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VOL 36 No. 8
Look for these triplets, Jana, Kara, and Lance Gallagher at the Pennsylvania Farm
Show. This is the first year the 9-year-old triplets, who were born during Farm Show
week In 1981, will compete with their 4-H projects.
Alan Hostetter offers a little extra feed to one of his favo
rite registered Holsteins, while the others get curious about
the special treatment. Hostetter will be in the Farm Show
Large Arena ring on Wednesday showing Dale-Pride
Farms’ cattle.
Showing Dairy Cattle
Is Good Business
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
NORTH ANNVILLE (Lebanon
Co.) No one has to tell the Hos
tetter family in Lebanon County
that dairy producers are hurting
Look For Farm Show Stories, Meeting and Judging Schedules, Exhibitor Locations,
And Advertising Messages In This Special Issue
Six Sections
because of the severe drop in milk
price.
They are feeling the cut in their
milk check.
And the family doesn’t need to
(Turn to Pago A4l)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 5, 1991
A love of animals and the challenge of a major event such as the state Farm Show
next week In Harrisburg will bring families such as the Mussers to the show arena. Left
to right; Harold, Judy, Trlcla, Greg, Diane, and Doug. Photo by Andy Andrews.
Love Of Animals, Competition
Draws Family To Farm Show
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
ELIZABETHTOWN (Lancas
ter Co.) It’s not everytime that
a girl who houses swine, cleans
them, and makes them shine for
Farm Show gets to be a high school
homecoming queen.
But for Diane Musser, 17,
daughter of Harold and Judy
Musser, the myth that farm girls
can’t be beautiful and don’t enjoy
raising livestock simply isn’t so.
A love of animals and the chal
lenge of a major event such as the
state Farm Show next week in Har-
50( Per Copy
Triplets Debut At Pa.
Farm Show Competition
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
UNIONTOWN (Fayette Co.)
The state Farm Show and 4-H
always have played a vital part in
William and Janet Gallagher’s life.
Janet grew up as a 4-H’er, which
influenced her to become a home
economist and a 4-H leader. Wil
liam or Bill as he is most common
ly called, is the livestock and 4-H
agent for Fayette County.
Every year he takes a bus load of
Fayette Countians to the Farm
Show. Every year that is except the
one in 1981. That was the year, his
wife was expecting their third
baby. Although the due date
wasn’t until February 17, Janet
was experiencing false labor off
and on and was confined to her
bed. Bill decided that he better
forego the annual Farm Show trip
that year, and it’s a good thing that
he did. For that was the time, a
risburg will bring families such as
the Mussers (Diane, a senior at Eli
zabethtown Area High School and
brother Doug, a sophomore at
Penn State) to the show arena.
There, Diane and Doug will
compete with exhibitors through
out the state in three different
categories: sheep, beef, and swine.
For Diane, with the help from
“Rebel,” a 1,300-pound Angus/
Chianina cross steer, and Doug’s
“Spike,” a 1,325-pound cross
with the same breed type, along
with swine and sheep, perhaps a
show trophy isn’t far from reach.
$15.00 Per Year
triple surprise entered the Gallagh
er family, which already had a
five- and a one-year-old.
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Slight Changes
To Farm Show
visltorsto this year's 75th
anniversary Farm Show
should he aware that the
dairy shows are now held on
•"**ne*day instead of Tues
day. And the Open beef
shew* tea now Tuesday
instead of Wednesday. Also,
the sheep supreme champ
ion, normally scheduled
Saturday, Is now held Sunday
at $ pm Most of the remain
ing shows are thesame. For a
complete list of show and
meeting schedules, turn to
page Fl 7-18 and F 23-24.
150-year-old farm
The Mussers operate a
150-year-old farm on about 110
acres (90 tillable, planted with
com and soybeans) near Elizabeth
town. In previous years, the family
raised about 75 head of steers,
about 600 pigs, and many broilers
and pullets.
But because of the problems of
spreading manure within wind
from several neighborhoods, and
because of the economic feasibili
ty of warehousing instead of
expanding the operation, the
(Turn to Pag* A 42)