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weighted sled, attempting to outdistance their
competitors.
HORTICULTURE CENTER - A variety of horticul
ture exhibits are planned for the second floor of the
Northeast Building. Not only will they add beauty to the
area, but they should inspire your own landscaping
efforts as well.
ICE SCULPTURES - Armed with chain saws and ice
picks, culinary students from the Indiana University of
Pennsylvania will delight visitor; with their creativity
and skillful designs carved from ice on Tuesday and
Wednesday. They plan to give six carving demonstra
tions in front of the West Lobby.
JUDGES - Sixty-eight judges from ten states and
Canada have been invited to preside over the competition
in 30 Farm Show departments. The judges come from all
walks of life, from school teachers to occupational exper
ts to hobbyists.
JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SALE - The Junior Lives
tock Sale on Thursday serves as a proud salute to the
young people of Pennsylvania agriculture, recognizing
the dedication and achievements of 4-H and FFA mem
bers involved in junior market livestock programs. Earn
ings from the auction go directly to the young exhibitors,
often enabling them to pursue careers in agriculture.
The Farm Show Scholarship Foundation will award its
first six $l,OOO scholarships during the 1994 Junior
Livestock Sale to 4-H or FFA members selected by the
scholarship committee. We invite you to come and sup
port this year’s sale!
MAIN FLOOR EXHIBITS • The doors of the Main
Building will open at 9 a.m. and close each night at 8 p.m.
The livestock bams will remain open until 9 p.m., and
some of the shows in the Large Arena will actually last a
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MILKING PARLOR • Hundreds of cows are milked
twice a day in a modem milking parlor in the North
Building - a miniature version of the milk houses found
on commercial dairy farms. This facility is unique among
dairy shows because it is approved by State Milk Sanita
rians for the production and sale of fluid milk.
NOVELTIES - T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats and toys
with the Farm Show logo will be sold from several loca
tions throughout the Complex. Your trip won’t be com
plete without one of these.
PROGRAM SOUVENIR BOOK - The Official
Program Souvenir Book is available for $2 at the main
entrances of the Farm Show Complex. The book includes
daily schedules, maps, exhibitors lists, highlights from
last years extravaganza and information on the commodi
ty representatives. It also provides you with a valuable
reference tool, featuring other information on Pennsylva
nia agriculture and the vital associations that make it our
number one industry.
OLDER PENNSYLVANIANS RECEPTION CEN
TER - A reception center will be open on Monday, Agri
cultural Heritage Day, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Main
Lobby along the south side of the complex for older visi
tors to relax and acquire pertinent information. Brochures
on subjects like generic drugs, long term health care, and
benefits and rights for older citizens will be available.
PENNSYLVANIA FOOD PANTRY - Through the
cooperation of statewide agricultural organizations, the
Pennsylvania Food Pantry will showcase an array of pro
ducts produced and processed in Pennsylvania. Cooking
demonstrations will be conducted several times a day in
the West Lobby.
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POULTRY DISPLAY - Morethan 2,000 bantams,
geese, chickens and ducks are expected forjudging prior
to opening day. Over4oo champion birds will be display
ed along the Lower Concourse throughout the week. You
will also find the egg display in the poultry area.
RABBIT SHOW • Sanctioned by the American Rab
bit Breeders Association, this one-day show will be held
on Saturday morning. All best of breed, best of show,
best of variety and all ten youth meat pen animals will be
cooped and on exhibit for the entire week of Farm Show.
RECORD PREMIUMS OFFERED - The Pennsyl
vania State Farm Show is committed to exhibiting the
best that Pennsylvania agriculture has to offer. This com
mitment to attracting top quality agricultural products
and livestock is evidenced by another increase in pre
miums, which now brings the total purse offered to 1994
exhibitors to a record $205,393.
RODEO - Members of the Pennsylvania High School
Rodeo Association will perform for afternoon and even
ing audiences in the Large Arena on Saturday. The stu
dent riders will compete for separate points in each sanc
tioned show, with classes in team roping, saddle and
bareback riding, bull riding, steer wrestling, calf roping,
breakaway roping, goat tying, pole bending and barrel
racing.
SCOOPERBOWL SUNDAY - For a $3 contribution
to the Four Diamonds Foundation, Sunday visitors can
enter the Scooperbowl Arena and eat as much ice cream
as they like. Five vendors will be serving their ice cream
favorites between 11 ajn. and S p.m. to raise money for
children with cancer.
SHAVER’S CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL CEN
TER - See live reptiles and raptors in this hands-on
museum geared toward children. Experience this educa
tional display on the second floor of the Northeast Build
ing, Saturday through Tuesday.
SHEEP SHOW - The Dorset, Hampshire, Southdown
and Suffolk breeding sheep will compete in the show ring
on Sunday morning, followed by the Shropshires and
Cheviots on Monday morning, and the Corriedale, Mer
ino and Rambouillet breeds on Wednesday evening. A
Meat Breeds Supreme Champion will be selected at the
conclusion of the final breed show on Monday and a
Wool Breeds Supreme Champion will be selected Wed
nesday night
SHEEP TO SHAWL CONTEST - The 13th annual
Sheep to Shawl Contest gets underway at 5 p.m. on Mon
day in the Small Arena. This popular event finds teams
sheering sheep, spinning the wool into yam, and creating
beautiful shawls in just two hours. We invite you to stay
until the judging is complete and bid on your favorite
shawl during the 8 p.m. auction. All proceeds from the
shawls go directly to the teams.
SUPREME CHAMPIONS - Selections of the presti
gious 1994 Pennsylvania Farm Show Supreme Champ
ions will be made for draft horses, swine, dairy cattle,
beef cattle, sheep wool breeds and meat breeds after the
last breed is judged in each department
SWINE • Nearly 600 head of breeding gilts and junior
market swine were competing for prize money last year.
Pennsylvania swine producers are an important segment
of our agricultural industry.
TRADE CONCOURSE • The new Trade Concourse
will resemble a mini trade show when 16 Pennsylvania
companies come together to display or promote their
goods and services. We hope you are as impressed with
the diversity of Pennsylvania agribusinesses as we ate, as
this cross section shows you. It’s on the upper level of the
Northeast Building.
TOUR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL
TURE - Guided tours of the food and plant laboratories
at the Ag Building (across the street from the Farm Show
Complex) will be offered Monday through Thursday at
10 a.m. and 2 p.m. When walking from the Farm Show
Complex to the Department of Agriculture, please use the
pedestrian tunnel in front of the new building to go under
Cameron Street. Tours will begin in the Front Lobby of
the Ag Building.
TOUR THE GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE -
Guided tours of the Governor’s Residence at 2035 North
Front Street will be offered on Tuesday between noon
and 3 p.m. Visitors will see antiques and period furnish
ings at the Georgian mansion on the banks of the Susque
hanna River. Tour reservations can also be obtained for
other times by calling 717-787-1192.
VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE DEMONSTRA
TIONS - Throughout the week, vo-ag students will pre
sent demonstrations on a wide array of agricultural activi
ties. These presentations offer students an opportunity to
improve their organization and public presentation skills.
These educational demonstrations can be observed in the
Pennsylvania Room on the Upper Concourse of the Large
Arena.
WINDOW DISPLAYS - This year’s window display
s are being provided by the Pennsylvania Livestock
Association and the State Bureau of Tourism. They arc in
the Main Lobby at the south end of the complex near the
butter sculpture.
Future Dates of the Pennsylvania Farm Show: Janu-
1995; January 6-11,1996; January 11-16,1997;
January 10-15,1998; January 9-14, 1999; January 8-13,