Ephrata freshman is top dairy products judge
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LANCASTER - The best
dairy products judge among
vo-ag students in three
counties is Ephrata’s Barry
Herman, a young man who
has never milked a cow or
imbibed more than his share
of milk. The 14-year old
freshman from the Cloister
FFA Chapter outscored 41
other contestants on
Tuesday afternoon during an
FFA dairy products judging
contest held here. Penn
I lames hosted the event for
the seventh consecutive
year. Eight schools from
Chester, Lancaster, and
York counties were
represented.
The team title ui the
contest went to Ephrata for
the fourth straight year
under coach Ernest Orr, who
has been at the school for an
equal number of years.
Cliff Martin of New
Holland placed second in the
individuals contest, in which
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The top five dairy products judges among FFA
students in Chester, Lancaster and York Counties
the lowest score wins. He 86 to 74. In third place, with
trailed Herman by a score of 87 points, was Ephrata’s
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are, left to right: Barry Herman, Cliff Martin,
Ronald Good, Bob Bachman and Lynn Beiler.
Ronald Good. Bob Bachman Beiler from Ephrata both
from Penn Manor and Lynn had 90 points for fourth and
fifth place, respectively.
Rounding out the top ten
were Ron Clark and Brenda
O’Donnell of Solanco; Art
Riexinger of Penn Manor;
Harold Kauffman of Ephrata
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mcaster Farming, Saturday. April 9.1977
Barry Herman, right, accepts the team trophy
from Dr. Charles Livak, head of the Quality Control
Department at Penn Dairies, Lancaster. With
them is dairy judging team coach Ernest On, who
has guided the Ephrata team to four successive
team titles.
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team was presented with a
troph> - the third of its kind
after the first two were
retired to winning schools
Ephrata took permanent
possession of the last dairy
products judging cup after
winning three years straight
Orr told Lancaster Far
ming that vo-ag students at
Kphrata are taught a course
in dairy products during
their freshman year The
best students in the class are
then pulled aside to form a
team. This year’s quintet
was formed about three
weeks ago and the group has
had practice sessions about
twice a week in preparation
for the tri-county contest.
Their high individual this
year, Herman, does not live
on a farm, and neither has he
ever milked a cow. His
father, Henry, is in land
scaping.
The contest itself lasted
about two hours, after which
score sheets were tabulated
and winners chosen.
Involved in the test are:
Ten milk samples to be
scored for flavor and odor;
ten sediment discs; ten
cheese samples for iden
tification; ten cottage cheese
sampes to be scored and
evaluated for flavor, odor,
body, texture, appearance
and color; ten milker unit
claws to be scored on defects
present; and 50 objective
questions on milk production
and marketing.
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