Showing Animals, Making Friends Create Winning Combination
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
PEACH BOTTOM (Lancaster
Co.) Gaining new Mends and
learning the importance of keeping
records on animal progress are
what part of being in 4-H is all
about.
Ask Matthew Welk, 17, Peach
Bottom, a junior at Solanco High
School and a Solanco FFA mem
ber. A 4-H member for eight years,
the enjoyment of taking care of and
showing dairy animals paid off—
not only in terms of gaining close
friends, but recognition as the best
4-H owner breeder in the Holstein
category in Lancaster County. He
was also recognized as the 14-18
year old divison champion
showman.
Matt was awarded the special
best owner-bred female award at
the Lancaster County 4-H Dairy
Awards Night last Saturday at the
Farm and Home Center. The
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can do “with an anmal that you
have bred,” said Sherri Coleman,
president, Pequea Valley 4-H
Dairy Club, who presented the
award.
“ Ha v ing the ability to recognize
bad decisions, accepting mistakes
and failures, and having the cour
age to forge ahead and live up to
the 4-H spirit of ‘making the best
better’ is an admirable goal,” she
said. The award recognizes mem
bers who have successfully
attained many of these goals.
Mall, son of Bev and Paul Welk,
raised a cow that won in its class at
the Lancaster Co. Holstein Club
County Show in August. It placed
in the 4-year-old class. But the
owner-breeder award has a special
meaning for Matt
“I was happy with that,” he
said. “That’s a pretty nice award
to get. It comes from having a cow
of your own, and you pick the bull
that you want to breed her to, and
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“It’s kind of a nicer award, you
know, not like going out and buy
ing good show cattle and then tak
ing them to the show,” he said.
Matt helps his mother and father
on their 60-acre farm, where they
operate a SO-head Holstein cow/
calf operation. Matt himself raises
20 head of cows on his own,
including seven milking cows.
Matt grew up farming. Up until
last year, when they sold the farm
across the street (100 acres, 75
head) and went into raising heifers,
Matt helped milk. In addition, he
helps his brother Mark, 25, a for
mer 4-H member, milk on his farm
in Quarryville.
Helping on the farm and paying
special attention to the lessons
learned in 4-H have helped Matt
during competition in Kansas City,
Mo. this week. There, Matt joined
members of the Solanco FFA
Dairy Judging Team picked to rep
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Matt said 4-H leaders deserve a
lot of credit for the support they
gave him. “You know, a lot of
responsibility and good manage
ment and the project books are
helpful," he said. “They give you
good examples.”
Keeping careful records also
contributed to the recognition.
Matt said he was suprised at find
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raise a 4-H animal.”
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BEST OWNER-BRED FEMALE
Ayrshire; Heather Becker, Narvon. Brown
Swiss: Gerald Boyd, Ephrata. Guernsey,
Scott Wagner, Quarryville. Holstein: Matthew
Welk. Peach Bottom. Jersey; Karen Shaub,
Quarryville.
8-10 Year Oiv. County Champ and District
Champ; Zachary Mack, Denver. Reserve:
Sarah Bard, Conestoga. 11-13 Yr. Div.
Champ; Melissa Enck, Quanyvilte. Reserve:
Sarah Kennel, Mount Joy. 14-18 Yr. Div
Champ: Mattew Welk, Peach Bottom.
Reserve; Matthew Kolb, Lancaster.
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Champion 8-10 Yr. Old' Brian Smith, Denver
Reserve. Dana Grolf, Quarryville. Champion
11-13 Yr. Old’ Gerald Boyd, Ephrata
Reserve: Denise Best, Holtwood. Champion
14-18 Yr. Old; Sandra Kauffman, Peach Bot
tom. Reserve; Heather Becker, Narvon
George Bard, Conestoga, third at Penn State
and third in reasons.
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