Vol. 41 NO. 9
Farm Show: State’s Largest Fair
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Daupin
Co.) Now in its 80th year, the
state Farm Show has been the
stale’s largest agricultural fair and
according to state Secretary of
Agriculture Charles C. Brosius,
the 10-member Farm Show Com-
80th Pennsylvania Farm Show
January 6-11, 1996
Farm Show Complex
Harrisburg
Index Of Farm Show Stories
Butter Sculpture
Day Family Defending Champi0n5................................... A 1
Sheep To Shawl Weaver..................................................... A 22
Grange Meeting..................................................................... A 27
Hoover Siblings Show H0g5............................................... A3O
Farm Transfer 1nf0rmati0n................................................ A3B
Wolfgang Family Prepares C0w5..................... ..A4O
Three livers Go To Farm Show * B 5
Farm Show Pantry Attracti0n5.......................................... B 7
KM Fun.......... 810
ibure Dancers Compete 812
/limb & Wool Queen—..... 814
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Editor’s Note: Lancaster Farming annual Farm
Show Issue is a tribute to the farm community and the
80th Pennsylvania State Farm Show that provides a loc
al, regional, and international showcase for Pennsylva
nia’s leading industry. We have features of farmers who
plan to exhibit produce and animals at the show, a com
mercial exhibitors list and advertising messages from
agribusinesses who invite you to visit their booths,
building layouts, and event schedules. In addition, turn
to page A 3 for our regular index of stories, features, and
columns.
The Annual Farm Show Issue
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mission is committed to making
this year’s show the best possible.
From the dairy cattle to poultry,
ducks, eggs, maple syrup products,
com, hay, tobacco, and home
crafts. the exhibition of what Pen
nsylvanians can grow, raise and
make fills more than what one
day’s visit can afford.
Lancutor Farming, Friday, January 5, 1996
Located at Cameron and
McClay streets in Harrisburg,
close to 181, and nearby to Rt.B3
and the Pennsylvania Turnpike,
traffic has been improved greatly
in the past couple of years with a
traffic light helping to provide
smoother flows and safer exits
from the parking lot.
With 622,000 square feet of
floor space, the huge Farm Show
Coihplex is expected to attract
mote than 9,000 entries.
■Prize money, otherwise known
as premiums, are to total $235,299
this year, rewarding those with top
placing and supreme champion
animals and helping to offset the
costs for exhibitors who travel
from all over the state to display
their favorite animals, best exam
ple of crops, or best handiworks.
The commission increased this
year’s premiums by $6,300 over
last year.
‘The commission also wants the
Farm Show to be family oriented
and educational,” Brosius said.
“Hours have been expanded this
year to allow more families to
attend the show on Sunday and we
have increased opportunities for
FFA and 4-H exhibitors.
"As long as agriculture con
tinues to be Pennsylvania’s num
ber one industry, the commission
will continue to look for ways to
enhance the agricultural shows at
this state-owned facility,” he said.
Some of the exhibits have
already been shown at local fairs
and won ribbons. Others have
waited until the Farm Show to
bring out their best efforts.
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halter of last year’s Farm Show supreme champion TK Tri-
Day Stardom Ivana (Excellant-91), Ann and David Day.
Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Charles Broshis
shows the 1996 butter sculpture that stands in the main
entrance to the Pennsylvania Farm Show. The sculpture
depicts former president and first honorary master farmer
Dwight D. Eisenhower. President Eisenhower also showed
Angus cattle and had two grand champions in 1963.
Ed Shank, a sculptor from Harrisburg, worked in a
refrigerated case with 800 pounds of real butter to create
the work. Holly Milk Plant, a division of Atlantic Dairy
Cooperative, donated the butter.
The annual creation from butter is sponsored on behalf of
Pennsylvania’s dairy farmers by the American Dairy Asso
ciation & Dairy Council Mid East and the Middle Atlantic
Milk Marketing Association. This creative way to highlight
the vital role of Pennsylvania’s dairy industry gets good
coverage by urban and city newspapers and TV stations.
Six Sections
Day Family
Farming
For Decades
SHIPPENSBURG (Franklin
Co.) When Roger Day began
going to the dairy bam you could
forget those shiny forage harves
ters and sidd loaders that are on
display this week at the Farm
Show.
And you could forget protein
pellets and TMR and the auto
mated feeding equipment you can
get more information about.
Forget 27,000-pound herd aver
ages and artificial insemination.
Forget electricity, for goodness
sake.
Day can not only talk about the
progress of dairying, he has lived
it. After all, with a few rare, and
very short, exceptions, he hasn’t
missed a day in the bam since he
was seven years old.
Roger and his wife, Lucille, are
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$25.00 Per Year