Berks dairy judging
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Holstein individual placings
again saw Todd Miller at the top of
the list as be helped Pennsylvania
take third place in this division.
“I don’t think we blew this class
as bad as the judge blew the
class,” Younker stated about the
team’s Jersey class scores.
“That’s what blew it for us (the
first place title),” he added.
In the Jersey division, the youths
placed eighth as a team with
Younker placing highest in in
dividual scores at 11th place.
But, the best was yet to come. In
the Reasons Division, the hardest
according to the 4-Hers, Penn
sylvania came in first. Miller led
with a second place, Lesher took
sixth place, and Younker followed
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with 17th place individually. Their
combined team score was almost
10 points higher than the second
place, Maryhland team.
“This is the one I always want to
see our teams win,” Brown stated.
Being able to defend reasons
orally, remembering the animals,
how you placed them the way you
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“Everything was tough down
there,” Younker stated. Younker
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head of HoLsteins and 320 acres at
their Red Fever Farm.
He started Judging four years
ago and says that Holsteins are the
easiest to Judge. Fifth at the state
level earlier this year, he said, “I
always lode for something with a
lot of style and balance, with a
pretty good udder.” “You go to a
class and you can easy tell the top
or bottom, or a pair.” In his own
cows he looks for “real good ud
ders,” he added.
“I’m really critical about the
legs, cause we have a freestall
bam. Without good legs, she won’t
stay around long,” William Lesher
stated. Lesher is the 18-year-old
son of Wayne and Shirley Lesher,
R 1 Bemville. He looks forward to
graduating from Penn State and
returning to his parents’ WayHar
Farm. Every other weekend he
makes the trip home to help farm
the 900 acres and care for the 100
cows.
This Penn State sophomore has
been judging cows since he was 12
years old. He was a member of the
1963 Hamburg FFA team that
placed 10th in national competition
in Kansas City. He was also on the
1982 Berks County Dairy Bowl
Team that placed second in
national competition in Kentucky.
Lesher credits Carl Brown and
all the other youth in the county for
the success of Berks County’s
teams most of the time. “Carl
keeps drilling us. He tapes us. You
really sound a lot different when
you hear yourself. You can catch
your own mistakes,” he stated.
“A lot of it was the other kids.
We’re always competing against
each other and there are a lot of
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family. Owning 25 cows of Us own,
he is in partnership with his father
and older brother, Scott, on their
Mil-Joy Farm of 650 acres and 220
Holsteins. Todd has charge of the
crops.
The team had to Judge cow and
heifer classes in each breed and
give three sets of reasons. Miller
stated that the Holstein classes
were the easiest for him too, but
down there “they were all pretty
tough.” Regarding the different
breeds, he added, “with Jerseys
they’re real particular about tweed
character.” “Brown Swiss can be
thicker.” In his own cows, he looks
for a sound pedigree.
For these three dairy judges, the
chance to compete and excel at
this level will remain a highlight nf
their 4-H experiences. “Pm really
proud of it,” Lesher added. “I
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There are a lot of good kids. You
can’t ask for a better county,” he
concluded.
Although these team members
attributed much of their success to
their leaders, coaches, and friends,
alien asked about their future
goals, major achievements, and
biggest satisfactions in life so far,
their answers showed why they are
excellent dairy cattle Judges.
“Just being on the farm and
working with the animals,” Lesher
explained was his greatest
satisfaction. “My father lets me
make a lot of management
decisions too,” he added.
“Working at home and having
the responsibility of making
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Plans for the future “Stay at
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“I want to farm,” Younker
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