVILLE - The annual Sullivan County 4-H Livestock Sale will be held in conjunction with fair week here on Aug. 28, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The sale will be held at the county fairgrounds following the 4- H beef, sheep and swine judging. The sale committee estimates that four steers, eight lambs and five ' ,I * ■-1 - • * I * I i. Belgian Hones/Surrey "PA DRAFT HORSE QUEEN" d??: Xi Vtf’iufi .vtbiutoZ .antaitf 51S Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 23,1986-817 A cup trophy, sponsored by Groff’s Meats, Elizabethtown, will be awarded to the winner in the main arena at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The sale of champions will follow the award ceremony. FFA and 4-H Clubs will also compete in group exhibits during the fair. The swine show will be held in the main arena Tuesday, Aug. 26 at 6 p.m. Wednesday morning, the sheep sjiow takes over main arena action at 11 a.m., while the beef show is planned for 6 p.m. A dairy goat show will be held at 8 p.m. The dairy show is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday and the open sheep show will be held Friday at 4 p.m. Association, a farmer-controlled commodity organization, conducts programs to build soybean profits for farmers through research, education and promotion. Newly-elected president Haggard raises about 1,400 acres of soybeans annually. He has served on the Soybean Association’s executive committee for three years and has represented Missouri on the Soybean Association’s board of directors for five years. hogs will be sold after the show, which begins at 4:30 p.m. Prospective buyers may register at the county extension office prior to fair week or at the fairgrounds on sale day beginning at 4 p.m. The sale committee reminds buyers that prices paid above the market value of the animals qualify as a business deduction. Many cheeses are named after the places they were first produced or are made today. Perhaps the most well known is Cheddar, named after a village near Bristol, England; followed by Romano and Parmesan, who credit their names to the famous Italian cities of Rome and Parma. Limburger hails from the Belgian city of Limburg, and Tillamook, a well-aged Cheddar that’s popular along the Pacific Coast, from Oregon’s Tillamook County. Monterey Jack was developed by Dan Jacks, a Scotch dairy farmer in Monterey County, California, and Colby by the Steinwand family in Colby, Wisconsin. The best way to know you’re buying a REAL dairy product and not an imitation or substitute is to look for the “REAL”® Seal on product cartons and labels. A stylized drop of milk with the word, REAL in the center, the Seal can be found on products which conform to federal and state standards of identity. You won’t find it on imitation whipped toppings, chocolate drinks, margarines, sour creams or other imitation dairy products Over 1,000 companies participate in the “REAL”’ Seal program, including food manufacturers and pizza processors, as
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