Youth Exhibit More
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) More than 200 animals
were exhibited at the 30th annual
South Central District Youth Dairy
Show, August 23 at the state Farm
Show Complex in Harrisburg.
A surge of late addition of exhi
bitors somewhat surprised show
organizers who had anticipated
about half the number of entries.
In fact, because they were anti
cipating much less participation in
the show, they had changed the
format of the show, and used only
one type judge instead of the nor
mal two (normally there is one
judge for colored breeds, one for
Holsteins.)
Terry Shawn of Charlestown,
West Virginia, was type judge,
while David Smith of Palmyra was
showmanship judge.
Instead of having two show
rings operating at once in order to
have the Holstein breed judged
separately from the five colored
dairy breeds (Ayrshire, Brown
Swiss, Guernsey, Jersey, and
Milking Shorthorn ) all breeds
were shown in alphabetical, conse
cutive order for each of the diffe
rent age classes.
For example, all Ayrshire spring
calves were shown, followed by all
spring calves of Brown Swiss, then
Guernsey, etc., so that the judge
got to judge all six breeds for each
age class.
Some of the age classes were
large, especially in the Holstein
breed, with the judge selecting a
high of 11 blue ribbons in the Hols
tein spring calf class, out of 20
exhibited. A blue ribbon selection
by the judge means the animal is
good enough to stand competition
at the state show.
As a reminder, each district
youth show serves as a qualifying
show for eligibility to the state
show.
The state youth dairy show is set
for Sept 23 at the Farm Show
Complex, in conjunction with the
Pennsylvania All-American Dairy
Show.
From the left, Heather Crowl holds the halter of her Junior
and grand champion Milking Shorthorn of the South Central
District Youth Dairy Show, while Lancaster County Dairy
Princess Elizabeth Smith holds the halter of Crawl’s senior
and reserve grand champion.
From the left, Justin Burdette holds the halter of his
grand champion Holstein of the South Central District
Youth Dairy Show, while Christina Knight holds the halter of
her reserve grand champion, and Elizabeth Smith, Lancas
ter County Dairy Princess presents awards.
Last year, for the first time, eli
gibility to the district shows were
liberalized to eliminate any dis
tinction between 4-H membership
and FFA membership, as had been
the practice. (It was done that way
because at one time it didn’t seem
fair to have younger 4-H youth
compete against generally older
FFA members who may have had
an advantage in time and money
devoted toward their project ani
mals. That doesn’t hold as an
axiom any more.)
As well, restrictions on where to
show were removed so that an
exhibitor could show an animal at
any of the state’s district shows,
each of which has its own commit
tee that sets the show’s fee rate and
rules.
Last year there were some sur
prise heavy attendances at some
district shows, as well.
The South Central District
Show was managed by Lancaster
County. Exhibitors represented a
number of counties in the south
central region and surrounding
area.
Ayrshire
The Ayrshire senior and grand
champion was a senior 3-year-old,
Don-Sher Astro Anne, owned by
Jason Stambaugh of East Berlin.
The reserve Ayrshire grand
champion was a 4-year-old,
Anchor-Mere T Alta, owned by
Stephanie Pomraning, of Delta.
The junior champion Ayrshire
was a winter calf, Black Log Mt.
Faithful Minx, owned by Amanda
Brant of Mount Union. The
reserve junior champion was a
spring calf, Wentworth Farm Red
dy Bewitched, shown’by Susan
Richardson of Fawn Grove.
Guernsey
The Guernsey senior and grand
champion was a senior 2-year-old,
Rutter Bros Perfectos Lydia, own
ed by Terri Johnson of York. She
also showed the reserve junior
champion, a winter yearling, Rut
ter Bros Magics Wendy.
The reserve grand champion
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was a 5-year-old, Stone Mill Frank
Linden, owned by Andrew Eber
sole of Annville.
The junior champion Guernsey
was a winter calf. Maple Lane SK
From the left, Franklin County Dairy Ambassador Melinda Martin stands with Jason
Stambaugh who holds the halter of the grand champion Ayrshire, while Stephanie
Pomraning shows her reserve grand champion.
From the left, Cumberland County Dairy Princess Kristen Heberlig stands with
Amanda Brant who holds the halter of her Junior champion Ayrshire while Susan
Richardson holds the halter of her reserve Junior champion, and is Joined by show
Jui Terry Rawn.
From the left, Kyle Burdette, for his brother Justin Burdette, holds the halter of the
reserve Junior champion of the South Central District Show 11, while Amy Trimmer
holds the halter of her Junior champion and is Joined by Lancaster County Dairy Prin
cess Elizabeth Smith.
S.C. District
Sheri, owned by Andrew Smith of
Denver.
Brown Swiss
In the Brown Swiss show, the
Show II
senior and grand champion was a
junior 3-year-old, Rick-lea Zurich
Bell, shown by Joy Hess, of
Gettysburg.
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