Maryland Exhibitor Wins
National Jersey Jug Futurity
LOUISVILLE, KY - The crowd
seated in the coliseum at the
Kentucky Fair and Exposition
Center hushed as the lights dim
med. This was the 1986 National
Jersey Jug Futurity competition,
part of the largest single breed
dairy show in the world, and a
respected pageant among Jersey
breeders.
The spotlight found the eight
member Marine color guard as
they stepped crisply to their places
in the showing at the North
American International Livestock
Exposition. The light then focused
at center ring where wood chips
had been carefully laid out in the
shape of an old-fashioned milk jug.
Three young ladies in long gowns
were escorted beneath the drawn
sabers. Then, one by one, 52 Jersey
cows were introduced and led
through the spotlight.
Contestants in the Jersey Jug
are nominated as calves. Breeders
pay a small nominating fee to
enter the competition. Each year,
calves must be renominated, and
another fee paid. Animals are
exhibited as four year olds. Money
collected from entrants becomes
premium money.
“It’s a tremendous challenge to
your ability to guess which calves
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What makes the Jersey Jug so
special? “The special thing about
the Jersey Jug is that for most of
these people, dairy cattle is their
livelihood,” explained Larry
Kempton, information director for
the All American Jersey Cattle
Club. “Jersey people love to show!
They do it because they love it and
they love the animals.”
Larry Schirm, judge for this
year’s competition, said cows are
judged on skeletal structure,
symmetry, dairy characteristics,
teat placement, legs and feet and
the primary muscle in the udder.
Kempton said the fact that a cow
wins means she is a good cow.
“There is a reason why a cow wins
a class. She’s a good sound cow
that gives a lot of milk... the kind
of cow we’re all striving for.”
Jack Kahler, Keymar, MD, had
that kind of cow. Kahler’s cow,
Gaywinds Saint Crissy, helped
Kahler win $1,287 of the $9,130 in
premium money.
“It’s a great honor,” said
Kahler. His mother Carol said
winning the Jersey Jug was
something they had always
dreamed of doing.
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Gary Bowers, Quebec, Canada,
took reserve champion with his
cow Gusto Milestone Sabrinette.
Bowers said he expected his cow to
place in the top ten because she
was well-balanced and walked
well.
“Winning the National Jersey
Jug Futurity shows the winner is a
good dairyman,” said Kempton.
“It takes special care to make a
good calf mature into a good cow.”
New York Team
LOUISVILLE, KY - An all-star
team from New York state
defeated a team from Ohio in the
finals of the 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl
competition on Nov. 8, at the 13th
annual North American In
ternational Livestock Exposition.
The double-elimination tour
nament, now in it’s seventh year at
the NAILE, began at 8 a.m. in the
Kentucky Fair and Exposition
Center’s West Hall and continued
until the winning team was
crowned.
Twenty-one teams competed in
the double-elimination tour
nament, designed to test teams’
knowledge of dairy farming and
prepare them for careers in the
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Wins NAILE 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl
industry. Teams, each
representing a different state,
attempted to answer questions that
dealt mainly with dairy produc
tion, including management,
reproduction, genetics, feeding
and even judging and showing
dairy cattle.
The winning team from New
York was composed of the four
highest rated students from New
York state’s 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl
Championship. Team members
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Joy Tuthill, Travis Fum, Tun
Ooms and Robin Denniston have
been preparing for Quiz Bowl
competition at the NAILE since
April. Their coach, Judy Tuthill
said, “Two of our team members
are from Oneida County, New
York, while the other two are from
Columbia County. Because they
live so far away from each other,
they weren’t able to practice
together very often. For the most
part, our team members had to
practice by themselves.”
this year’s Pennsylvania Farm
Equipment Dealers annual
Management Conference and
Trade Show in Lancaster.
The show and sale will be held at
the Americana Host Farm Resort
Hotel, Route 30 East, Lancaster,
on Nov. 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Toy consignments can by made by
anyone wanting to sell farm toys
after 3 p.m.
The auction will begin at 5 p.m.
with Wally Hooker from Fran
cesville, Ind., the most
knowledgable farm toy auctioneer
in the country, conducting the sale.
Numerous equipment and toy
dealers will exhibit their mer
chandise.
Some of the scarce farm toys of
the 40s and 50s will be offered for
sale.
Other toys, including all but one
John Deere pedal tractor made,
will be exhibited by Ed Andrus of
Lebanon. Early Oliver toys will
also be displayed.
The Farm Equipment Dealers
management sessions begin Nov.
16. The conference will end Nov. 18
with an annual banquet and en
tertainment by Dale Evans.
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