Maryland Jersey Breeders Select Queen, Honor Members KAREN BUTLER Maryland Correspondent WOODSBORO, Md. A crowd of approximately 1 IS made this year’s 77th annual meeting of the Maryland Jersey Cattle Club the largest meeting so far, accord ing to Fern Hines, club secretary. The Jersey breeders gathered at the new activities building in Woodsboro to elect officers, pre sent awards, and crown a new Jer sey queen. The meeting this year was held in tribute to Mrs. Charlotte Stiles, a longtime Jersey breeder who passed away last November at the age of 83. Mrs. Stiles was an active mem ber of the Maryland club, and had not missed an annual meeting of the MJCC in over SO years. She and her late husband operated Spring Valley Farm in Westmin ster, Carroll County. A member of the grange for 70 years, Mrs. Stiles was also very active in her church, St Mary’s United Church of Christ in Silver Run, and had been a 4-H leader. Debbie Os bom, Kcymar, was elected president of the associa tion for the upcoming year. Esther Hoffman, Ridgcly will serve as vice president along with P. Tho mas Mason representing the East ern Shore as vice president and Sharon Osborn representing the Western Shore. Cindy and Fem Hines. Union Bridge, will contin ue with secretary and treasurer du ties. Four new directors were ap- From the left, Sarah Bedgar is crowned the 1998 Mary land Jersey Cattle Club queen, and also received a scholar ship. She is joined by other scholarship recipients Erin Feuillet and Emily Birch. Not shown is scholarship winner Mary Seraydian. / ' icers o>. .. _>r Jersey Cattle Club are, from the left, front row, Emily Hoopes memorial award, recognizing the couple’s contri- Birch, Sadah Bentz, and Heather Long. In the back row, from the left, are Alicia Feuil- buttons to the Maryland Jersey Cattle Club and the dairy let, Heather Hines, Ryan Downey, Ashley Burdette, and Katie Mason. cattle breed. pointed to the club, Carol Dc- Groft, Westminster; Christine Hevner, Kcymar, Cynthia Keller, Middletown; and Tracey Stiles, Boons boro. The four are to serve on the board of directors until 2000. Sarah Bedgar was crowned as this year’s Jersey queen. Sarah, a former state dairy princess, is the daughter of Paul and Patricia Bed gar of Freeland. Marty and Geraldine Stiles, Hidden Valley Farm, were hon ored with the Dr. Herbert Hoopes Senior Award. “The award is presented for the outstanding senior member in the Jersey breeders for their accomp lishments with the organization. The Stiles have worked so much with the juniors, and they have really contributed a lot,” explain ed Fem Hines. The Stiles farm in Damascus, Montgomery County. The J. Hanson Hoffman trophy, awarded to the farm with the high est average for energy corrected milk of herds with 10 or more cows, was presented to Tol-Je-So Farm, operated by the Lawrence family of Port Deposit Their herd averaged 20,268 pounds, energy corrected to 23,920 pounds, with 940 pounds 4.64 percent fat and 711 pounds, 3.51 percent protein. Other high herd averages for ECM were: 40 or mote cows, Queen-Acres Farm - 3X milking 19,412 pounds milk energy cor rected to 23,823 with 938 pounds. 4.83 percent of fat and 740 pound s, 3.81 percent protein; 10 to 40 _ Officers of the Maryland Jersey Cattle Club are, from the left, front row, Sharon Osborn, P.Thomas Mason, Esther Hoffman, and Debbie Osborn. In the back, from the left, Cindy Hines and Fern Hines, Tracey Stiles, Cindy Keller and Carol DeGroft. , jnd Jersey . , top production award winners are, from the left in the front row, Sharon and Jim Osborn for Queen-Acres Farm, and Janet and Tracey Stiles, who won the herd genetics award. In the back row are production winners Debbie Osborn from Queen-Acres Farm, Sadah Bentz and Katie Mason. cows, Tol-Je-So Farm; and less than 10 cows, MD-Garden Spot Jerseys with 13,219 pounds milk energy corrected to 18,231 with 781 pounds, 5.91 percent fat and 527 pounds, 3.99 percent protein. Tol-Je-So Farm received the high herd management ranking from the club for the year. The highest average Total Perform ance index for herd genetics award went to Janet and Tracey Stiles, Boonsboro. The junior J. Hanson Hoffman trophy was presented to Sadah Bentz for her high individual senior 2-year-old Piney Lane Les ter Dana. Dana’s 2-11 record with 297 days in milk was 18,820 milk. Marty and Geraldine Stiles receive the Dr. Herbert 1,020 fat, and 739 protein. Her ECM was 24,684. The John Stiles Memorial Award, presented each year to the outstanding junior club member, was awarded to Emily Birch, daughter of Michael and Leah Birch, White Hall. Emily is study ing ag economics at Purdue Uni versity. The Warren Fender memorial scholarship was presented to Erin (Turn to Pag* A 39)
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