highlights of NAILE competition
A 6 crowning 9 achievement for Patty Dreisbach
BY ROBIN PHILLIPS
Staff Correspondent
LOUISVILLE, Ky - By Sunday,
Nov. 6, all Pennsylvanian Jersey
Breeders at the North American
International Livestock Exposition
for the All American Jersey Show
were smiling from ear to ear. For
the first time in the history of the
National Jersey Jug Futurity
Queen Contest, a Pennsylvania girl
stood in the top three finalists.
But Patricia Dreisbach, R 3,
Hamburg, was not content with
“just placing” as she was named
1983 National Jersey Jug Futurity
Queen. Selected because of her
involvement in the breed, poise in
front of an audience, and ability to
convey her thoughts on the breed
and promotion to the public, Patty
reigned over the Jersey festivities
for the weekend.
This national honor capped off a
year filled with laurels for this
outstanding young lady. The
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert C.
Dreisbach, Patty began the year
by winning the 1982 Olmstead
Trophy for outstanding
achievement in the state. In
August, Patty and her teammates
on the Berks County Dairy Judging
team, won first place at the state
level and went on to win the All
American Invitational Dairy
Judging Contest in Harrisburg,
besting IS other teams. That same
day, Patty showed her VG-87 point
senior 2-year-old to first place in
her class and Best Bred and Owned
at the Pennsylvania Junior Dairy
Show. September saw Patty
named 1983 Eastern National
Junior Dairyman at the state fair
in Timonium, Md. Awarded a
$lOOO.OO scholarship, Patty topped
Lisa Lusk, Charleroi, holds her consignment to National Pot
of Gold Sale in Kentucky, a daughter of the cow that won
second for her in this year's contest.
over 40 other contestants in
judging, written tests, and in
terviews.
Currently the valedictorian in
her class, 17-year-old Patty looked
forward to the “challenge” of
putting Pennsylvania on the top for
the firt time and meeting more
people. “I want to get to know
people... to go to a lot of events,”
Patty stated. “I knew there were
many people out there supporting
me,” she stated.
There were 23 contestants from
21 states in the pagent. The girls
were interviewed before the
contest on their breed par
ticipation, ideas and thoughts on
the Jersey breed and promotion,
and their future plans. “I liked the
interviews,” Patty related. “They
asked a lot about what you thought
the Jersey breed should be striving
for.”
An accomplished speaker, Patty
advocates protein pricing, and the
breeding for combined type and
production, not two types of
animals. In the contest Patty was
asked what her three wishes would
be. Without a pause and very sure
of herself, she stated, “number one
would have to be worldwide peace
and happiness.” “An 18,000 pound
herd average wouldn’t be bad,”
she added. She concluded by
saying that she would also enjoy
exhibiting the national Grand
Champion one day.
Ohio, Kansas, Indiana, Ken
tucky, New York, Texas,
Wisconsin, Massachusetts, lowa,
Missouri, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Alabama, Minnesota, Oregon,
California, Illinois, and Tennessee
were represented in the contest.
Top producer
First runnerup went to Kristen
Benson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Benson, New Lebanon
Center, N.Y. Second runnerup
went to Kristen Clauss, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Clauss, Hilmar,
Cal.
Patty was awarded a limited
edition clementine Jersey calf,
porcelain Jersey Jug, a gold
double bracelet, and a silver plated
Jersey cow key chain from the
American Jersey Cattle Club. Also
given flowers, this 17-year-old, tall,
slender blonde began her reign at
the National Jersey Jug Futurity
on Sunday by gracing the officials
stand.
The most prestigious event of the
Jersey breed, the Jersey Jug is
often referred to as the “Kentucky
Derby” of the Jersey Breed. “Only
once in a lifetime can a heifer
compete in the Jug,” says David
Parkinson, representative of the
American Jersey Cattle Club, and
must be nominated as yearlings
for the competition.
The nomination process con
tinues over the next two years
depending upon the growth and
development of the heifer. More
than 770 animals were nominated
for the 1983 show at the beginning
of 1980, and 51 made it to the show
ring this year. The 40-year history
of the jug has given this show a
tradition of competition that is
unique from the other events, and
exhibitors strive to show only their
most nearly perfect three year
olds.
From the spotlight presentation
of each animal and exhibitor, the
tuxedos worn by the judges and
ringmen, the banners worn by
each three-year-old, and the
6 contributes 9 to college fund
BY ROBIN PHILLIPS
Staff Correspondent
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - In 1960,
Jersey junior, Lisa Lusk,
Charleroi, bought a heifer at the
All American Pot of Gold Sale in
Louisville, Ky. Little did she
realize that this calf would not only
earn her many times over the
purchase price, but also national
recognition as well. Brave Forest
Gentle, Lisa’s purchase, placed
second in the 1983 Pot of Gold
Production Contest and on
November sth, Lisa collected her
check for $2,554.73 at the National
Ail American Pot of Gold Sale in
Louisville, Ky.
The Pot of Gold sale and
Production Contest is held an
nually by the American Jersey
Cattle Club to make available top
pedigreed Jersey calves to youths
and to encourage good
management for superior records
on the animals. The contest is open
to any Jersey junior between the
ages of 8 and 19 with a Jersey
completing a DKA or DHIR
lactation that they purchased in
the Pot of Gold Sale as a calf.
Winners are selected by computing
the product value of the animal’s
production, adjusted for age. The
12 juniors whose calves purchased
in this sale that gross the most 4%
fat corrected milk during then
first lactation, provided they calve
before they reach 30 months of age,
are awarded 17 per cent of the
gross of this sale.
Lisa is the daughter of Robert
and Connie Lusk. Her family
started their dairy operation when
the 4-H projects of the children
kept multiplying. Today her family
milks 22 cows in a simple loose
housing setup where they run
several cows at a time into a small
parade of the Jersey Jug Queen
and her court in the antique wagon
pulled by a four-horse team of
Belgian draft horses, the
pageantry of the National Jersey
Jug Futurity is uncomparable with
any other dairy show.
This year, the 1983 National
Jersey Jug Queen, Patricia
shed equipped with stanchions to
be milked. The operation is very
simple and very neat.
Lisa, her brother, Mark, and her
sister, Michelle, play an active
part in the dairy, by doing much of
the milking, and all of the feeding
of heifers and calves. Seventeen
year-old Lisa owns 13 Jerseys and
plans to attend Penn State to major
in Dairy Production.
“Gentle”, Lisa’s winning cow,
was selected by Lisa when she was
purchased, but Lisa admits that
her father does help her when
looking at pedigrees. Currently
appraised at Very Good - 87,
“Gentle” is a favorite in the Lusk
herd and is currently projected to
15,580 pounds milk and 644 pounds
fat as a three-year-old. Her actual
two year old record that was used
to compute the winners in the
contest was 1-10 years 305 days,
13,470 pounds milk, and 567 pounds
fat, with an 18,319 milk and 754 fat
mature equivalent.
The winner of the contest was
Freddy Schiel, Hopkinsville, Ky.,
with Generators Chic and her
actual record of 2-00 305 days 12,170
milk and 765 fat with a fat mature
equivalent of 987 pounds, just
beating Lisa’s cow for first place.
Schiel received a check for
$2,827.42 as his award for the top
producing purchase.
Lisa’s purchase of that year,
“Gentle” had been consigned by
Col. and Mrs. H. G. Wilde, of High
Lawn Farm, Lenox, Mass.
“Gentle” is a daughter of Briar
cliffs Brave Soldier and currently
ranks among the top 1% of the
breed with a CPI of +272.
Lisa also demonstrated her
ability to make money with a
single purchase this weekend in
Louisville as she collected another
Dreisbach, shared the spotlight
with the 1983 National Jersey Jug
Futurity winner, K.J.D. Dynamo
Lassie Jill, exhibited by Nabholtz
Jerseys and Paula Shamsie, of
West Union, la.
The three year old, a daughter of
Milestones Dynamo, took home
over $lOOO in prize money.
$lOOO from the sale of “Gentle’s”
daughter. Midnight Brave Gertie.
“Gertie” was consigned to this
years Pot of Gold sale. “We feel
fortunate to have this heifer to
sell...and this girl supporting this
program,” Maurice Core,
representative of the American
Jersey Cattle Club announced
before the sale.
“After I found out I won (earlier
this year) I thought of consigning
her,” Lisa stated. Saying that she
will be needing money for college,
Lisa admitted that she had planned
to sell the heifer anyway and
thought that this would be a good
opportunity to sell the daughter of
one of her top cows. “Gertie” was
selected on type and pedigree and
was shown once by Lisa to first
place at the county fair in her area.
Lisa and “Gentle” also received
more attention as they collected
the 15th place award in the 1963
Jersey Youth Production Contest
sponsored by the American Jersey
Cattle Club. Open to any 4-H or
FT A member under 19 years of
age with a Jersey project com
pleting a DHIA or DHIR lactation,
there are 15 awards given
nationwide each year.
The eight winners in this years
Pot of Gold contest averaged 15,266
pounds milk and 744 pounds fat
mature equivalent. Over $ll,OOO
was presented to the eight winners
on Saturday evening, preceding
the 1963 sale.
Promoted as a “real opportunity
for the youth of the breed to pur
chase and develop top quality
animals,” the 1963 Pot of Gold sale
averaged $1767.00 on 16 animals. A
daughter of Favorite Saint, Green
Views Saint Spice, commanded the
high bid of $3,700.00 from Signe
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