Polled Hereford Juniors have busy day
Jesse Terry farm last her crown to Jane Sikorski,
Saturday. R 2 Emma us.
One of the highlights of the The daughter of John and
day was the crowning of the Mildred Sikorski, Jane has
new Polled Hereford queen had experience with the
for Pennsylvania. Last Polled Hereford breed. The
year’s queen, Tammy Lehigh Co. family has 50
Hamilton, Northeast, passed registered cattle, and one of
&
DOUGLASSVILLE - The
Pennsylvania Junior Polled
Hereford Association’s field
day found close to 100 en
thusiastic people, ranging m
age from 5 months and up,
enjoying the sunshine and
balmy weather here at the
-field day jng contest was won by George Harm ft, adult division;
Paul Horning, center, 12-17 years division; and Philip McMahon, under 12 years
division.
Sikorski crowned Pa, P.H,
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Jane Sikorski, Emmaus, the new Pennsylvania Polled Hereford Queen,
received her crown and a bouquet of roses from last year’s queen, Tammy
Hamilton, Northeast, left.
them is Jane’s personal
animal.
The Junior at Emmaus
High School has been
showing cattle for 7 years.
She says showing is her
ueen Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 21,1980—A17
favorite hobby and she’s
good at it. Just 3 weeks ago
she was the reserve grand
champion showman at their
county cattle show.
She is also a 4-year
in field
member of the Lehigh Co. 4-
H Livestock Judging team.
In 1978, Jane recalled, she
was the high Junior in
dividual at the Lehigh Co.
Livestock Judging Contest.
Jane commented that
what she finds most difficult
in judging livestock is the
presentation of oral reasons.
“You’ve got to know the
terminology and have it
down-pat.” To help her m
judging and m her respon
sibilities as Polled Hereford
queen, Jane said she plans to
work on her public speaking
abilities.
At April’s Little In
ternational Livestock
Judging Contest Jane was
the Bth high individual and a
member of the first place
team. Jane remarked she
fmds sheep the hardest to
judge with cattle classes
being her easiest challenge.
She got to try out her skills
at the field day on Saturday.
Juniors and adults alike
tested their knowledge of
cattle in placing two classes
of Polled Herefords.
Don Kniffen, livestock
specialist for Rutgers
University was the official
judge. He noted that for
those people who didn’t
agree with his placmgs,
“they’d have to adjust their
thinking.”
First places in the cattle
judging went to: Philip
McMahon, Green Lane,
Montgomery Co., under-12-
group; Paul Hartman,
Gettysburg, Adams Co., 12-
17 group; and George
Hamilton, Biglerville,
Adams Co., adult group.
The Juniors learned the
proper fitting and blocking
techniques from their
president, Randy Becker,
herdsman for Spring Bottom
Farm, Gettysburg.
Becker pomted out that
there are a lot of fads m
showing, but he told the
group that their goal is to
make their animal look tall,
long, and not real fat. “When
you’re showing cattle, looks
mean a lot.”
He concluded the
demonstration and field day
by noting that the Polled
Hereford showmen and
cattlemen need to emphasize
the beef qualities of their
breed -SM