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Manheim teen shows grand champion Percheron stallion
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Tuesday was a day for young Farm Show exhibitors in Harrisburg to
say goodbye to their market animals they raised and befriended over
the past year.
It was also payday, as buyers seeking to support agriculture and
perhaps get some free press at the same time bid against each other
for the lambs, goats, swine and steer on the auction block.
Some of the 4-H and FFA students will use their paychecks to pay
for the animals they will raise for next year's fairs and
competitions. Other...
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Top lamb: $800. Importance of farming: priceless; State Rep. Boyd ponies up to buy L-S senior's Farm Show champion
Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
; HARRISBURG -- Newly elected state Rep. Scott Boyd put his money on the line Tuesday afternoon to show his support for agriculture. Boyd, who said his 43rd Legislative District forms a "J" around Lancaster city and encompasses a mix of businesses, neighborhoods and farms, paid $800 at the
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Farm Show: County breeders make a strong showing Mount Joy teen raises a champion
Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
; HARRISBURG Elisha Engle, 15, likes to say her Hereford steer, Bruce, is lazy, but he came out on top Sunday at the 2006 Pennsylvania Farm Show. In the competition for junior market steer steer raised for slaughter, rather than kept for breeding the Mount Joy teenager's steer was named champion of
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Countians rewarded for Farm Show efforts
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
; HARRISBURG Lancaster County competitors at the 2006 Pennsylvania Farm Show over the weekend showed they are among the best in the state in rodeos, showing animals, and baking. A.J. Williams, 17, of New Providence, dominated the Pennsylvania High School Rodeo Association's two rodeos on Saturday,
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Manheim Farm Show tradition marking 50th year
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
; In preparing for this coming week's 50th Manheim Community Farm Show, Jay Mylin dug up some historical items from the early years of the event. The president of the farm show stumbled across a copy of the very first program. Inside the cover was a letter written by one of the farm show's founders
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Farm Show weather': Fact or fiction?
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
; Next January, I will dearly regret writing this column. Murphy's Law will strike me with a vengeance. Snow and ice will strangle Route 283 and my over-the-hill Honda Accord will slide into a snow bank, or worse. But here is my thesis anyway: Farm Show weather is not as bad as you think, or at least
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State farm show seeds Harrisburg, Pa.-area economy.
Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA)
; ... he said. But we do get some sales leads here. To see more of The Patriot-News, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.patriot-news.com. (c) 2005, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. For ...
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Abundance of anniversaries // Tradition, thy name is Farm Show. A look at some milestones.
Sunday News Lancaster, PA
; Tall Tex spent the last Saturday of 2004's Pennsylvania Farm Show startling children with his height: 7 feet, 8 inches. It was the 25th anniversary for Tex and Associates, the stilt- walking gent from Jacksonville, Fla. (but "born in Mount Airy, Pa he quickly added) who wore oversized leather
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Farm Show opens Sat. with some new twists
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
; Where can you go for milkshakes, freshly made potato doughnuts and a rodeo? How about if you want to chow down a rainbow trout sandwich and check out horse-pulling contests and the state's best farm animals? Or gawk at an 800-pound butter sculpture (a replica of Milton Hershey), sample wine and
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New restrooms planned at Manheim Farm Show
Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
; Visitors to the Manheim Farm Show in October will notice a new restroom under construction. "The Farm Show area is heavily used, not only during Farm Show week, but year round by community groups, the Manheim Central Recreation Commission and the school district. The existing restroom facility was
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Parking solved?; Construction forces Farm Show to use buses to get visitors to the events
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
; The 2002 Pennsylvania Farm Show, dubbed the largest indoor agricultural event in America, faces a real challenge this year. Officials of the 86th-annual Farm Show, which begins Saturday, have their fingers crossed. They don't fear the inevitable Farm Show snowstorm; they are hoping their parking
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