Butter Sculpture Promotes ‘Tackle Your Thirst With Milk’ HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The fourth annual butter sculp ture at the Pennsylvania Farm Show featured two football play ers, one from Penn State Universi ty and the other from the Universi ty of Tennessee. The sculpture fol lows the theme “Tackle Your Thirst With Milk.” At the first official function of the 78th Pennsylvania Farm Show. Boyd Wolff, PA Secretary of Agriculture said, “This sculp ture is a creative way to call atten tion to Pennsylvania’s great dairy industry. I have to commend the dairy farmers because they had the foresight to know that Penn State was going to win the Florida Cit rus Bowl.” The sculpture was created by Raymond Mackintosh and spon sored by Pennsylvania’s Dairy Promotion Partners the Ameri can Dairy Association and Dairy Council, Mid East UDIA/F.O. 36 Advertising Agency, and the Pen nsylvania Dairy Promotion Program. ‘This year Pennsylvania’s Dairy Promo tion Partners offer a tribute to football,” said Betsy Dupuis, communications director with the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program. “Penn State wide receiver Bobby Engram is being tackled by an unidentified Tennessee player. Engram was the game’s most valu able player and a big part of the Nittany Lion’s win.” “We selected football because of Pennsyl vania’s rich tradition in football. We have nationally ranked high school and college football programs. And, the first professional football game was played in 1892, in Pitts burgh, Pennsylvania, so we’re just a year behind in our anniversary celebration,” added Dupuis. Mackintosh, from Ontario, Canada, used approximately 760 pounds of butter in the sculpture. He spent an average of 10 hours per day working on the sculpture for a total of four days. “Butter sculpting takes special experi ence,” Mackintosh said in an earlier inter view. “You need to know the material, what it will and will not do. Butter is different from other mediums and must be carefully sup ported. During the sculpting process, I must use a special wooden paddle and wire tools to create the features. ‘SEE OUR NEW EFFICIENT EPA WOOD STOVES Garden Spot Tobacco We are receiving tobacco at our warehouse Monday thru Friday 8 AM - 4 PM Rt. 322 & Reidenbach Rd. Call Us For Current Prices 700 Reidenbach Rd., New Holland, PA (717) 354-6934 (717) 354-2340 “This sculpture was very chal lenging. It was difficult to design due to the size of the cabinet I know that in this case the figures had to be on the ground and that one would have to be poised on top of the other. The creation of the metal framework was critical for the structure,” added Mackintosh. Butter for the sculpture was donated by Eastern Milk Produc ers. It came, from the Atlantic Dairy Cooperative’s Holly Milk Plant, in Carlisle. Eastern’s 1,200 Pennsylvania members provide milk for this plant which produces butter and dry powder dairy products. IRVIN MARTIN OF NEWMANSTOWN, PA HOUSED BIRDS IN JANUARY 1993 AT HIS REMODELED BIG DUTCHMAN SLOT-AIRE BUILDING. HE IS STILL USING HIS ORIGINAL 18 YEAR OLD CHAIN. THE BEST EGG NUMBERS AND CONVERSION RECORDS IN THE INDUSTRY ARE STILL FROM FLOCKS FED BY BIG DUTCHMAN CHAIN FEEDERS. TT€RSH€V ■Bi hßi equipment co. “We are delighted to be a part of the 78th Annual Farm Show,” Tony Schlesier, Eastern’s Mana ger of Cooperative Relations said during opening ceremonies. “Our farmers are vary proud to have donated this butter and to be a part of the Farm Show. Eastern has more members in the Common wealth of Pennsylvania than in any other state.” The sculpture will be on display in the McClay Street Lobby throughout the Farm Show. A vid eo, created by Eastern Milk Pro ducers. will also be on display to explain the entire sculpting pro cess. Following the Farm Show, all of the butter will be donated to area soup kitchens. (O H lOO