V 01.47 No. 10
Farm Show Promises New Events, Record Premiums
JKayla Dull of Manns Choice, Bedford County, will be ex
hibiting a crossbred wether lamb at the 2002 Farm Show.
Read more about Kayla on page A 32.
Photo by Linda William*, Bedford Co. correspondent
Pictured on the barrel of Isaac Burgess’s handcrafted
bucking rig is his brother, Paul, while Isaac gets a workout
rocking it. They love bull riding and anticipate watching
the rodeo at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Read more
about the family on page A 32.
Photo by Gay Brownlee, Virginia correspondent
Christ! Graver, 12, cares for her purebred Hampshire and purebred Poland China
hogs. Christ! will be an exhibitor in the Junior market swine show. See story page A 34.
Photo by Deanna Confer, Carbon Co. correspondent
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DAVELEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The 2002 Farm Show
has begun.
Touted by the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture as
the “largest indoor agricultural
event in America,” the show
kicks off today with a variety of
shows and competitions, includ
ing swine judging and other
farm commodity exhibits.
The fun will continue through
Thursday, Jan. 10, with between
350,000 and 500,000 people ex
pected to attend, depending on
weather conditions, said Dennis
Grumbine, Farm Show director.
The start of the event this year
fell as close as possible to New
Year’s Day, making exhibitors
scramble more than usual to get
set up on time, Grumbine noted.
“Things are a little hectic
right now,” he said Wednesday,
three days before the show
opened to the public. “But we’ll
survive.”
With construction now in
progress for the new $76 million
Farm Show Complex expansion
including a new horse barn,
exposition hall, and large arena,
a new 2,400-space parking lot
has been constructed to the east
of the complex, along Elmerton
Avenue.
New parking accomodations
will compensate for the space
taken over by the new construc
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From 4-H To Farm Show, Brandt Sisters
Have Show Ring, Showmanship Success
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
MIDDLETOWN (Dauphin
Co.) Start with a ring. Add
top livestock competitors from
across Pennsylvania. Mix in lots
of food, a little snow, craft exhib
its, a butter sculpture, throngs of
people, and there you have it.
The Pennsylvania Farm Show.
Saturday, January 5, 2002
Kendy Gable, 17, daughter of Bernetta and Bradley
Gable, New Enterprise, will sing at thetopening of the Farm
Show today. Read more about the Northern Bedford High
School senior, holding “Gracie,” her St. Bernard puppy, on
page 82. Photo by Linda Williams, Bedford Co. correspondent
The Brandt sisters of Windy
Hill Farm know the lure of the
commonwealth’s largest agricul
tural event. They will be return
ing to the Farm Show Complex
this January looking for show
ring or showmanship success.
Lynn, a junior at Lower Dau
phin School District, and Amy,
in eighth grade at Lower Dau
Farm Show Issue Index
FARM SHOW FEATURES
Farm Show Promises A 1
Brandt Sisters A 1
Newlin Herefords A 25
PSU Ag Sciences A3O
Youth Essayists A3l
VA Attendees A 32
Kayla Dull A 32
Dairy At Show A 32
Miller Family A 34
Graver’s Hogs A 34
Dairy Checkoff A3B
Bedford Singer B 2
Hobbyist Competes B 2
Cheese Carving Contest B 5
4-H Food Donations B 5
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$34.00 Per Year
phin Middle School, will take
their sheep and hogs to Harris
burg. This will be Lynn’s sixth
year and Amy’s fourth year at
the commmonwealth’s competi
tion.
In addition to the Farm Show,
they also exhibit their animals at
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