HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The pride of Pennsylvania
agriculture kicks off tomorrow
when the 75th Pennsylvania Farm
Show opens its doors in
Harrisburg.
This year’s celebration is a tri
bute to the millions of visitors and
exhibitors who have made the
show what it is today.
From modest beginnings in
1917, the show has grown into the
largest indoor agricultural exposi-
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don in the country. With thousands
of competitive exhibits and hun
dreds of commercial exhibits, the
Farm Show features the best of
Pennsylvania agriculture in a
14-acre display.
Opening day activities start with
a non-denominational worship ser
vice, open to the public, at 11:15
a.m., in the Large Arena. The Rev.
Dr. Dwight L. French, regional
minister for the Disciples of Christ
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Show Has Grand Opening
tured speaker. Music will be
offered by the Harrisburg Choral
Society under the direction of
Donald L. Clapper.
A horse-drawn carriage driven
by Roger Thoms of Centre County
will transport Gov. Robert P.
Casey, Mrs. Ellen Casey, Secret
ary of Agriculture Boyd E. Wolff
and Mrs. Margaret Wolff into the
Large Arena for the grand opening
ceremony at 12: IS p.m. (Thoms of
Centre Hall earned the honor at last
year’s Farm Show by winning the
horse-hitched team competition).
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After his salute to the 75 th State
Farm Show and Pennsylvania agri
culture, Gov. Casey is to be
greeted by 26 representatives of
Pennsylvania’s agricultural
associations.
Exhibit halls open from 1 p.m.
to 6 p.m. tomorrow.
The exhibition halls officially
open to the general public at 1 p.m.
Visitors can see thousands of ani
mals on display, including beef
and dairy cattle, hogs, horses,
sheep, rabbits and poultry.
Representatives of 250 com
mercial and educational exhibits
will be stationed at their booths to
talk with Farm Show visitors about
the newest products and equip
ment. The judges will have
assigned blue ribbons for hundreds
of categories in the competitive
farm and home exhibits for visitors
to view as well.
The Pennsylvania Food Court in
the East Building will be the new
gathering place for hungry Farm
Show visitors. Nine commodity
associations will serve their spe
cialities in a larger and more acces
sible area of the complex.
Sunday is Family Day at the
Farm Show and entertainment is
high on the list of attractions.
The Pennsylvania High School
Rodeo Association will demons
trate their maneuvers in the Large
Arena beginning at 1:30 p.m. They
will thrill the audience with team
roping, saddle and bareback rid
ing, bull riding, steer wrestling,
calf roping, pole bending and bar
rel racing.
The Cumberland County 4-H
Horse Club Drill Team will per
form during the rodeo
intermission.
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Sheep judging and scheduled
cooking demonstrations round out
the day’s events, along with the
selection of the supreme champion
gilt and supreme champion sheep
for meat breeds. The exhibit halls
close at 6 p.m. on Sunday.
Admission to the Farm Show is
free, although there is a $2 per veh
icle parking charge at the 60-acre
complex in Harrisburg, just off
Exit 23 of 1-81.
The following representatives
of Pennsylvania agricultural asso
ciations and institutions are sche
duled to participate in the Grand
Opening of the 75th Farm Show;
• Apple Queen Emily Lott
of Biglerville, Adams Co.
• Beef Industry Represent
ative Faye Krevel, Cherry
Tree, Indiana Co.
• Dairy Princess Kristin
Metzker, Martinsburg, Blair Co.
• Dairy Goat Association
Youth Representative
Heather Peters, Bellefonte,
Centre Co.
• Delaware Valley College Ag
Ambassador Tracy Lee Coop
er, Southampton, Bucks Co.
• Delaware Valley College Ag
Ambassador Doug Lindl,
Allentown, Lehigh Co.
• Draft Horse & Mule
Queen Jennifer Biddle, Boals
burg, Centre Co.
• Queen Evergreen XXVII
Anita Honacki, Indiana, Indiana
Co.
• Fair Queen Denise Jean
Sustrick, West Finley, Washing
ton Co.
• FFA President Keith E.
Hay, Berlin, Somerset Co.
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