Glories Come To Maryland Holstein Enthusiast
BY SUE CROW
Maryland Correspondent
FULTON, MD Matthew
lager went (o the National Holstein
Convention this year with the
expectations of learning more
about the industry and it’s policies.
Little did he know that he would
come home as one of the six Hols
tein Association’s Distinguished
Junior Award winners.
His work, which led him to this
trip, started back in Fulton, Mary
land, with two January calves
given to him by his father Charles,
for his first 4-H project Now
Matthew is a senior and his herd
consists of 31 head, 18 of which he
bred himself with an average clas
sification score of 83 points. His
herd is housed at dip farm, Mary
land Maple Lawn, which belongs
to his parents, Charles and Judy
and his uncle.
A march junior calf, MD-
Maple-Lawn T T Etta brought
Matthew the glories which most
people just dream about In 198 S
Etta had her most outstanding
reign. She captured 4-H and open
supreme champion at the county
fair; 4-H champion at the district
show; 4-H grand and supreme
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champion at the state fair; first
place'4-year-old and Maryland
Best Bred and Owned at the open
show of the state fair. But the
crowning glory came when she
captured Honorable Mention
Junior All-American that year.
Etta has over 120,000 pounds of
lifetime milk production and is
classified Excellent 90. She is a
potential Gold Medal Dam when
her daughters freshen. Matthew
has six heifer calves from her, two
being twin Starfouck heifers.
Living on a 1,100-acre regis
tered Holstein farm between Balti
more and Washington, D.C. has
the constant pressure of housing
developments nearby. But
doesn’t seem to bother Matthew or
his two brothers as they have man
aged to continue the family farm
into its fifth generation. Not only is
there the usual farm work and
crops to maintain, but there is also
a SO-year-old turkey operation in
which the entire family is
involved.
Each year 10,000 turkeys are
raised to be freshAdlled and sold
retail at the form for Thanksgiving
and Christmas. The tom turkeys
are frozen for restaurant deliveries
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to the nearby suburbs has also
enabled Matthew and his brothers
to have a profitable produce stand
at which they work in' their spare
time. Many vegetables have been
entered at the local fain as well as
used as 4-H gardening projects
each year.
Since 4-lt has been a part of
Matthew’s youth, he has exper
ienced many new avenues of life.
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Not only has he saved as a leader
in the respective levels in the How
ard County 4-H Dairy Club, but he
has been in many contests as well.
In the junior dairyman contest held
in conjunction with the Maryland
State Fair and the Eastern National
he placed high. Matthew was abo
a member of Maryland’s first
place Dairy Bowl Team which
won the National Holstein Dairy
Bowl Contest in Indiana.
The Howard County 4-H Dairy
Club was first in the nation in
1981, and 1985 in the Hoard’s
Dairyman Judging Contest He
placed seventh in that last year. Fa
the past two years the club has
been High Honorable Mention,
while his family placed first for
two years in a row in the Family
Division.
The experience has given Mat
the opportunity to learn more
about himself and his ability to
work with others. It has abo
enabled him to pursue another
direction-dairy judging.
After many years of practice and
judging hundreds of classes, he
reached his goal of making the
state team. At Harrisburg, repre
senting Maryland, he was high
individual in Oral Reasons while
the team placed fifth. At the
National Contest the team went to
three points away from a trip to
Europe. Mat hopes to make the
collegiate dairy judging team and
later to make the Approved Judges
List
Not only has judging helped to
build his own character, but it has
taught him a lot about what to look
for and breed into his own cattle.
His responsibilities have increased
on the farm as he has gotten older
NON-TOXIC CROPS
WANTED
AT A GOOD BONUS PRICE.
Especially corn, wheat and soybeans to make poultry feed for
broilers (as well as other meat) for a large N.Y. buyer for the
demand by big chain stores for toxic free, unpolluted meat.
Consumers are fast wising up and demanding food that is fit
to eat before they get cancer and other pains considered Incur
able, except by naturpaths. Therefore start preparing your soil
for the premium price without delay.
LOW INPUT FARMING
You read this phrase In farm papers recently. We had this
kind of AG PROGRESS for a dozen years already. There is no
use spending thousands and thousands of dollars for
research, increasing the tax. Our biological materials and fer
tilizer last long, doesn’t dlssapate, releases nutrients already
In the soil, and extracts them out of the air. Therefore our cus
tomers have very low input farming after the first year, and get
more nutritious, more disease resistant, and larger crops than
their neighbors • up to 250 or 300 bushel corn and 90 bushel
soybeans per acre, and don’t need to spray alfalfa. Also
extremely high sugar brlx and protein in crops, which is better
than bought protein. Customers report their cows are doing so
good, so free of problems on the organic feed. It’s because
NATURE makes a better balanced feed than man can. Their
knowledge Is limited and prone for mistakes.
Ask us about the 2nd Annual Environmental Field Days and
exhibits In Lancaster Co. In mld-Sept., 4 days. One speaker Dr.
Caiahan will speak on “Why Insects Attack Plants, and Why
Not Nutrient Rich Plants”. Another will tell why weeds are less
a problem organically and how to control them naturally thru
right fertilizer and better cultivators.
There Is much to learn before the people perish (Prov. 29:18)
One of our good fertilizers lasts 4 or 5 years or more without
adding any. Apply It now before the greatest trouble the world
has ever seen, coupled with a great depression being very
close, then you can survive better. Apply as soon as crops are
off, to condition the soil for next year with micro organisms,
soil bacteria and millions of earthworms • free fertilizer facto
ries, which make our customers rejoice. Top crops with free
fertilizer.
ORGANIC CENTER
217 S. Railroad Ave., New Holland, PA 17557
PH. 717-354-7064
Call 7:30 to 8 or 9 A.M. and ask for Eli for eye opening literature.
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and he has been able to draw from
his past experiences.
The show string is one area
where he and his brothers, Michael
and Mark are solely responsible.
After he joined 4-H, the shoeing
tradition which was started in 1951
by his father, was left to be carried
on by the boys. The fitting and
showing areas are now areas where
Mat helps younger 4-p’ers at the
various shows.
School has played a larged part
in Matthews development. He is
listed in “Who’s Who Among
American High School Students’'
and “Outstanding High School
Students of America”, on the
National Honor Society, and is on
the Honor Roll. He plays percus
sion in the concert and marching
bands and is on the local little
league baseball team.
In the fall Mat plans to attend
Delaware Valley College of Sci
ence and Agriculture in Doyles
town, Pennsylvania where he has
been awarded a 4-year Honors
Scholarship. After college Mat
hopes to enter Maryland-Virginia
School of Veterinary Medicine.
The concern for the health of his
own as well as the farms cattle has
lead held to pursue the goal of
becoming veterinarian. The 4-H
motto, ‘To make the best better,”
is still part of his life in all his
projects.
This is evident as he is now serv
ing as the vice-president of the
Maryland Junior Holstein Club.
His leadership abilities continue to
grow as do his experiences.