Gotta. Or does he? The pig chase provides plenty of thrills for those adventurous
enough to enter.
th ANNIVERSARY
/ J EPHRATA FAIR
Sept. 21 -25 *
W Tuesday
Bake Sale -10:00 a.m.
Ephrata Review, Main Street
Place Farm Machinery Exhibits -
11:30 a.m. • 3:30 p.m.
Farm Machinery Exhibits Open - 4:00 pxn.
Pork Chop Barbeque (YF Food Tent) - 5:00 p.m
Adult Tractor Driving Contest - 5:00 p.m.
Junior Market Hog Judging (ÜBD)
5:00 p.m. '
Antique Tractor Judging 6:30 p.m.
L. Pig Chase (ÜBD) - 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday
[ . Dairy Cattle Judging -10:00 a.m.
Cloister FFA Tractor Driving Contest
(LBD) 1:00 p.m.
Carcass Lamb On Foot Judging - 3:30 p.m.
Junior Market Lamb Judging (ÜBD)
4:00 p.m.
Street Fair Parade • 7:00 p.m.
Thursday
Kiddies Day -1:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Sale of Lambs - Starting At 6:30 p.m.
Hog Sale (Ephrata Park - ÜBD)
Following Lamb Sale
Community Tug-Of-War (UBB)
Garden Tractor Pulling Contest -
(LBD) 7:00 p.m.
Visit the EAYFA Refreshment Stand. Crop, livestock
SPECIAL NOTE: If Parade is rained out on Wednesday and farm machinery on display all day with special
evening, sales of lambs and hogs will be held Friday at emphasis from 4:00-9:00 p.m. at the Ephrata
5:00 p.m. Community Park. This schedule applies only to the
‘ ÜBD - Uppr Ball Diamond * LBD - Lower Ball Diamond Tent City portion Of the Ephrata Fair.
-1993 EPHRATA FAIR “TENT CITY” EXHIBITORS
Atlantic Breeders Cooperative
Lancaster, PA
Binkley & Hurst Bros., Inc.
Lititz, PA
Clair Martin-Parkview Garage
Lititz, PA
Zimmerman's Exotic Animals
Ephrata, PA
Eagle Rental
Denver, PA
EXHIBITS CONTESTS LIVESTOCK SHOWS FOOD
lUSEMENTS RIDES PARADES FREE ENTERTAINMENT
Lanco Lawn & Recreation
Ephrata, PA
Hollinger’s Lawn & Garden Equipment
Ephrata, PA
Lebanon Valley NatT Bank • Ag Group
Lebanon, PA
Wes Stauffer Engines A Equipment
Ephrata, PA
Friday ”
Cow Milking Contest - 6:30 p.m.
Family Fun Contests
Following Cow Milking Contest
i Saturday |
Exhibits Close (Ephrata Community Park) -
10:00 a.m.
Remove Exhibits - 10:00-11:00 a.m.
(Ephrata Community Park)
Clean Up Park • 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Baby Parade • 2:00 p.m.
Entertainment (Midway) • 8:00 p.m.
Miss Lancaster County Scholarship Pageant
8:00 p.m.
W SHUTTLE BUS W
[ For the convenience of the public, a shuttle bus ]
will be provided, free of charge, to Tent City
on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday,
week of the Fair.
The bus will leave from the comer of
South State Street and Franklin Street
beginning at 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
I FAIR office telephone I
(717) 733-4451 J|
Handicap Parking
All agriculture Activities and exhibits including farm
machinery, livestock, and crops will be in Tent
City' at the Ephrata Community Park.
Ephrata Fair Marks
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Fanning Staff
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.)
Sure, Pennsylvania’s largest street
fair is famous for its parade, its
cheese steak sandwiches, and its
Ferris wheel. But those who stick
to Main Street concessions, carni
val rides, and parade gawking are
missing the best part of the Ephrata
Fair.
This year, its 75th anniversary,
make sure you walk or take the
shuttle bus a few blocks south to
Tent City, the place where country
Henry B. Hoover Inc. Agway
Ephrata, PA
Plasterer Equipment Co., Inc.
Lebanon, PA
Sire Power
Tunkhannock, PA
PenntMd Corporation
Lancaster, PA
Adamstown Equipment
Adamstown, PA
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 18, 1993-811
75th Anniversary
From September 21 to 25, Tent City carries
a full agenda of ag-related activities. Some is
serious stuff such as farm equipment displays
but other things are just plain ridiculous fun
such as the pig chase and the calf dressing
contest.
For 25 years, Charles Ackley, former advi
sor for the Young Adult Farmer Program for
Ephrata School District, has been in charge of
Tent City activities. During his tenure, Tent
City has grown to include farm machinery
displays, tractor driving contests, garden trac
tor pulls, a community tug-of-war rope pull, a
milking contest, family fun night on Friday,
and a pumpkin contest.
“Large animal shows have diminished but
sheep and hog shows have grown in size,”
Ackley said.
He said that the success of Tent City is due
to the involvement of FFA and adult farmers,
who lake charge of most of the activities.
This year, Ackley has turned the reins of
leadership over to Rep. Terry Scheetz and
Clark Stauffer. Antique tractor judging on
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. is a new activity this
year.
University of Minnesota - MN Ext. Service
11th Annual Dairy Tour Feb. 4 • Mar. 3,1994
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Vacation. See dairy fanning, marketing,
research scenery, farm stays.
Tax Deductible For Producers
Fee $4295 Mpls. $4095 LA
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U of M, 405 Coffey Hall
St. Paul. MN 55108 - 1-800-367-5363
and city meet. It’s where the bleat
ing of sheep mingles with pig
squealing and bawling steers.
During other times of the year,
these sounds are foreign to Ephrata
Park, where Tent City is located,
but the last full week of every Sep
tember, these sounds attract
crowds of fairgoers eager to see
real farm animals.
Tent City isn’t just a place for
town folks to gape. It’s really the
place where country folks congre
gate to show off their tractor driv
ing skills, where 4-H’ers and
FFA’ers compete in ewe-to-ewe
combat, and where hog buyers
open their hearts and pocketbooks
to claim the highest bid.
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