A visit to the Pennsylvania Farm Show

    January 10, 2013
    • <p><p><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">The duckling swim & slide pool. (Mary Wilson/for NewsWorks)</span></p></p>

      <p><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">The duckling swim & slide pool. (Mary Wilson/for NewsWorks)</span></p>

    • <p><p><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Jon Kubala sits on his 5-year-old Longhorn, Blue Ridge Buckshot. (Mary Wilson/for NewsWorks)</span></p></p>

      <p><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Jon Kubala sits on his 5-year-old Longhorn, Blue Ridge Buckshot. (Mary Wilson/for NewsWorks)</span></p>

    • <p><p><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Swine judging (Mary Wilson/for NewsWorks)</span></p></p>

      <p><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Swine judging (Mary Wilson/for NewsWorks)</span></p>

    The Pennsylvania Farm Show features more than 6,000 animals –- and many are reared and exhibited by people not long out of high school.

    WHYY’s Mary Wilson visited the show, which continues through Saturday, to see how the Pennsylvania’s oldest industry is faring with its newest recruits.

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