Fair Time in Lancaster County!

Over the weekend of September 25, I traveled to Lancaster County to visit the Lampeter Strasburg Fair.  It was a very small grass roots fair centered on the importance of agriculture in the community.  Lancaster County hosts many fairs.  Unlike in Bradford County my hometown fair where we have one county fair.  It was interesting observing the differences.  Lampeter had very few vendors whereas Bradford County does.  Bradford County has a midway and Lampeter does not.  However, the one thing they do have in common is the amount of livestock each fair exhibits.  Lampeter is largely livestock production based.  Many 4Hers and FFA members raise pigs or sheep.  In Bradford County being heavily dairy based many 4Hers and FFA members have dairy cattle they exhibit.

When traveling around the fair with Holly Oberholtzer my cooperating teacher.  She would make sure to check in with her students asking how their animals did in the show ring if she missed them while working in the FFA food booth.  She would also interact with them and ask what was the most memorable moment with your livestock project and what would you do differently to raise a better quality livestock animal. 

It was a lot of fun to go to one more fair before the season is over until next year.  Lancaster County is a beautiful area and the community strongly supports its young entrepreneurs through their sale that occurs Friday night the last night of the fair.  I look forward to doing my student teaching at Lampeter Strasburg High School in the spring.