PDCA Judging School Held In Franklin County
BY BONNIE BRECHBILL
Franklin Co. Correspondent
CHAMBERSBURG “We’re
getting away from liking to see the
pins higher than the hips,’* Richard
Keene told the group of judging
candidates at the Pennsylvania
Purebred Dairy Cattle Association
Judging School Wednesday.
Although some of the candi
dates had faulted a 3-year-old
Holstein for having a slight slope
from hooks to pins, Keene placed
her first in her class. ”On modem
cows, we’re looking for more of
that,” he explained.
Keene, this year’s school offi
cial, has been judging dairy cattle
Richard Keene,
class placlngs to the school participants at
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for 28 years. He has judged the
Central National Holstein Show
three times and the Brown Swiss
National Show four times. He has
85 Holsteins on his farm in central
New York.
Franklin County hosted the
annual judging school July 14 and
15. The 68 participants judged four
classes of Guernseys Tuesday at
the Seth Schnedly farm in Cear
foss, Md.. followed by four classes
of Holsteins at the Jim Burdette
farm, Mercersburg. Wednesday
they judged Jerseys at the Lester
Martin farm, Chambersbuig, and
Holsteins at the farm of Harold
Crider, Chambersburg.
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After the candidates had judged
a class, the cards with their plac
ings were collected and evaluated.
Two or three who had placed the
animals similarly to how Keene
had placed them were called upon
to explain their placings to the
group.
“We’ve had some tremendous
classes,” Keene stated. “No one
ever gets the placings exactly
alike, but the candidates are doing
well.” In several of the classes the
placings were so close that Keene
said he could not argue if the can
didates chose to rate the animnals
slightly differently than he had.
Lori Sollenberger of Everett,
ig si jo\, explains his
larold Crider’s farm.
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Bedford County, attended the
judging school to prepare for two
judging assignments this summer,
the Lebanon County Fair and a dis
trict show. She was called on to
explain her placings in the 3-year
old Holstein class at Harold Crid
er’s.
The 68 participants included 57
people who hoped to become
approved judges of the Pennsylva
nia Purebred Dairy Cattle Associa
tion. Most had judged 4-H, FFA
and county fairs previous to
attending the school. Also in atten
dance were 11 students from Penn
State University and Delaware
Valley College.
According to Kenneth I. Raney,
secretary/treasurer of the PDCA,
the judging school included
Jerseys, Guernseys and Holsteins
because judges at county fairs are
often required to judge all three.
Some county fairs also include
Milking Shorthorn and Brown
Swiss, so judges must be familiar
with all five breeds.
Keene explained that judges
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look for “pretty much the same
prime things” in the different
breeds, although he acknowledged
that Holstein and Brown Swiss
cows have more foot and leg prob
lems because of their size. “We see
consistently better udders in
Jerseys,” he added.
While several candidates
expressed their displeasure with
the closely spaced back teats on an
aged Holstein, Keene placed her
above the middle of her class. “I’m
not bothered by those close
together teats,” he explained. "I
can pull them apart to get the milk
ing machine on. It’s the ones that
are out on the comers that are diffi
cult. When they’re full of milk, it’s
hard to get the milker on, and then
it falls off.”
Raney expressed appreciation to
the host farmers, to area fanners
who brought in cows for the clas
ses, and to the Franklin County
youth who led the animals.
“Franklin County has done a good
job of hosting the judging school,”
he said.
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