BY STACI WILSON
The Harford fair kicked off Monday with agricultural exhibits, food, entertainment and midway rides and games.
Now in its 157th year this years fair adopted the statewide ‘Treasure the Memories’ theme.
Those memories come to life with exhibits that illustrate the history of the fair and Susquehanna County’s agricultural heritage in the new information center, located near the dining hall, and at the Founders’ Museum.
Monday morning found livestock exhibitors grooming their entries in the cattle, swine, sheep and goat areas.
Hannah Decker of the Delmonicos 4-h club expertly worked clippers around her napping pig’s face while discussing both the swine and showmanship shows she would be competing in this week. The pigs, she said, were easier to groom while they are sleeping.
Outside the cattle barn, Mark Arnold and his daughter, Brooke, hosed
off Brooke’s Red and White Holsteins. She also shows black and white Holstein cows. At age 13, this marks her fifth year exhibiting livestock at the Harford Fair.
Late Monday afternoon, 2013 Harford fair Queen Taylor Watkins passed her crown to Lauren Whitney. Whitney is a rising senior at Blue Ridge high school. She will be making appearances at fair events throughout the week.
The Harford Fair continues through Saturday, Aug. 23. Antique tractor pulls return to the fair on Wednesday. On Thursday, a moto cross stunt show takes place in the main arena. Championship rodeo featuring barrel racing, cattle roping and bull riding returns Friday night. The week caps off with a demolition derby on Saturday night.
Gates open each day at 8 a.m. Tickets are $6 at the gate.
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