Farm Show faces space crunch as exhibits trimmed
Farm Show officials led by Commission chairman William L. Henning report persistent crowding and space limits. Open class dairy entries exceeded capacity with 567 listed but 454 accepted, 4-H dairy 175, FFA swine 26 of 309, open livestock 265, vocational ag 48 of 57, horses 94 of 105. Beef sheep fared better with 299 breeding sheep and 103 4-H lambs accepted. Turn to page 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Show Commission
William L. Henning
Dairy Club
FFA
Burling's Chicks Win Again at Egg-to-Chick Show
Burling's Chick operation at NEPPCO's 1958 Egg-to-Chick Show earned two firsts from two entries and claimed two Grand Championships. White Leghorn scored 92.47 total with high Egg Quality 0.8925, Matchability 0.883, Chick Quality 0.980. top Miscellaneous class with 84.67 points. Old-hen eggs were used, a noted quality factor in the competition.
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Neppco
Burling
Carey
Merryknoll
Harco
Cobb
White Rock
Cobb’s
White Rocks
S. Cobb
Garrison White Rock
New Hampshires
Gove
Barred Rocks
Oxford
Judging and Meetings at Farm Show: Multiple Arenas and Rooms
8:00 Judging starts across departments with specific Arena allocations. 9:00 Belgians and swine judging in Small and Large Arenas, Vocational Classes in Small Arena. 10:00 Society of Farm Women Convention at The Forum. Pennsylvania Young Farmers meets Room B. 11:00 Christmas Tree Growers in Room F. 1:00 Flower Growers in Room C MM Show Building. Continuous demonstrations until 5 PM.
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Society of Farm Women
Pennsylvania Young Farmers’ Association
Pennsylvania
Flower Growers Asociation Meeting
Crop Improvement Assn
Pennsylvania Raw Milk Produce Distributors Association
Secom
Pennsylvania Farmers
Poland
China
Suny
Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Penn-Harris
Plantat
Horse and Mule Association
Roy E
Pennsylvania Swine Breeders’ Asociation
Roy C
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General State Authority
Henning
Camas
H&n
Nick Chick” Leghorns
Mt. Joy Pa
Oldfield
Altman’s Cash Feed Store
Harrisburg Pike
Willis H Weaver
Burling’s Chicks
Burling’s Hatchery
Oxford, PA
Booth
Hampshire
Rambouillets
Chester Whites — Smy
Bangy
Granite Streets
The
International Harvester Co
PENNA
New Farm
ETB
J. B. Hostetter & Son
Mountjoy
D. L. Diem & Sons
Lititz
Cope & Weaver Co
Willow Street
C. E. Wiley & Son
Quarryville
Wakefield
Kauffman Bros
Mountville
C. B. Hoober
McCormick Farm
Ephrata
David Kurtz
Morgantown
J. Paul Nolt Gap
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