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‘People You Meet Are The Good Part Of Showing’
CAROLYN N. MOYER
Bradford Co. Correspondent
WINDHAM CENTER (Brad
ford Co.) Neither sleet nor snow
nor falling rain can keep the Pow
ell family from the Pennsylvania
Farm Show.
Traveling to Harrisburg for the
week, which is often marked by
fierce Northeast winter storms, is a
family tradition that started in the
19305.
“Last year they let us out early
because they were calling for a
huge storm,” remarked Doris Pow
ell, of Powell Rambouillels. “We
got to within an hour of home and
die roads turned to a sheet of ice.
We were stuck there for over an
hour.”
Doris is carrying on a legacy
that was begun by her father, Ken
neth Moore, of Twin Pine Farm.
“I showed there about 50 years,”
said Moore about the Pennsylvania
Farm Show. “The first show I
showed at was in 1936."
And in his many years of show
ing and in the years since, he has
seen numerous changes. The big
gest, perhaps is the ease with
which the trip is made.
“We had no heater in the truck.
I’d wrap my legs in blankets. You
could only go about 35 miles per
hour with the truck,” Moore
recalled. “It would take us about a
half a day to get there. At the show
we’d sleep in the bam.”
Today with improvements in
roadways and transportation in
general, the family, who lives only
one mile from the New York bor
der, can zip to Harrisburg in only
three and a half hours.
But they also make it a point to
70 Years Of
Farm Shows
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within one building, the atmosphere was not
always the most friendly among competitive
salesmen.
Today most major manufacturers take their
equipment to Ag Progress Days and other
events where they can actually demonstrate
equipment instead of simply talking about it.
While Brubaker misses seeing all the farm
equipment representatives, he recognizes that
some things need to change.
‘Today the Farm Show is geared more as a
place to show consumers the variety and qual
ity of Pennsylvania farm products instead of a
place mostly for farmers.
“I guess that’s good,” said Brubaker. “They
need to know that it is possible for about three
percent of the work force to produce more
than enough food for our expanding popula
tion. Agriculture is still the most important
industry in the state.”
The Brubakers have attended all but one or
two of the shows held during the last 70 years.
During the war years, the Farm Show building
was not available to hold the event
“First I went with my parents, then as part
of my employment and later we took our
children and grandchildren,” he said.
Although the incentive to attend changed,
Brubaker can’t stay away. He said, “I’ll prob
ably be there to check out new technologies
along with tens of thousands of other consum
ers, and enjoy the fresh, nutritious, delicious
produce in the food court”
After all these years, Brubaker probably
knows his way around the complex better
than most however, he said. “Like the other
50 years. I’ll take the map along from Lancas
ter Farming to find my way around.”
travel to other shows as well. This
year they took in the Maryland
Sheep and Wool Festival, the Troy
Fair, the Harford Fair, Keystone
International Livestock Exposi
tion, Eastern States Exposition,
North American International
Livestock Exposition, and the
Midwest Stud Ram Sale.
At the peak of his showmanship,
Moore traveled to as many as 16
fairs each year exhibiting SO to 60
head in four breeds. In 1991 he had
the National Champion Shropshire
ewe.
“It’s been a way of life around
here as long as I can remember,”
said Doris.
Moore passed his love of she
pherding on to each of his three
children. Kenneth Jr. has his own
flock about two miles from the
home farm. Sister Kathy helps
with the flock whenever she’s
needed. Sister Doris manages
Powell Rambouillets with the help
of Greg Strausbaugh and sons Rich
and Geoff.
Even though Moore no longer
shows his sheep, he still keeps a
flock of his own. Powell Ram
bouillets are also housed on his
farm.
Currently the Powell flock num
bers about 100 including about SO
brood ewes. Not too long ago, their
flock numbered more than 250
head, including three breeds.
“We had Shropshires and
Dorsets and Rambouillets,” said
Doris. “Last year we sold the
Dorsets and the Shropshires.
When I was a 4-H member, I
showed Shropshires because my
mother and father had Shropshires
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to look at the sheep and about 10
minutes later, we decided to bring
them home,” said Greg with a
laugh.
“He looked at me and I looked at
him and we said, we’ll take them,”
said Doris. “They were that good"
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