VOL 38 NO. 10
77th Farm Show: Innovative Agriculture At Its Best
Four Sections
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 16, 1993
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$15,100 For Marked Swine
Sets Record, Creates Scholarship
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lfincaster Fanning Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Full Farm Show Coverage
In This Issue
With extensive coverage in this issue of the events and shows that
transpired at the 77th Farm Show in Harrisburg, you will also notice
that Lancaster Farming is back on the regularly scheduled publication
date. For the past several weeks (because of Christmas, New Year’s
Day, and an early publication day last week to beat the opening of the
Farm Show) you may have received those issues a day or two early.
But that was the exception and not the rule.
To introduce the farm show events in this issue, the photos on this
page are as follows; on left side from lop down, Supreme Champion
Cow with Boyd Wolff, Crystal Schweighofer, Tom McCauley and
Alan McCauley. Next Supreme Champion Horse, with Neal Buss,
Abram Allebach, Gerald Allebach, and Richard Campbell. Next is the
Coble Award, David Coble, Boyd Wolff, Robert Sickler, and Barbara
Sickler. Next is Sale Hog with Robert Kilgore, Tony Dobrosky, Butch
Clemmens, Bill Campbell, Mark Simmon, and Boyd Wolff. At top is
Farm Women officers, Becky Swallon, Darlene Schmelts, Lois Hugh
es, Dorthy Strickler, Arlene Witmanm, Audrey Gilbert, and Janice
Kress. Next is FFA Youth, Braden Elkin. And at bottom right is the
Wool Breed Supreme Champion with Ben, Mary, and Benjamin Bow,
and Melanie Horchler.
A record price paid Thursday fo»
a Farm Show market swine
resulted in the creation of a Farm
601 Per Copy
Show youth educational fund.
During the annual sale of
champipn youth market animals in
the Small Arena of the Farm Show
complex, a syndicate of buyers
raised the price of the market hog
to $15,100, not only almost dou
bling the old record price but set
ting up enough money to start a
scholarship fund.
Of the three livestock champ
ions, the market hog was first on
the auction block. The price quick
ly soared to $5,000, when auction
eer Harry Bachman, of Annville,
called for a pause.
Harry said he wanted the activi
ty to slow down for a second. Then
he explained that Mark Simmon,
the youth owner of the grand
champion hog said that if he could
get 55,000 for his champion swine,
he would be willing to put the rest
toward a scholarship fund.
After the announcement* the
bids quickly shot above $lO,OOO
$19.00 P«r Ymt
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