A24-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, September 23, 2000
All-Dairy Antiques, Collectibles Show To Be
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Dairy antiques, collecti
bles, milk bottles, and “go with”
items of all types will be dis
played at the third annual All-
Dairy Antiques and Collectibles
Show Sept. 23-27. Exhibitors are
already registered from Califor
nia, Connecticut, Minnesota,
New York and Pennsylvania.
Others are expected from Mary
land, Michigan, Ohio and Virgin
ia. Most will have many items for
sale or trade.
Dairy Show To Host
Meet-A-Cow Day
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Got milk?
The All-American Dairy Show does and they in
vite local residents to see where their milk comes
from at the first-ever Meet-a-Cow Day, Sunday,
Sept. 24, from noon till 4 p.m. The event is free
and will highlight all aspects of the dairy indus
try, including calves, nutrition and milk produc
tion.
“Meet-a-Cow Day is a fun event designed to
introduce consumers to this great milk-making
animal, the cow,” said Lolly Lesher, promotions
coordinator for the All-American. “Not only will
visitors be able to have an up-close-and-personal
experience with dairy animals, but they will
leave with the knowledge of the importance of
the dairy industry to Pennsylvania and the im
portance of dairy products in their daily diet.’
Volunteers from The Pennsylvania State Uni
versity, local dairy promotion organizations and
Pennsylvania Dairy Princesses will serve as es
corts for the educational event, and all partici
pants will receive a free dairy treat, courtesy of
Turkey Hill Dairy, after their dairy journey is
complete.
“We have extended invitations to the local Big
Brothers and Big Sisters organizations, hoping to
bring in children for this outstanding program,”
said Lesher. “This event is the first time the
doors of the All-American Dairy Show will be
opened to the public and we hope the people of
Harrisburg will take advantage of this opportu
nity to learn about agriculture.”
Agribusiness Adds Rewards
To Champion Winners
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) In an un
precedented move, agri-industry will support the
All-American Dairy Show with substantia] fin
ancial incentives to breeders who bring their best
cattle to the All-American Dairy Show in Harris
burg, Sept. 24-28. The parade of champions dur
ing the Supreme Champion Pageant, the high
light of the week’s shows, will now represent a
combined $lO,OOO, the highest total ever at the
All-American Dairy Show.
Agway, Keystone Enterprise, is the sponsor of
the Supreme Champion this year, and will be
awarding $3,000 to the winner in addition to the
John L. Morris Supreme Champion blanket.
This is a first in the dairy industry to award such
an amount to any one animal. Agway’s generous
contribution is an example of their desire to sup
port and energize the dairy industry.
Each of the breed champions will be awarded
a monetary prize.
• The grand champion Ayrshire will be
awarded $l,OOO by Taurus Service, Inc. and the
Pennsylvania Ayrshire Breeder’s Association.
• The Brown Swiss grand champion will re
ceive $l,OOO, donated by Triple H Construction.
• lire grand champion Guernsey will receive
$l,OOO, presented by Renaissance Nutrition.
• The grand champion of the All-American
Jersey Show will receive $l,OOO, presented by
Westfalia-Surge, Inc.
• The Milking Shorthorn grand champion
will receive $l,OOO, donated by Farmshine maga
zine.
• Select Sires is sponsoring the All-American
Holstein Champion, and will present $2,000 to
the grand champion of this show.
See
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Cow Cam
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Special exhibits will be pro
vided by Rutter’s Dairy, York.
The era of home delivery of milk
and other dairy products will be
covered with the exhibition of
three of their restored delivery
vehicles a horse drawn milk
wagon used in the 1920’5, a 1936
Thorne gas/electric truck used in
the 1930’s and 40’s, and a 1967
Ford which was used during the
final years of home delivery.
About 80 percent of Americans
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In the 1970’5, with the rise of
mothers working away from
home, the numbers dropped to
10 percent. Today, less than one
percent of Americans have milk
delivered to their homes.
This year, for the first time,
the show will highlight De Laval
items. Because of De Laval’s
long, historic legacy in the dairy
industry, their brand was select-
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tention during the event.
The show will open at 10 a.m.
on Saturday, Sept. 23 and end at
8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27,
2000. Exhibitors are encouraged
to stay as long as possible, but
me not required to stay for all
five days.
Because this show is restricted
to dairy antiques, collectibles and
milk bottles, it is unique on the
East Coast. Exhibitors and visi
tors will find it a great place to
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see and buy, as well as learn, be
cause much effort is devoted to
making the displays educational
with descriptive labels and signs.
Held in conjunction with the
37th All-American Dairy Show,
the All-Dairy Antiques and Col
lectibles Show allows visitors to
view seldom-seen dairy tools
used in the late 1800’s and early
1900’s, while seeing some of the
nation’s modem and best dairy
cattle in the bams and show ring.
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