AlB-Uncaster Farming, January 7,1989
Steve Kwlsnet of Clarksburg got some help holding their
premier breeder and exhibitor awards from Jennifer Mawhin
ney, PA’s Lamb, and Wool Queen of 1988 at last year’s farm
show. It was Steve’s son, Gary who got the Kwlsnet into the
Southdown sheep show ring. Since 1975 the Kwisnets have
been farm show competitiors.
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fair in America’s history. This
spark of enthusiasm ignited a wild
fire of fairs, but the first Pennsyl
vania State Farm Show was not
held until 1917.
It wasn’t until 1916 that lives
tock and horticulture were made a
part of the agricultural exposition.
But education was the goal com
mon to all the fairs from 1686 to
1989.
The Pennsylvania State Farm
Show of 1917 was called the Pen
nsylvania Com Fruit Vegetable,
Dairy Products and Wool Show.
Only 5,000 visitors passed through
the gates of this exposition held in
the Emerson Brantingham Build
ing in Harrisburg. This first show
featured only $735 in premiums
compared to the 1989 farm show
which offers nearly $184,000 in
premiums and is predicted to draw
250,000 visitors.
It was Franklin’s belief that a
strong agricultural industry leads
to a strong American economy. He
worked hard to instill that belief in
all Americans. The sense of com
petition, enthusiasm and pride sur
rounding the first fairs created an
atmosphere of excitement which is
still characteristic of the Annual
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Pennsylvania State Farm Show
more than 200 years later.
It’s easily understood why near
ly a quarter of a million people will
pass through the gates to view
some 14 acres of exhibits and
sample the foods offered in a
camival-like atmosphere. And vis
itors will pack the arenas and relax
as they watch the best of the breeds
Pennsylvania has to offer in dairy
cows, sheep, hogs, horses, goats
and beef.
But for those hundreds of exhi
bitors behind the scenes of the
shows there is little time to relax.
The farm show means long hours
of hard work and little time to stroll
among the exhibits and sample the
food for those people who clean,
brush, clip and snip and primp
their best animals for the show of
the year.
But in spite of the work, exhibit
ing animals at the farm show has
become as much of a family tradi
tion as gathering together for the
Thanksgiving Day meal. For many
exhibitors it is a sort of Thanksgiv
ing. It is a celebration of a way of
life.
The Gift, The Beginning
For Gary Kwisnet of Clarksburg
showing Southdown sheep has
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become a family tradition and a
family hobby.
Gary and his parents, Steve and
Ruby Kwisnet, raised beef cattle
on their Indiana County farm. That
is until Gary convinced his parents
to buy a few sheep. Those few
sheep have become ISO head of
mostly breeding stock winning rib
bons in Southdown competitions
in the fair circuit nationwide.
“I always wanted sheep ever
since I was very little. And we
didn’t buy our first sheep someone
gave it to me when I was fourteen,”
said Gary. "Now we have all sheep
and no cattle.”
The Kwisnets have been show
ing at the Pennsylvania Farm
Show since 1975 and on the state
and national level for the past five
years. One of the ewes they’ll be
showing this year was the champ
ion ewe at the Illinois state fair and
came in third at the North Ameri
can International Livestock
Exposition held in SL Louis.
The grand champion of the 1988
Pennsylvania Farm Show as a ewe
lamb was named the grand champ
ion at the Big E held in West
Springfield Massachusetts this
year.
Preparing sheep for showing
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