818-Unci»t»r Farming, Friday, January 6, 1995 Ida's Notebook by Ida Risser After the rush and bustle of Christmas activities which includ ed making two big meals for visit ing family members, I finally get a chance to sit down and reminisce. Recently, I read a travel article on Watkins Glen in New York. It reminded me of the first time that I saw this geological wonder. In 1928 my Shreiner grandparents took a several day trip and took me along with them. My grandfather had a new Buick and as it was summer, we rode in the open car. If it rained, I lay on the floor in the back and covered myself with a blanket. 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State Farm Show, the largest indoor agricultural exposition in the country, opens this week. More than 300,000 people are expected to visit the free show January 7-12 to learn more about the state’s leading agricultural industry and its newest products and services. As an educational forum, the Farm Show is instrumental in One night we stayed in a hotel on the main street of a small town and it was so noisy that we had a hard time falling asleep. And, the one bed was unstable with a head board and a footboard that both leaned toward each other. We feared it would collapse. This trip is one of my first memories of sleeping away from home. But it is a pleasant memory and surpasses more recent visits to the same 800-acre park that opened to the public in 1863. It is a trip worth taking. Hard to find rebuilt engines. We've got 'em! 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As a marketing forum, the show gives farmers a chance to compare equipment, services and supplies while providing agribusi ness with an opportunity to devel op new markets. As a social and planning forum, it offers agricultural organizations a perfect location to discuss key issues and plan for the future. And as a competitive forum, it offers the showring for improvement among peers. Not only is the Farm Show a great place to see and leam about agriculture, it’s also a great place to taste agriculture! From the cooking demonstrations in the Food Pantry and to the agribusi nesses in the Food Market, to the famous commodity associations in the Food Court, fabulous food abounds. From A to Z, there is literally something for everyone to see, eat or learn about at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, including: • A —Apples, animals, agricul tural associations, apiary exhibits, aquaculture, airplane motors, agribusinesses. • B—Beef cattle, baked pota toes, beef sandwiches, butter sculpture, bred gilts, Bruce John son prints, bulls, bagels, broccoli, birds of prey, brochures, bologna, buffalo. • C—Champions, cattle, chick ens, collectibles, commercial exhibitors, competition, combines, cooking demonstrations, chicken com soup, Christmas trees, cinna mon buns, carrots, chainsaws, corn, clothing, crafts, cakes, cookies. • D—Dairy cattle, dairy goats, dairy fun, demonstrations, dump lings, donuts, drills, deer, draft hors- BRAND NEW replacement engines complete with block, head, manifolds, injection pump, starter, alternator, water pump, thermostat & turbocharger (where applicable). No core charge on BSD models! 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