Facts And Special Attractions
Animals On Display- Livestock and poultry entries totaled 5,433 during last year’s
Farm Show. A comparable number of sheep, swine, horses, dairy cattle, beef cattle,
dairy goats, poultry and rabbits are expected again. Always in the limelight throughout
Farm Show Week, our livestock shows and sales attract exhibitors and visitors from all
comers of the Commonwealth.
Association Meetings- Farm Show Week provides a great opportunity for agri
cultural associations to conduct business meetings since so many members are
already attending or participating in the show. Five climate-controlled meeting
rooms are located on the second floor and our food vendor serves catered
meals. Please call 717-787-5373 if your farm organization would like to reserve
a meeting room during the show.
Baby Animal Learning Center- This walk-through exhibit of small farm animals
gives young people a chance to learn about the animals, how they are cared for and their
contributions to agriculture.
Beef Cattle- Almost 400 head of beef cattle were exhibited during competition at the
1992 Farm Show. Open beef cattle judging is scheduled for Monday, featuring Angus,
Charolais, Limousin, Polled Hereford and Simmental breeds. The junior beef breeding
and junior steer classes will be judged on Wednesday in the Large Arena.
Bred Gilt Sale- The Bred Gilt Sale affords swine breeders an excellent opportunity
to purchase champion animals to build and imporve their herds.. AH eight breeds of
swine are now sold on Saturday in the Small Arean.
Butter Sculpture- A lifesize sculpture depicting an old-time ice cream vendor will
be hand-carved from butter and put on display in a refrigerated case in the front lobby.
This is the third year the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program has commissioned
Ray Macintosh to do a sculpture. County dairy princesses will provide visitors with
interesting facts about the dairy industry and the sculpture.
Collectibles- The farm toy collectibles that became so popular during the last two
Farm Shows have been commissioned again for sale in 1993. This year’s items are a
Winross truck carrying a wooden block cut like the front of (he Farm Show Building, a
l/16th scale model tractor of a Sheppard Diesel SD-3, and an Ertle truck bank that
resembles the 1905 Ford delivery car. Paid reservations have been accepted m advance
to the Winross trucks and Sheppard tractors.
Commercial Exhibitors* More than 275 commercial exhibitors feature the newest
innovations in farm equipment, services and products. Allow yourself plenty of time to
see this year’s newest products and learn more about them from representatives of these
American companies.
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Commodity Displays* The commodity displays feature soem of Pennsylvania’s fin
est agricultural products in competition. From hobbyist to full-time farm families, exhi
bitors always enter their best samples of com and hay, maple syrup and honey, fruits
and vegetables, nuts and grains, evergreen trees and tobacco, dressed poultry and wool.
Cooking Demonstrations- Demonstrations will be featured Saturday through Wed
nesday in the Pennsylvania Food Pantry located in the West Lobby. Student chefs from
the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the Harrisburg Area Community College
will delight visitors with their culinary talents in preparing and providing recipes using
Pennsylvania food products. They’ll show you great ways to enhance your meals, with
versatility a key ingredient.
Dairy Cattle Shows- Over 400 head of dairy cattle will take up residence in the
North Building throughout Farm Show Week. Tuesday is Dairy Day at the Farm Show
with judging of six Pennsylvania breeds taking place in the Large Arena, the grand
champion females from each breed competition will be on parade for selection of the
Supreme Champion Dairy Cow and the $l,OOO top prize.
Dairy Fun Night- Showgoers will learn about the dairy industry during the fun-filled
Tuesday evening program in the Small Arena. Co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania Dairy
Promotion Program, the event pays tribute to teh leading segment of our great agricul
tural industry with a variety of humorous contests.
Dairy Goat Show- This show is sanctioned as an open doe show by the American
Dairy Goat Association. More than 200 dairy goats will be in the Large Arena on Thurs
day for judging beginning at 8:30 a.m., with competition in six different breeds. The
dairy goats will be on display there throughut the day.
Demonstrations- A variety of interesting demonstrations by the slate’s agricultural
organizations are being planned for a stage area on the second floor of the Northeast
Building. Thirty-five different presentations will be conducted, Sunday through Thurs
day, in this new show-and-tell exhibit.
Education Exhibits- Federal and state government agencies, along with uni
versities and agricultural organizations, offer Farm Show visitors valuable infor
mation on their services and activities. The Farm Show provides an excellent
opportunity to talk with representatives of these groups and get firsthand infor
mation on a multitude of subjects.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 9,1993-Fll
Rodeo In
Farm Show’s
Large Arena
GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.)
The Pennsylvania State Farm
Show Commission has announced
that for the first time in the show’s
77-year history it will solicit spon
sors for the events in the large are
na during Farm Show week.
A Gettysburg based company.
Dynamic Marketing, owned by
Dave Martin has been awarded the
contract to solicit sponsors for the
NHSRA-sanctioned rodeo on Sat
urday, Jan. 9, and the Horse and
Pony Pull scheduled during the
annual event
Interested parties and business
es will receive arena signage, VIP
scats, and live announcements
during the events in exchange for
sponsorship dollars. Martin also
will promote and solicit sponsor
ship for the American Finals
Rodeo Nov. 19-21 and Bullride
Mania April 17-18 in the same
complex.
The Pennsylvania State Farm
Show is located in the state’s cap
ital city of Harrisburg and is vis
ited by more than 200,000 atten
dees annually during Farm Show
Week in January. More than 8,000
exhibitors compete for $195,000
.in prizes at the world’s largest in
door gathering (more than 14
acres under one roof) devoted en
tirely to promoting and celebrat
ing agriculture. The commission’s
overall budget is $3.2 million and
generates $7.6 million in direct
•and indirect spending in the Har
risburg area according to Penn
State University’s Department of
Leisure Studies.
For more information on spon
soring the high school rodeo
events, bareback bronco riding,
steer wrestling, calf roping, Brah
ma bull riding, team roping, sad
dle bronc riding, girl’s barrel race,
pole bending, girl’s goat tying,
and breakaway roping, and the
horse and pony pull, contact Dave
Martin at (717) 334-7724 or 1607
Hanover Rd., Gettysburg, Pa.
17325.