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HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
The Keystone International
Livestock Exposition (KILE) is in
its 38th year at Harrisburg. The
Exposition is recognized national
ly as a showcase for the nation’s
top beef cattle, swine, sheep, and
horses. It will be held at the Farm
Show Complex in Harrisburg on
October .5-10.
"Here’s looking at you, kid.”
Hunter Named To Livestock Hall Of Fame
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
George V. Hunter, a lifetime
resident of Mercer County, has
been chosen as the Livestock Hall
of Fame Award winner for 1994,
He will be honored at a ceremony
at 4 p.m. in the Small Arena of the
Farm Show Complex in Harris
burg on Thursday, October 6.
Hunter’s picture will be hung
on the Small Arena wall with the
24 previous winners of this presti
gious award.
This award is given by the Pen
nsylvania Livestock Association
(PLA) and is chosen on the fol
lowing three criteria: contribution
to the livestock industry, involve
ment with the Pennsylvania Lives
tock Association, and contribution
to the community.
Hunter was bom in Mercer
County in 1917. He attended Penn
State University. He married Eve
lyn McMichael in 1943 and
resides in Stoneboro. The'Hunters
KILE Celebrates 38 Years
The year 1994 has been desig
nated as “Year of the hone,” so
horse exhibitors will receive spe
cial attention as part of the effort to
increase public awareness of the
horse industry and the high caliber
of horse shows held annually at
KILE.
Increased interest and entries
have led the show management to
have nine children, who are
Samuel, Smithsburg, Md.; Mary
Musser, New Middletown, Ohio;
Robert, South Bend, Ind.; Frank,
Cassadaga, N.Y.; Audrey Wheel
er, Grove City; Donald, Butler;
Glenn, Grove City; Elizabeth
Kingsley, Leesburg; and Hazel at
home. Nearly all the children are
involved someway in agriculture,
primarily in the sheep industry.
Fifteen grandchildren complete
the family.
Hunter began exhibiting lives
tock in 1935 at the Mercer Fair for
his father, Samuel R. Hunter. He
purchased his first Suffolk sheep
in 1939 and his first Shorthorns in
1948. He added Homed Dorsets in
1950 and owned Merinos for a
few years during the 19505. Dur
ing the 1960 s and 19705, he raised
and exhibited draft horses, Ber
shire hogs, sheep and cattle at
many Pennsylvania fairs as well
as the Pennsylvania Farm Show
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The show is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Livestock Association,
the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture,
and the Pennsylvania Farm Show Commission.
expand the horse program to six
days, which moves the Appaloosa
show to Wednesday and the Quar
ter Horse show to Sunday. Once
again, part of the draft horse-hitch
show is a qualifying event in the
North American Six Horse Hitch
Classic Series, and many of the
country’s top rated hitches will
work to earn points for the national
event in Ocala, Florida.
Other livestock will also gamer
international attention. The
American Polled Hereford Associ
ation has designated KILE as one
of its three rotating Standard of
Productivity (SOP) shows. The
SOP show is always a major attrac
tion because of its genetic focus
approach to cattle judging.
The Shorthorn Show has been
1994 Is The Year Of The Horse
HARRISBURG (Centre Co.)
The Keystone International
Livestock Show, October 5-10,
will celebrate the Year of the
Horse in its continuing cycle of
honoring an animal breed each
year. Don Tanner of Smethport
and John Cole of Centre Hall are
busy preparing activities in honor
of horses.
The opening ceremony, sche
duled for 4 p.m/on Thursday.
October 6, in the Small Arena,
will feature a 20-minute presenta
tion on the history of horses and
current breeds.
Two major shows will be held
in the Large Arena:
and the Keystone International
Livestock Exposition.
Hunter has shown sheep at
KILE for all of the 37 years it has
been in existence and has sheep
entered in the 1994 show. He has
missed only one year of showing
at the Pennsylvania Farm Show
since 1936 and that was last Janu
ary following the death of his
father.
Actively involved and inter
ested in many farm organizations,
he serves as newsletter editor for
both the Pennsylvania Suffolk
Association and die Pennsylvania
Shorthorn Association. Over the
years he has served on many
boards in the livestock industry
and is secretary of the Pennsylva
nia Suffolk Sheep Association, a
position he has held for 33 years.
Other organizations in which
Hunter has been active include
Millbrook Grange, Shorthorn
Association, American Shorthorn
October 5 to October 10, 1994
Published In Lancaster Farming, October 1, 1994
designated as a Point Accumula
tion Event by the American Shor
thorn Association. The Limousin
Cattle Show is a Medal of Excel
lence Show, Level 11, and is one of
eight approved regional competi
tions that qualify exhibitors for the
national show.
Sheep competition at KILE fea
tures the National Merino Show,
Great Lakes Regional Rambouillet
Show, and Eastern Regional
Junior Dorset Show. The Junior
Sheep Show has been expanded to
include Rambouillet and Tunis
breeds.
Hundreds of collegiate, FFA,
and 4-H students form several
states always enter the junior lives
tock judging and stockman con
tests at KILE. These keen educa-
• October 7, at 7 p.m. will fea
ture the ever popular Challenge of
the Breeds, which will feature six
internationally recognized horse
breeds: Appaloosa, Arabian, Half-
Arabian, Percheron, Paint and
Quarter Horse against each other
in an evening of mastery and fun.
A total of 12 horses chosen by
their respective breed associations
will be entered in the competition.
Featured eventsMnclude pleasure
driving, English pleasure, hunter
hack, western pleasure, western
riding and barrel racing. The Key
stone Sovereign champion will
receive $l,OOO.
Association, National Suffolk
Sheep Association, Continental
Dorset Club, American Merino
Association, Pennsylvania Sheep
and Wool Growers Association,
Northwest Cattlemen’s Associa
tion, Mercpr County and Venango
County Sheep and Wool Growers
Association, Keystone Ram and
Ewe Sale and the KILE Sheep
Committee.
Active in the Tower United Pre
sbyterian Church, George has
taught Sunday School for more'
than 13 years.
Hunter is very active in the
sheep world today, even more
since his retirement from the
Arthur Armour Aluminum Shop,
Grove City, as a metalsmith. He
has judged sheep show all over
Eastern United States. He has con
signed to and supported numerous
purebred livestock sales and has
been chairman of the Pennsylvani
a Suffolk Ewe Sale for the past 31
years.
tional competitions are excellent
tests of knowledge and skill, pro
viding students with valuable
experience for their futures in
agriculture.
With the newly-expanded Pen
nsylvania Farm Show Complex,
KILE has been able to spread out
through two additional acres of
indoor exhibit space. More than
4,400 entries are expected for the
1994 show, which offers a record
$217,369 in premiums.
Eleven scheduled performances
by Animals of Distinction will
delight thousands of children and
adults with their tricks throughout
the Keystone International Lives
tock Exposition.
(Turn to Pag* B 31)
• Saturday. October 8 at 7 p.m.,
the Heavy Hitch Classic will be
presented. The North American
Six-Horse Hitch Classic Series is
the ultimate driving event in the
heavy horse world. The Keystone
International Livestock Exposi
tion has been chosen as one of 45
recognized Qualifying Shows on
the Classic Series Show circuit
The six-horse hitches perform at
state fairs and agricultural exhibi
tions to accumulate points for
their region and beyond, compet
ing at qualifying shows spread
across Canada and the United
States. The competition builds to a
climax at the end of the year when
the high-point hitches are invited
to compete in the final competi
tion, the Classic Soles. The win
ner of the Classic Series All Breed
Trophy is considered by many to
be die best six-horse hitch in the
world. The four major draft horse
breeds that compete in the Classic
Series are Belgians. Fercherons,
Clydesdales and Shires. Hitches
are judged on conformation, man
ners, the proper fit and cleanliness
of the harness, the appropriateness
of the wagon, and the hitch’s way
of going. More than IS hitches
will be performing for your plea
sure during the evening.
An admissioirfee of $5 will be
charged- for these two shows.
Horse Shows happening daily
include: Appaloosa Show - Wed
nesday, October 5, 8 a.m.; Draft
Horse Halter Shows - Thursday
through Saturday, October (-8;
Paso Fino Show - Saturday,
October 8, 1 p.m.; Quarter Horse
Show - Sunday, October 9,8 a.m.;
and Arabian Show - Monday,
October 10, 8 a.m.