Bachman Wins
Steer Show
Jeff Bombgarderner’s middle weight entry took
reserve grand champion honors at the Lebanon Area
Fair.
Melanie Bow, Annville, finished her junior show
career by capturing both grand and reserve champion
market lamb at the Lebanon Area Fair.
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A 16-year-old Annville youth
captured the grand champion
market steer title with her pure
bred Angus at the Lebanon Fair
Thursday.
Kelly Bachman, daughter of
Harry and Sandy Bachman, found
the right combination for victory
with her 1200 lb. steer named
Eclipse. Bach’s entry was sired by
“Pine Tar”, a popular Angus bull,
Kelly Bachman sets up her grand champion market steer at the Lebanon
Area Fair.
30 YEARS AGO
Pennsylvania farm activities
for the week ended Monday picked
up as tomatoes, sweet com and
other garden vegetables along with
early peaches and apples moved to
market, the State of
Agriculture reported.
According to the weekly
Federal-State Crop Reporting Ser
vice, all crops in southern counties
were in need of moisture while
good crop growth was reported in
northern areas. The survey shows
some plowing is being done in the
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have eye-appeal.”
Bachman, who has been show
ing cattle for three years, walked
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her steer three miles a day during
the weeks before the show.
Besides stem, Bachman shows
swine and beef heifers.
Jeff Bomgardner, also of
Annville, showed a 1187 lb.
Chiania-Limousine cross entry to
the reserve championship. Bom
gardner, IS, helps his parents
Charles and Marlene Bomgardner,
farm 800 acres.
vate old pastures. . .to check silos
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An old stone watering trough,
chipped from sharley limestone
and used in Lancaster in about
1890, has recently been acquired
by the Landis Valley Farm
Museum. The Museum has also
acquired a Post Office, formerly in
the Livonia Inn in Centre County.
It is to be installed in the country
store now being reconstructed at
the Museum.
Walnut datana, a seasonal
insect pest, has made its appear
ance across most of Pennsylvania
and is expected to be at its destruc
tive best during the next few
weeks, the Slate Department of
Agriculture reports.
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