Nichols Family To Show
STROCK my arm, this will be the fourth
Mifflin Co. Correspondent y ear j> ve shown at the Farm
TYRONE (Huntingdon Co.) Show,” Will said. “I like seeing
There are three things that have what’s new at the Farm Show. I
to get out of bed that morning like seeing the people I know and
the person, the cow, and the even a f ew people from school.”
lf they all line up, you re This will be John’s sixth year
okay, said veteran Angus breed- showing at the Farm Show. “The
e * showman Donnie Nichols Farm Show gives me experience
of Water Street near Tyrone. showing cows. I like figuring out
Donnie, his wife, Karen, and the new styles of fitting. I like
sons John, 18, and Will, 12, rep- seeing most of my friends from
resent the third and fourth the association,” John said. John
generations to live and raise serves as treasurer and Will as
Angus cattle at Grand View director of the Pennsylvania Jun-
Farm. They raise 35 registered ior Angus Association. John re-
Angus on 200 acres and show ceived the Outstanding Junior
their award-winning Angus Member Award in 1998.
steers and heifers at local, region- The Farm Show represents the
al, and national shows. first show of the year for the
For the Farm Show this year, Nichols. The open breed show
John will be showing two heifers takes place Monday, and the 4-H
and one bull, and Will plans to and FFA junior and steer shows
show a heifer and a bull. Al- take place Wednesday, followed
though they’ve been showing by the steer sale Thursday.
Angus heifers at the Farm Show “We’re just amazed at how
for many years, they showed many steers went to Hoss’s Steak
steers for the first time last year. and Sea House last year,” Karen
“Except for the year I broke said. “They bought both John’s
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Huntington County Fair.”
In March, the Nichols family
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They’ll show at the Huntingdon
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year in Tupelo, Miss., to compete
against nearly 700 cattle. John
earned first place in his steer
class at a previous Eastern Re
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In July, they’ll travel to the
National Angus Show in Denver,
Colo., a show that draws about
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them back home showing at the
Huntingdon County Fair, where
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