Liberty Central High School student Lacoln LaGattuta babysits her friends cow at the Grahamsville Little World's Fair.Youth Are The Strength of Little World's Fair
I can't wait each year to attend the Little World's Fair at Grahamsville.
Yes I do enjoy a fair and the Neversink Agricultural Society has a top performance formula that produces a top quality fair.
A fair means different things to different people.
Most of our youth enjoy the midway rides and many of the games while some go to the fair to enjoy the vast variety of food.
Now for not being a person who was born and raised on a farm, but had somewhat of a close relationship with one set of my grandparents who owned and operated the farm that use to take up most of the acreage on both sides of Townsend Road near White Sulphur Springs, I did as a youth get familiar with cows, horses, pigs, chickens etc. etc.
That familiar feeling with farm animals and growing of the different farm crops and grandma's garden has never left me.
I've told this cat story probably hundreds of times but I still remember my wanting to take one of the farm cats home with me where my family lived on Winslow Place in the Village of Liberty. My grandfather told me to take the cat home but don't ever let it get out of the house. I really didn't know what he was trying to tell me but several weeks after bringing the kitty from the barn to our Liberty home somehow the kitchen door was not fully closed one day and my "Pussinboots" got out and my first thought were that I'd never see her again.
About a week later my grandmother called saying my cat was back at the farm in the barn.............now you tell me how a cat knows how to get from the north side of Liberty to the farm which was located where the Agway gas pumps were located on Route 52 near White Sulphur Springs.
My grandfather explained to me that cats have a built in seance of direction and can always find their way back home.......over the years others have told me the same story.
But....back to the Little World's Fair......... one of the fist things I like to see is the horse pulling contests and then its off to see the horses, cows, pigs, chickens (poultry) rabbits, sheep and goats, garden fruits and vegetables, culinary arts, flowers and house plans and quilts and all the knitted items.
Having so many of the youth involved in the 4-H programs and the National FFA organization is what I feel this fair is all about. The folks providing leadership of these youth programs deserve a big pat on the back for the support they give to possibly some of our future farmers and the future of farming as we know it today.
We hope that the rewards of ribbons and citations continue to encourage these 4-H and FFA youth....the strength of the Little World's Fair and future farming.
I can't wait each year to attend the Little World's Fair at Grahamsville.
Yes I do enjoy a fair and the Neversink Agricultural Society has a top performance formula that produces a top quality fair.
A fair means different things to different people.
Most of our youth enjoy the midway rides and many of the games while some go to the fair to enjoy the vast variety of food.
Now for not being a person who was born and raised on a farm, but had somewhat of a close relationship with one set of my grandparents who owned and operated the farm that use to take up most of the acreage on both sides of Townsend Road near White Sulphur Springs, I did as a youth get familiar with cows, horses, pigs, chickens etc. etc.
That familiar feeling with farm animals and growing of the different farm crops and grandma's garden has never left me.
I've told this cat story probably hundreds of times but I still remember my wanting to take one of the farm cats home with me where my family lived on Winslow Place in the Village of Liberty. My grandfather told me to take the cat home but don't ever let it get out of the house. I really didn't know what he was trying to tell me but several weeks after bringing the kitty from the barn to our Liberty home somehow the kitchen door was not fully closed one day and my "Pussinboots" got out and my first thought were that I'd never see her again.
About a week later my grandmother called saying my cat was back at the farm in the barn.............now you tell me how a cat knows how to get from the north side of Liberty to the farm which was located where the Agway gas pumps were located on Route 52 near White Sulphur Springs.
My grandfather explained to me that cats have a built in seance of direction and can always find their way back home.......over the years others have told me the same story.
But....back to the Little World's Fair......... one of the fist things I like to see is the horse pulling contests and then its off to see the horses, cows, pigs, chickens (poultry) rabbits, sheep and goats, garden fruits and vegetables, culinary arts, flowers and house plans and quilts and all the knitted items.
Having so many of the youth involved in the 4-H programs and the National FFA organization is what I feel this fair is all about. The folks providing leadership of these youth programs deserve a big pat on the back for the support they give to possibly some of our future farmers and the future of farming as we know it today.
We hope that the rewards of ribbons and citations continue to encourage these 4-H and FFA youth....the strength of the Little World's Fair and future farming.
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