Bl6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 10,1983
Carol, left, ai itty Dreisbach stand among the family herd. They each own over 10
animals and have shown some of them in the All-American show in Kentucky the past
three years.
Champs Reside
Daily
By Robin Phillip*
Stsdf Correspondent
HAMBURG Berks County and
the top teams and individuals in
dairy bowl and dairy Judging
contests, they've been one and the
same these past few years. Berks
County is the home of some in
telligent, hard-working, dedicated
4-H youth, and they have once
again shown what Berks County
“dairy kids” can do.
The annual Junior Dairyman of
the Year Contest was held in
conjunction with the Eastern
National livestock Show on Sept. 1
in Tlmonium, Md. Sponsored in
part by the Elesabeth Ingalls Gillet
Foundation, Mountain Brook
Farm, Taneytown, Md., and
supervised by Diane Garst
FlicUnger, New Windsor, Md., and
Tracey and Janet Stiles,' Clear
brook, Va., the contest is open to 4-
H or FFA youth between the ages
of 14 to 19 years from throughout
the states. Youth can compete as
members of a team or in
dividually. Contestants are
required to Judge classes of dairy
heifers, steers, cows and goats.
They also undergo two written
tests, identify dairy products, the
parts of a milking system, grains,
and evaluate feedstuffs. They must
answer sheets of questions con
cerning management problems,
nutrition, reproduction, animal
health, and genetics. Ribbons and
plaques are awarded to the high
individuals and teams after points
are tallied. The high individual in
the contest receives a $l,OOO
scholarship to be used for further
education or as an investment in
dairy projects of his choice.
The tests are tough and the kids
go through an entire day com
peting for this scholarship. Scoring
is on a point system and after the
top 10 are selected, additional
interviews with specialists in the
fields of veterinary medicine,
nutrition, management, and a
general interview are required
from these participants.
Dr. Carl Brown, F.M. Browns
Sons, and Dr. George Merrill,
veterinarian with Willow Creek
Animal Hospital, have been
working with and coaching the
Berks County 4-H teams in dairy
bowl and dairy Judging and knew
that they had “tough teams to
beat.” Of these individuals,
Patricia Dreisbach, Carol
Dreisbach, William Lesber, Mark
Price, Harold Dietrich, Charles
Seidel, Sandy Moser, and Ann
Kopfer traveled with Dr. Merrill to
Maryland to try for the “Junior
Dairyman of the Year”.
What were the results? Berta
County sent its finest, and as
William Lesher, Bemville, son of
i
“She can back wagons real well, lhat really impresses the
fellas," Helene Dreisbach stated proudly of her daughter,
Patty.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lesher, Way-
Har Farms, stated, “They know
we're there after we leave," when
Berks County youth came away
with seven of their eight in the top
20 and the eighth in 21st place.
Going home and dropping the
check for $l,OOO in her mother’s lap
to get her attention, was Patricia
Dreisbach, Hamburg, R 3, the
oldest daughter of Dr. Robert and
Helene Dreisbach, of
Longmeadows Farm.
Second place went to William
Lesher, Bemville, HI, while third
place went to Patty’s sister, Carol
Dreisbach. Fifth place went to
Sandy Moser, Bally, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Laveme Moser.
Eighth place went to Marti Price,
Douglassville, El, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jere Price, and 12th place
went to Ann Kopfer, Fleetwood,
Rl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Kopfer. Taking 14th place
was Harold Dietrich, son of Harold
and Diane Dietrich, Hamburg, Rl,
and 21st place went to Charles
Seidel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Seidel, Lenhartsville.
These Berks County youth
llmdl
in Berks County
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formed two teams of three and the
last two of the “entire team" en
tered individually.
“It wasn’t so much an individual
thing as it was for the county, that
we went down there," Sandy
Moser stated.
She added that they were the
only individuals there that cheered
and clapped when anyone from
their team placed high. As Patty
and Carol stated, “When it came to
announcing the last three places,
we all started screaming,” when
they realized the last three names
to be called were Berks County.
Berks County claimed the Junior
Dairyman of the Year in 1962 when
Debbie Price, Mark’s sister, won
the title, and the County team
gives her a lot of the credit this
year for encouraging them and
pushing them to enter.
The 1963 Junior Dairyman,
Patricia Dreisbach, currently
stands at the top of her class. A
vibrant and enthusiastic
spokesperson for the dairy in
dustry, Patty takes an active role
in the family’s Jersey farm,
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