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sion. “Approach everything from
the positive. Look at size, scale,
strength, dairyness, udders, feet
and legs.”
He said if there was a fault with
a cow, to acknowledge it only af
ter mentioning the positive.
Majeskie credits a strong pro
gram in place at the county level
with preparing the youth for high
er level competition. Often the lay
leaders of the 4-H clubs have been
through the program themselves
and are familiar with the way he
likes reasons. Their commitment
to the success of the program is
passed on to the youth at an early
age.
There are several differences
between judging in the U.S. and in
Scotland. Most basic is the differ
ence in the way the cows are pre
sented. When the team gets to the
show they will find themselves in
the middle of a ring with the cows
being led around outside of them,
as opposed to the cows being in
the middle. Second, the timing of
the competition is greatly com
pressed for each class at the Royal
Highland show. The youth will be
allowed only eight minutes for
each class, and that includes plac
ing and reasons.
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At the national competition in
the U.S., they get 12 minutes to
place and eight for reasons, and
even as long as IS minutes in sev
eral other domestic shows. An
other difference is that the judges
are allowed to touch the cattle at
the Royal Highland show.
The youth will also wear white
lab coats while judging, a tradition
from when cows were classified in
the 19405. Finally, the cows are la
beled A,B,X,Y as opposed to
1,2,3.4.
Breeds judged will include Hol
steins, British Friesans, and Ayr
shires. The animals may be some- f
what different from domestic
dairy animals, said Dr. Majeskie.
Although American and Canadian
sires are increasingly influencing
the herds in England and Scotland,
the ideal cow may not be as dairy
as the ideal cow here in the U.S.
Type preferences lean toward
stockier, more compact animals.
In addition to the Royal High
land Show at Edinburgh, the trip
will be jam-packed with oppor
tunities for the youth to experi
ence other aspects of European
agriculture and culture. The itiner
ary includes stops at farms' !n
Scotland and tours of Buckingham
Palace, Westminister Abbey, and
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of agronomy, who has announced
his retirement.
Starling was named interim
dean in January and took over the
post while Penn State searched for
someone to hire as dean to replace
Lambertine Hood, who resigned
from the post last year.
While the search for a perma
nent dean is continuing. Alter is to
serve as interim dean; until a new
dean has been identified, or for one
year.
‘Ted Alter has a distinguished
record of administrative experi
ence at Penn State. He is recog
nized for the success of his tenure
as regional director of the South
east Region for Cooperative
Extension, as well as for his
research in the areas of public sec-
St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. In
Paris, the group will see the Eiffel
Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame
Cathedral, and Versailles, as well
as getting a briefing by (he minis
ter-counselor for agricultural af
fairs. They will also visit the In
stitut National Agronomique
Paris-Grignon, the leading agri
cultural university in France, fam-
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tor economics, public finance and
community and regional econom
ics,” said Johivßrighton, executive
vice president and provost, in a
news release.
Brighton also said he thanked
Starling for delaying his retirement
in order to serve the college and
University as interim dean during a
period of transition.
Alter has a career, interest and
activities background that places
him at the forefront of several
issues for the state and nation
those involving land use and gov
ernment taxation.
Alter also is currendy director of
the Pennslvania Food System Pro
fessions Education Initiative.
In addition to having served as
professor and head of the agricul
tural economics and rural sociolo-
ous for its experimental livestock.
In Belgium they will meet with a
Belgian farm service specialist
and visit several typical livestock
operations, and there will be more
farm tours in the Netherlands.
While the group is in Switzer
land, Majeskie will do a type clas
sification clinic on a Swiss farm
for the technical people from the
Swiss Brown Swiss association.
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director of the Southeast Region of
Cooperative Extension from 1989
to 1994, he was responsible for
programming and administration
in all extension areas, including
4-H and urban gardening, horticul
ture, agronomy, livestock, dairy,
agricultural marketing, farm man
agement. resource management,
urban and community forestry,
family living, family finance,
nutrition, and the expanded food,
nutrition and education program.
Joining the Penn State faculty in
1976 as an assistant professor of
agricultural economics. Alter was
named associate professor in 1982
and professor in 1989.
His primary areas of teaching
have included state and local gov
ernment finance, local government
financial management, land and
water resource policy, land eco
nomics, cost-benefit analysis and
institutional economics.
For extension, he has conducted
statewide programs on under
standing local government finance
policy, local government tax
reform, property tax assessment
and administration, and local gov
ernment budgeting, as well as pay
ing for public services and general
education on public issues.
His research has
included a study of the
impact of public school
finance reform on
Michigan’s agricultural
population; the evalua
tion of land-use poli
cies, primarily use
value assessment of
farm and open space
land and other issues
related to land and fiscal
impacts: property taxes;
and rural development
During his sabbatical
in 1986-87, he con
ducted a comparative
analysis of local public
finance and manage
ment issues for rural
areas of the United
States and Europe.
Among other admini
strative duties, he has
served as director of the
college urban programs
study from 1987 to
1990, and as advisor and
analyst for the Rural
Public Management
Project for the Organi
zation for Economic
Cooperation and Deve
lopment in Paris, France
from 1987-89.
Among his honors
and awards, he was
named intern for the
National Extension
Leadership Develop
ment Program in
1991-92; and has
received recognition
from the American
Agricultural Economics
Association Distin
guished Extension
Program, and Epsilon
Sigma Phi, the national
honorary extension
fraternity.
Alter received a
bachelor’s degree in
economics from Uni
versity of Rochester,
graduating with distinc
tion in 1968, and a mas
ter’s and doctorate in
resource economics and
policy from Michigan
State University in 1973
and 1976, respectively.
He was also a National
Defense Education Act
Fellow.
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