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tion, serving as its current
president.
For the past several years he has
served as chairman of the Lebanon
County Fair Dairy Show Commit
tee, and sponors a trophy for the
top dairy animal of the county fair.
But he said he doesn’t pressure
his son to participate. He doesn’t
havfc to.
“You don’t have to push them,”
Dale said about his son and other
youth with whom he works as a
volunteer 4-H dairy leader.
And Dale said he will help Daryl
with competitions “as long as he
shows an interest in showing.”
On the farm. Dale said that
Daryl seems to be growing into
wanting to dairy farm.
“He feeds the calves and he’s
getting interested. There are IS
calves he feeds (once per dav) on
milk right now. For a 9-year-old,
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Dale said that he provides some
instruction for showing, but that
Daryl has already picked up much
from being a member of the county
4-H Dairy Club.
In fact, Daryl was honored for
being the 1993 Outstanding Roo
kie of the Year for the Lebanon
County 4-H Dairy Club.
Kenneth Winebark, Lebanon
County Extension agent, said that
Lebanon County has a strong adult
support group for the youth prog
rams and that Dale is an example.
In addition to being a 4-H leader,
he has been chairman of the Leba
non Fair Dairy Committee for
years.
An ardent supporter of the 4-H
program, Winebark said it con
tinues to prove its effectiveness.
“With Daryl entering into 4-H,
its to develop life skills and skills
to continue in a career,” Winebark
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said. “The dairy 4-H is of course to
promote the dairy industry and a
lot (of the youth) end up working
in the dairy field.
“Like Becky (Rebecca) Sonnen,
who started out as an 8-year-old
4-H member starting to show cows
and from that developed into a lot
of different areas,” Winebark said.
“She developed public speaking
skills, being involved with dairy
judging, being a member of the
state dairy bowl team and going to
nationals, pursuing a career as an
agricultural advocate, being a state
dairy princess, and now she works
as program director at MAMMA
(Middle Atlantic Milk Marketing
Agency).
“The 4-H program gives youth
that opportunity to excel, to deve
lop career potential and career
opportunities. It’s much more than
showing cows, but that’s where it
starts for a lot of them,” Winebark
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said.
He said he will also be watching
as Daryl takes to the show ring.
But he said he knows that Dale will
join him in also watching and
checking up on other county youth
at the Farm Show.
“I think the Maulfair family is a
family that is looked up to. from
the standpoint of dairying in our
area,” Winebark said. “Both come
to the showring and are involved in
the dairy industry, and now, as 4-H
leaders, they’ve been very, very
involved.
“The support from parents and
grandparents is what really makes
these opportunities available to the
kids. And both Dale and Pattie are
there to help out not just their kids,
but other kids too,” he said.
Maulfair is more humble about
his involvement, especially show
ing, and said that it is effective
advertisement, but more so, “It
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anymore.
“When your out there it makes
you feel good, even to be there. A
lot of people get turned away,”
Dale said.
“It makes you feel good and
when you win, you feel even
belter.”
Of course, the Maulfairs aren’t
the only ones whose child or child
ren will be making a Farm Show
debut this week. There arc others.
Every year.
Even though the number of
dairy farms continues to decline
and the number of dairy cows con
tinues to decrease, the children
seem to still be there, showing
cattle, Maulfair said.
“I think the youth are still hang
ing on. (The dairy shows) seem to
be as big as they ever were," he
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