Farming, Saturday, July 8, 1995
Gratz Antique
Machinery Show Set
GRATZ (Dauphin Co.) —The
third annual Gratz Area Antique
Machinery Association, Inc.
Show will contain a little some
thing new and a whole lot of
something old.
This year’s show will include a
parade up Main Street in Gratz,
which will begin on Saturday
morning at 10 a.m. Another addi
tion this year will be live enter
tainment on Saturday evening,
beginning al 6:30 p.m., provided
by the Wolfe family. Weather per
mitting, they will perform on the
outdoor stage. Bring a lawn chair
and enjoy die music!
As in prior years, setup for
exhibitors will begin on Friday,
July 14. PA sire harness racing has
been scheduled on Friday after
noon at 4 p.m.
The ‘Something Old’ will
include antique tractors, gas
engines, steam engines and many
pieces of antique farm machinery
and equipment, plus antique
trucks and cars. Last year, more
than 230 tractors were on disp’ay.
Thoroughbred Industry Cultivates Japanese Connection
COLLEGE PARK, Md. Maryland and Japan prepared to
While conflicting opinions be- follow American humorist Mark
tween state-of-the-art automobile Twain’s century-old philosophy
manufacturers in the United States that “a difference of opinion is
and Japan made headline news what makes horse races.”
during early May, a small group of To that end, Yutaka Yoshioka,
thoroughbred boosters from chairman of the Japan Association
Maryland hosts pose with Yutaka Yoshloka, center,
chairman of the Japan Association of International Racing,
during Yoshioka’s one-day tour of the Maryland thorough
bred Industry. Shown are Dr. Malcolm J. Commer Jr., live
stock economist for the Cooperative Extension Service,
University of Maryland at College Park; Paul W. Scheldt,
executive director of the Maryland Agricultural Land Pre
servation Foundation; and Dr. Henry A. Vlrts, deputy secre
tary, Maryland Department of Agriculture. Behind them is
Private Terms, one of the leading sires at Northview Stal
lion Station near Chesapeake City, Md.
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This year the feature tractor will
be “Case” and the feature gas
engine will be “Fairbanks-
Morse.” Plaques will be given to
exhibitors.
If you arc interested in exhibit
ing any type of antique farm
machinery or equipment, your dis
play will be welcomed. Other dis
plays and demonstrations are also
planned. They will include broom
making, sawmill, shingle mill,
dynamometer and baker fan oper
ation and toy displays.
Farm toys as well as various
flea market and craft items will be
on sale. Food and non-alcoholic
drinks will be available at the
Gratz area Fire Co. No. 1 building
on the fairgrounds.
Other activities planned for the
weekend include a tractor parade
on the racetrack in front of the
grandstand, tractor games such as
barrel rolling and wagon backing,
pedal tractor pulls, threshing, and
stationary baling. Antique tractor
pulls are scheduled to begin on
Saturday at 4 p.m. and a church
Diesel Engine
Service
• Industrial - Agricultural - Automotive
• New - Rebuilt - Used Engines & Power
Units
• New & Used Replacement Parts
• Parts & Service On Twin Disc & Rockford
Clutches
• Diesel Engine Rebuilding & Repair Service
• Detroit Diesel Series 53-71-92 & 8.2 Diesels
48-500 HP
This 1949 Fordson Major owned by Clarence Welker Is connected to a power belt
drive attached to an Avery threshing machine. The Avery is owned by Rick Welker.
Both owners live near Gratz.
service has been scheduled on The show will be held on the Route 25. The price of admission
Sunday at 9 a.m. fairgrounds, cast of Gratz, along is $1 and parking is free.
of International Horse Racing,
spent a day recently visiting seg
ments of Maryland’s thorough
bred industry. Yoshioka’s stops in
the Old Line State included Pimli
co Race Course in Baltimore,
home of the famed Preakness
Stakes; Northview Stallion Sta
tion at Chesapeake City, home of
the first and second leading sires
in the Mid-Atlantic region, and the
Dark Hollow horse farm near Up
perco, breeder of the Eclipse
Award winner. Safely Kept
Arrangements for Yoshioka’s
Maryland tour were coordinated
by Malcolm J. Commer Jr., live
stock economist for the Coopera
tive Extension Service, University
of Maryland at College Park.
Commer is stationed at the Exten
sion Service’s Agricultural Mar
keting Center, located near
Queenstown, Md.
Commer had met Yoshioka
during a two-week trip to Japan
last December in an effort to en
hance prospects for exports of
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U.S. thoroughbred horses. Com
mer is the coordinator for a mar
keting project, originally funded
by the USDA’s Foreign Agricul
tural Service and the Southern
United States Tjadc Association
through the Maryland Department
of Agriculture under an agreement
with the University of Maryland.
Also accompanying the Japan
ese thoroughbred representative
on the Maryland tour were Dr.
Henry A. Virts, deputy secretary,
Maryland Department of Agricul
ture; Paul W. Scheldt, executive
director of the Maryland Agricul
tural Land Preservation Founda
tion; Dr. Sheldon S. Steinberg,
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executive vice president. Interna
tional Bridge, Inc.; and Richard
W. Wilcke, executive vice presi
dent of the Maryland Horse
Breeders Association.
Already, Commer is exploring
funding sources to support a pos
sible series of educational semin
ars, starting in 1996, that would
deal with common issues affecting
the U.S. and Japanese thorough
bred industries. The first seminar
is scheduled to be held in Japan in
June 1966.
Funding to support the seminars
is expected to come from a com
bination of industry and govern
ment sources in both Japan and the
United States.