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CONNOQUENESSING TWP — The atmosphere inside tent No. 16 was hot, in more ways than one. Nearly every seat in the house was filled for the 45th annual Junior Livestock Auc...
August 11, 2023 Special Sections
All live music will be held for free in the auditorium. Sunday: “Come As You Are” worship service featuring Dan Schall’s Gospel Music Ministries, 6 p.m. Monday: S...
August 02, 2023 Special Sections
Entrants spend most of the year prepping animals, anticipating Butler Farm Show
Entrants spend most of the year prepping animals, anticipating Butler Farm Show
August 02, 2023 Special Sections
“Victory Garden Reinvented! Vegetable Gardening Basics for the Home Gardener” is the theme for this year’s Penn State Extension Butler County Master Gardener Farm Show ed...
August 02, 2023 Special Sections
But members learn valuable life lessons as well
But members learn valuable life lessons as well
August 02, 2023 Special Sections
1952 — Walter Henricks, Butler R.D. 1 1953 — Walter Henricks, Butler R.D. 1 1954 — H. Francis Kennedy, Butler R.D. 6 1955 — Claude Brown, Butler R.D. 1 1956 — Walter Henr...
August 02, 2023 Special Sections
The Dean family, of Ro-Ann Haven Farm, are no strangers to hard work. From the peaceful front porch of her home, Peggy Dean said she and her late husband, George Dean, mo...
August 02, 2023 Special Sections
It’s once again that time of year where everyone is invited to experience, learn and celebrate agriculture. For 75 years, the Butler Farm Show has allowed people to exper...
August 02, 2023 Special Sections
As a way to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Butler Farm Show, the show’s historical committee has published “The Butler Farm Show — It Began with a Plow and Grew ...
August 02, 2023 Special Sections
Due to the avian influenza, more commonly referred to as the bird flu, the Butler Farm Show will not include live birds again this year. The 4-H participants will still ...
August 02, 2023 Special Sections
The growth of the Butler Farm Show over its 75 years surprised one of its founders. Discussing the show in the days leading up to it, Ken Metrick, farm show secretary, r...
August 02, 2023 Special Sections
These participants recently placed first in competition at the Butler Farm Show. The show concluded on Saturday. DEPARTMENT 1 - HORSES Section 3 - REGISTERED PE...
August 19, 2022 Local News
These participants recently placed first in competition at the Butler Farm Show. The show concluded on Saturday. DEPARTMENT 2 - DAIRY Section 1 - AYRSHIRE Clas...
August 19, 2022 Local News
DEPARTMENT 9 - RABBITS Section 1 - RABBIT BREEDS Class 1015 - AMERICAN BLUE/Jr. BUCK, Robert Bittner, Evans City Class 1016 - AMERICAN BLUE/Jr. DOE, Jinnie-Ann ...
August 19, 2022 Local News
These participants recently placed first in competition at the Butler Farm Show. The show concluded on Saturday. DEPARTMENT 10 - JUNIOR SHOW Section 900 - RABBIT...
August 19, 2022 Local News
DEPARTMENT 10 - JUNIOR SHOW Section 200 - DAIRY SUPREME CHAMPIONS Class 1 - SUPREME CHAMPION ALL BREEDS, Nolan Kummer, Evans City Class 2 - SUPREME CHAMPION DAI...
August 18, 2022 Local News
SUPREME MASTER SHOWMAN, David Schultheis, Slippery Rock PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS, Arts & Crafts, Tracy Flick, Cowansville, and Quilts, Joan Fleeger, Butler ...
August 17, 2022 Local News
DEPARTMENT 10 - JUNIOR SHOW Section 300 - BEEF SUPREME CHAMPIONS Class 1 - SUPREME CHAMPION HEIFER, Ryleigh Henry, Kennerdell Class 2 - SUPREME COW/CALF ALL BEE...
August 17, 2022
DEPARTMENT 10 - JUNIOR SHOW Section 740 - ALPACA SHOWMANSHIP Class 1 - ALPACA SHOWMAN/16-18-YEAR-OLDS, Kris Augustine, Butler Class 2 - ALPACA SHOWMAN/14-15-YEA...
August 16, 2022 Local News
DEPARTMENT 10 - JUNIOR SHOW Section 10 - TRACTOR HANDLING CONTEST Class 1 - TRACTOR HANDLING, Garrett Miller, Saxonburg Section 15 - PROJECT ROUNDUP/FOODS ...
August 16, 2022 Local News
Department 19 - ARTS & CRAFTS Section 1 - PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS Class 1 - LEAD PENCIL, Mike Vinton, Prospect Class 2 - COLORED PENCILS, Ashley Nagle, Chicora Cl...
August 16, 2022 Local News
DEPARTMENT 3 - BEEF CATTLE Section 1 - ANGUS Class 1 - SPRING HEIFER CALF, K&H Farm, Evans City Class 7 - EARLY SPRING YEARLING HEIFER, Kenneth Cranmer, Butler ...
August 16, 2022 Local News
DEPARTMENT 11 - YOUTH Section 1 - VEGETABLES Class 1 - GREEN SNAP BEANS, Cameron Michel, Aliquippa Class 2 - YELLOW SNAP BEANS, Jennifer Morrison, Valencia Clas...
August 15, 2022
DEPARTMENT 18 - NEEDLECRAFT Section 1 - CLOTHING Class 1 - APRON, Judy Sutton, Butler Class 4 - GIRL'S DRESS, Carol Heckert, Butler Class 7 - CHILD'S SLEEPWEAR,...
August 15, 2022
The 4-H named the winners of this year’s Butler Farm Show poster contest designed to give girls the opportunity to learn more about agriculture, where their food comes fr...
August 13, 2022 Local News
DEPARTMENT 23 - APIARY PRODUCTS Section 1 - HONEY Class 2 - LIGHT EXTRACTED HONEY, Robert Crawford, East Brady Class 3 - AMBER EXTRACTED HONEY, Larry Fecich, Re...
August 13, 2022
DEPARTMENT 10 - JUNIOR SHOW Section 400 - SHEEP SUPREME CHAMPIONS Class 1 - SUPREME EWE, Madalyn Davis, Butler Class 2 - SUPREME RAM, Rylee Colteryahn, Prospect...
August 13, 2022
DEPARTMENT 15 - HOME-PRODUCED PRODUCTS Section 1 - BAKED GOODS Class 1 - Quick Bread - Biscuits, Anita Stevens, Renfrew Class 2 - Quick Bread - Corn Bread, Mich...
August 13, 2022
DEPARTMENT 4 - SHEEP/WOOL Section 6 - MERINO Class 0 - YEARLING RAM LAMB, Madalyn Davis, Butler Class 2 - SPRING RAM LAMB, Madalyn Davis, Butler Class 3 - PAIR ...
August 13, 2022
DEPARTMENT- 10 JUNIOR SHOW Section 530 - MARKET SWINE Class 1 - HOGS/WEIGHT DIVISION 1, Brandon Rodgers, Butler Class 2 - HOGS/WEIGHT DIVISION 2, Mason Dupe, Bu...
August 12, 2022
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