Bio-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 8, 1994
Kids Find Plenty To Do
At Manheim Farm Show
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
MAN HEIM (Lancaster Co.)
The lent near to the exhibits build
ing at the Manheim Farm Show is a
special place for children. There
they can see a sow feeding her lit
ter of piglets, hold a newly
hatched baby chick, watch two
large turkey gobblers strut around
their pen, and load a wagon with
grain.
That’s only a small part of the
attractions that both children and
“When I first came to the tent, I was really surprised at all
the animals,” Casey Seibert said. The 6-year-old Is the son
of Manhelm Central FFA Instructor Deb Seibert. He answers
questions other children have about the clicks.
Alex, 2, and Katie, 3, find the newly-hatched chicks Intriguing. The cl
parents are Dean and Donna Beamesderfer of Manhelm.
adult enjoy.
“I was really surprised to see all
these animals,” said 6-year-old
Casey Seibert of Ephrata.
Casey said dime are more ani
mals and things to do this year than
last year. His mother. Deb Seibert,
an agriculture instructor at Man
heim Central High School, super
vised the FFA students set up the
exhibits and accumulate the
animals.
Casey was helping out by telling
the children who visited the tent
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about the newly-hatched baby
chicks.
“Here, hold one,” Casey said to
the children. “It won’t hurt you."
Each child also received a,Farm
Show Coloring Book to take along
home with them. Teachers who
brought their classes to visit the
Farm Show received a teacher’s
edition booklet with activities that
teach children more about agricul
ture. Here are some activities from
the booklet
ACROSS
3. Ice cream
is white, chocolate is brown, and
strawberry is pink.
5. We eat the seeds from these
large yellow flowers.
6. Some types of—are lima,
kidney, and navy.
7. Sometimes these fruits are
called black raspberries.
8. These little fruits are put
into pancakes and muffins.
DOWN
1. Little red fruits which are
made into a sauce and served
with turkey.
2. The Indians made -
by boiling down the sap ofa tree.
4. Pop, sweet, dent, and flour
are types of ---.
g. leaves are used to fla
vor spaghetti sauce.
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Six-year-old James and his slx-year-oid brother Ben
experiment with loading grain in a wagon. The brothers are
the sons of Irish Walker of Lancaster.
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two friends catch a bite to eat. Brandon Forry, left, Is the
12-year-old son of Gary and Lynn Forry of Manhelm. Rod
ney Groff, 11, Is the son of Richard and Rachel Groff of
Manhelm.
Obi® the clown holds Janae King, 3. daughter of Phyllis
and Levi King of Penryn.
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