The thousand-pound butter sculpture sits between exhibits for Pennsylvania honey and local apples. It depicts a boy leading a calf on a rope at the county fair.
Dairy princesses flanked the booth as shades were furled up the sides of the huge, windowed refrigerator holding the hewn mass. Lancaster County’s dairy princess, 18-year-old Deirdra Bollinger, said getting an early glimpse at the sculpture is one of the perks of being crowned.
“I’ve been to Farm Show every year for as long as I can remember and this is my first opportunity to be here live when it’s been unveiled,” said Bollinger. “It’s so cool.”
The work celebrates the 100th anniversary of 4-H clubs and the state’s 113 separate county fairs.
Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley said before the sculpture’s unveiling, it’s highly classified stuff.
“One of the best kept secrets in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania every year is what’s the butter sculpture going to be?” said Cawley.
Jim Victor of Montgomery County made the sculpture. A release from the Department of Agriculture informs us he also sculpts chocolate and cheese. His butter masterpiece is but a temporary monument: at the end of the Farm Show, it will be converted to 65 kilowatt hours of electricity at a Juniata County farm.
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