m f REGIE VED 1 x" I I _ UHtUF Tifnf V ' V UNIVERSE J I ciaCa VOL. 37 NO. 8 1992 Brings The Seventy-Sixth Farm Show Holly’s Offspring Fosters Champions For Family ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Farming Staff TOUGHKENAMON (Chester Co.) Their registered Jersey cow “Holly” means an awful lot to them. For Farm Show exhibitors Beth and Patti Jenkins, Holly, which as a calf placed high in 4-H and local fair competition, produced many generations of farm show, fair, and national competition grand and reserve champions. Ever since she won 4-H reserve junior champion as an intermedi Youths’ Woes, Worries Set Aside For Farm Show VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Fanning Staff SOUTH LEBANON (Lebanon Co.) John Risser is an 18-year old who has dreams of operating a hog farm near home. However, the possibility of doing so doesn’t look promising, he said. There is only so much land available for agriculture in the Show Opens With Something For Everyone EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) —The 76th Pennsylvania State Farm Show here in the Farm Show complex has a new schedule this year. The first judging is done All set forthe Pennsylvania Farm Show are (from left) Kevin, Corey, and Lisa Pfautz and their crossbred hogs. Read about this sibling trio and their preparations for the Farm Show on page 810. Get Ready For The Farm Show. Find Farm Show Stories, Advertising Messages, Meeting And Judging Schedules, And Exhibitor Locations In This Special Issue. Six Sections ate calf in 1975, Holly’s progeny have placed high in Farm Show events, including a four-champion set back in 1990 and reserve grand in 1989. Hollywood, Holly’s daughter, was second in the class at the National Junior Show in 1987. And while many Farm Show exhibitors realize strength in num bers (being able to pick a number of quality show animals from sub stantially sized herds), the Jenkins have only 20 animals to choose (Turn to Paga A 26) limestone-rich Lebanon Valley where Risser lives with his father and mother. Currently, the 110 acres that is fanned by the Rissers is actually owned by John Stamer, John Riss er’s gNhMfather, who purchased a large farm in the early 19S0s when land was relatively inexpensive and loans carried little interest (Turn to Pago A2S) on Thursday and Friday, January 9 and 10. And the show opens to the public on Saturday instead of Sun day. The show ends on Thursday, January 16 instead of Friday. Because of this new schedule that includes a full weekend. State Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 4, 1992 Patti, right, and Bath Jenkins pose with Shamrock, a great-great-great granddaugh ter of Holly, a 17-year-old registered Jersey that produced many Pennsylvania Farm Show champions. Photo by Andy Androw*. Secretary of Agriculture Boyd Wolff says this year’s show is geared toward the family more than ever before. “Pennsylvania has good reason to be proud of its agricultural com munity, the leading force in our economy for 300 years,” Wolff said. “Cash income from farm marketings in 1990 was $3.78 bil lion, a six percent increase over the previous year. Agriculture exports from the Keystone State were up again last year and now total $315 million annually.” Wolff said agriculture stimu lates $3B billion in economic activ ity and provides jobs for 20 percent of the state’s workforce. The incredible efficiency and produc tivity of Pennsylvania’s farmers and agribusinesses have kept the industry number one in the state. The Farm Show keeps farmers and consumers abreast of what’s new in agriculture. Suppliers of products and services have the opportunity to develop new mark ets and farm organizations can use the occasion to hold member meetings. INDEX Sec. A... Market Reports & General News. Sec. B..,Women’s News, Public Sales & Mailbox Market. Sec. C... Business News & Classified 4-36 Sec. D... Classified 1-3. Sec. E... Keystone FFA Sec. F... Keystone FFA See Story Index Page A 3. 60a Per Copy PENNSYLVANIA AGRICULTURE Quality From Our Home To Yours Farm exhibitors of dairy cattle, livestock and field crops have a lot of incentive to display their best production for the year. A record $198,266 in premiums is being offered this year. Of historical interest is the record of 1917 when 440 entries took home $735 in premiums. Many special features are part of this show. The following notes of interest will help you to enjoy the show. SPECIAL FEATURES AND DAILY ATTRACTIONS 19.00 Per Year (Turn to Pago All)
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