Explore The Agricultural Roots Of The Big E
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass.
Eastern States Exposition re
mains true to its agricultural roots,
which took hold in 1916 when
Joshua L. Brooks founded the
West Springfield facility as a
showcase for New England farm
ers.
Decades later, The Big E proud
ly continues the tradition by pre
senting the finest agriculture and
livestock contests as well as edu
cational exhibits which help to
take the mystery out of agriculture
for fairgoers. The 73rd edition of
“New England’s Great State Fair”
takes place Sept. 16 - Oct. 2.
The Big E boasts the largest
livestock show in New England,
traditional and modem forming
demonstrations, plenty of agricul
tural exhibits and contests, and
many interesting displays, all on
the grounds of Eastern States Ex
position.
• Barn Tours, ‘The Original,”
sponsored by Freihofer’s. Fair-
goers may learn “fun facts” about
agriculture and livestock by taking
a free Bam Tour, sponsored by
Freihofer’s. Professional agricul
Carroll
4-Her, Rachel Dyky shows the calf, Elvis to lan Stam
baugh In the petting zoo at the Carroll County 4-H & FFA
Fair.
tural experts show fairgoers
around Mallary Complex, Young
Building and Farm-a-Rama, giv
ing them a unique look behind the
scenes of livestock areas and agri
cultural exhibits. Tours leave se
veral times a day from under the
rotunda of Mallary Complex from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• The Big E Livestock Shows.
Continuous livestock shows and
competitions will be held for beef
and dairy cattle, sheep, goats, lla
mas and swine. The Draft Horse
Show will be held Sept. 28 - 29 in
the Coliseum; the 4-H Horse
Show will take place Sept 23 - 25;
pulling contests include an oxen
pull. Sept. 26 and a horse pull,
Sept. 27. The newest livestock
event at this year’s Big E is the
Simmental Beef Show, a breed of
beef cattle, which takes place Fri
day, Sept 16 at 2 p.m. Special
livestock events include the
Northeast Fall National Holstein
Show, for the Erst time at The Big
E. Sept 22 at 9 a.m.; and the East
ern Regional Jersey Show, Sept
27 at 8 a.m.
The Eastern States Exposition
County Holds 4-H,
Garden basket exhibits line the shelves at the fair.
Sheep Show will feature antique
sheep shearing demonstrations,
sheep dog herding and a sheep’s
wool spinning bee. Special events
this year include die National
Montadale Shhow, Sept. 17 at
1:30 p.m.; New England and At
lantic Coast Regional Columbia
Show, Sept 24 at 1 p.m'.; National
Tunis Show, Sept. 26, at 1 p.m.;
and the Regional Cotswold Show,
a new breed of sheep. Sept 28 at 9
a.m.
The open Llama Show takes
place Friday, Sept. 30 - Sunday,
Oct. 2. Several events, including
new additions of the Fashionable
Camelild Filler Show and Golden
Lead Class, lake place throughout
the three-day show. There will
also be an Egg and Spoon Race
Sunday, Oct 2 and the popular
Llama Costume Class takes place
the final day of the event
• The giant pumppkin and
squash contests and best decor
ated pumpkin contest, sponsor-
ed by New Milford Farms, will
take place in Mallary Complex at
10 a.m. Sept 16. Cash prizes for
adults and savings bonds, bowls
FFA Fair
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Dairy Qoat Dapartmant: Grand Champ
ion Market Goat - John Mladjenovlch, Grand
Champion Alplna-Jaaon Ridmger, Grand
Champion Nubian- Becky Alvarez, Grand
Champion Recorded Grade- Bryan Harris,
Grand Champion Other Purebred - Bryan
Harris, Best Doe In Show- Becky Alvarez.
Sheep Department: Grand Champion
Ram- Mike Utz, Grand Champion Ewe- Mike
Utz, Grand Champion Fitting a Showlng-
Gabe Zepp, Champion Pair of Market
Lambs- Jennifer Howard, Grand Champion
Market Lamb- Jennifer Wildesen, Reserve
Grand Champion Market Lamb- Brett Fogle.
Swine Department: Grand Champion
Market Swine-Monlca Feeser, Reserve
Grand Champion Market Swine- Brett Fogle,
Grand Champion Pair of Market Swine- Aar
on Gelman, Grand Champion Fitting ft
Showing- Eddie Harrison, Jr., Champion-
Producer of Performance Class - Tracy
Clagett, Champion Producer - Ryan Seiler.
Rabbit Dapartmant: Grand Champion
Rabbit - Jennifer Wade, Reserve Grand
Champion Rabbit- Shannon Szymanski,
Grand Champion Cavy- Cara Baummer,
Reserve Grand Champion Cavy - Theresa
Brown.
Poultry: Grand Champion Poultry Exhiblt-
Justln Barber, Reserve Grand Champion
Poultry Exhibit- Kelly Haines, Grand Champ
ion Eggs- Kelly Haines, Champion
Waterfowl- Nicholas Thurston.
and ribbins for children will be
awarded for the largest pumpkins
and squash and for the best decor
ated pumpkins. Pumpkins weigh
ing more than 400 pounds may
also win cash prizes in the “Realy
Big” Pumpkin Weigh-In, also
sponsored by New Milford Farms,
Sept. 23 in Mallary Complex at 10
a.m. The top ten entries from all
contests will be displayed in the
Farm-A-Rama building through
out the fair.
• Farm-A-Rama - Entertain
ment for all ages is plentiful at
Farm-A-Rama, one of the most
popular family attractions each
year at The Big E. Fairgoers find
prizewinning produce, demonstra
tions by area farmers and many
horticulture and agriculture exhib
its. One of the most popular attrac
tions is the baby chide hatchery,
where fairgoers can watch as baby
chicks emerge from their shells
and begin life every day. Members
of FFA will demonstrate aquacul-
Burkholder
DeFOREST, Wis. David
Burkholder, Shippensburg, Pa.,
recently joined the American
Breeders Service (ABS) Progency
Test (PT) program.
The PT program enables test
herds, such as the Burkholder
herd, to use semen from young,
unproven ABS sires. In return,
these test herds provide ABS with
information about the offspring
from these young bulls.
After supplying ABS with this
information, Burkholder will
receive compensation for each
ABS-PT calf bom and for each
ABS-PT daughter included on the
sire’s second USDA summary.
The program’s goal is to have
each progeny-tested young sire
graduate the program with a
highly-reliable sire summary.
MM FARM
HH EQUIPMENT
560 Long 4x4 tractor with
loader. Ben Shirk, Ephrata,
PA 717/354-7209.
#5B NH Thrower Com
plete. $9OO 080.
(717)922-4571.
600 Ford tractor, fresh en
gine. and paint, excellent
condition. WANTED: 3pth
7' snow blower.
(717)724-2274.
6600 diesel, good, shed
ded, rotary screen, only
$8,950. Call Stephen
717-249-2317
6600 JD combine, w/13'
flexhead, $6OOO 080.
717-672-2047.
6 row Huggerhead late
style for Gleaner M-3
combine, like new.
717-776-7692
702 Uni system, $1,500.
Husking bed $B5O. 3R
picker head $5OO. Pickup
head $l5O. Combine $lOO.
Platform grain head $350.
Chopper unit $5OO. NH
chopper wagon #6, $l,OOO.
(814)763-4874-
708 Uni. 4WD, AC, good
condition, $1 1,900.
(717)786-1458.
709 Nl power unit, 839 bu
sker, 644 N corn head, 717
combine, good condition.
Augusta Co.
703-828-2724.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 20, 1994-D5
ture, the harvest of underwater
animals and plants and display
horticulture and landscaping ex
hibits. Fairgoers may also learn
about ostriches, emus, and rheas at
the brand-new ratite display in the
popular building.
Farm-A-Rama is also home to
the Hallamore Clydesdales, eight
colossal draft horses which inspire
jaw-droping reactions as fairgoers
lilne up to witness the long pro
cess of preparing these huge ani
mals for their appearance in the
Daily Parade. Interesting farm and
exotic animals can also be seen in
Farm-A-Rama.
* The 1994 Christmas Tree
Show and competition will take
place Friday, Sept. 16. Although
the winter holidays seem far away,
the show will provide information
on how to pick a tree and give fair
goers a chance to “show what they
know” in mock tree judging con
tests. Trees will remain on display
for the remainder of the fair.
Dairy Joins
ABS Program
while giving test herds the oppor
tunity to use the genetics of
tomorrow —today. This program
is unique because it gives test
herds the option to choose which
bulls they would like to use from a
large selection of young ABS-PT
sires.
Since genetic evaluations rely
on the data supplied by PT herds,
ABS screens potential herds care
fully before adding them to the
program. The Burkholder herd
was selected based on superior
management practices, efficient
record-keeping, and accurate ani
mal identification.
Producers interested in more
information about the ABS Prog
eny Test program should contact
their local ABS Representative or
call 800-ABS-STUD.
709 Uni-System, 4WD,
2200 Hours, 4R Chopper
and ' Combine,
(814)632-8684.
709 Uni tractor, 4WD,
2,000 hours, good oondi
tion, $12,500.
(717)776-7725.
7720 diesel, heavy axle,
dial-a-matic, chopper, very
good, field ready, $25,500.
Call Stephen.
717-249-2317
7' Fox forage head,
$2,450.; 7' Deere, $2,450.;
Adapter to put picker head
on Deere, $1,250. Call
Stephen. 717-249-2317
7’ Rhino rotary mower; 252
Oliver disc, 10'.
610-469-9633.
9' IHC 28 disc harrow,
transport, $875. 10' trans
port disc harrow, $575.
14-9-28 tire on rim, 6 lug,
f/dish wheel, $75.
(610)488-0723.
AC 15' rigid header for L 2
or M 2, very good. $3250.
717/249-2317.
AC 190XT CAB Duals. Re
build Eng. Many New
Parts. PTO Not Working,
Good Condition. $4OOO.
(717)865-5719.
(3) grain wagons, $450/ea.
White Hall, Baltimore Co.,
MD. 410-357-4073 After
7PM.
3Pt. Flail Mower. 6'; 5 XB‘
Enclosed Trailer, $550;
3Pt. 1 Bottom Plow.
(717)442-4279.
3 Pt. Hitch Equipment: IHC
sickle bar mower T, Ford 5'
rotary mower, MF 5' rotary
mower, mechanical trans
planter w/new tank. Thom
Wheary, 717/687-0102,
46'-8" Cardinal transport
auger, electric drive, re
built, like new, $2,250
080. (717)792-9930.
4 HP engine w/6" blower
for vacuuming up leaves
and grass. Mounts on rid
ing mowers, $350 Phone
610-754-7366.
510 diesel, very nice. 1144
& gram head, $10,450. Call
Stephen 717-249-2317
52' Python grain auger,
IH/15D combine, new
1975; 4R cornhead, 13'
grainhead. 717-649-6439
after 3PM
5400 Deere Chopper, low
hrs., 4x4, most any heads,
small knives. Larry Stalter
“The Chopper Man"
1-800-248-2151