MO-Lancdstw Fanning, Saturday, March 14, 1998
Maryland Ayrshire
Breeders Meet
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Maryland Ayrshire Association
far the upcoming year are: Bob
Valentine, president; Ralph Shank
Jr., vice president; and Mary
Swank Creek, secretary/treasurer.
New directors are Mr. David Pat
rick, Charlie Hudson, and John
Kagel.
Ralph Shank, Palmyra Farm, at
Hagerstown, was this year’s
somatic cell count award winner
and herd management award win
ner. Mr. Shank milks 116 cows,
with ECM at 19,223 pounds, and
81.9 percent SCC in the low
group.
Mr. David Patrick was produc
tion award winner. Mr. Patrick
and a brother, James, milk 60 Ayr
shires in their combined Ayrshire
and Holstein herd at Maple Dell
Farm in Woodbine. Energy cor
rected milk on a 3-OS equivalent
was 22,006 pounds.
Mike and Mary Creek, Ayrshire
breeders from Hagerstown, re
ceived special recognition for the
years of dedication and service
they have devoted to the Ayrshire
juniors. Amanda Valentine, Mary
land Ayrshire queen, credited the
Creeks for the success of the youth
Junior members In attendance who turned In a record book. From left to right,
front row: Ashley Borenl, Sherrie Albaugh, Samantha Valentine, and Amanda Valeri
tine with Jordan Creek In her lap. Back row: Robert Doody, David Fields, Mark Valen
tine, Amy Richard, Ryan Shank, Jessie Valentine, Evan Creek, Mark Creek, and Mike
Creek.
program at local and national
shows. “They’ve done this for at
least five years, and a lot of us are
in a dairy bowl, too, so they kind
of make up for us when we’re not
here," said the Ayrshire queen.
“This is one of the hardest work
ing group of young people that are
in that building at Louisville that
week,” added Bob Valentine, pre
sident
The very successful Ayrshire
youth program highlight the level
of commitment of the young peo
ple and their leaders. “Juniors
turned in mote record books to the
National convention than any
other state,” said Bob Valentine,
“Last year we were very fortunate
to have both the outstanding male,
Mark, and female. Becky. Becky
was also selected to be the Nation
al Ayrshire queen. So our juniors
do participate, not only locally,
but at the national level”
The Mark he was referring to
was he and his wife, Madeline’s
son, Mark Valentine, of Thur
mont Mark was named outstand
ing male youth of 1997 by the
Ayrshire breeders at the National
level. Becky Patrick, daughter of
Mike and Kathy Patrick, Wood-
Offleers and directors In attendance at the banquet Included: left to right; front
row: Bob Valentine, president; Mary Creek, secretaiy/lreasurer. Back row: Harold
Clark, David Patrick. Marta Waltlmyer, and John Kagel, directors.
bine, was selected as the outstand
ing female youth and was also
crowned as the National Ayrshire
queen for 1997-98.
Sixteen total record books were
entered by the youth, and one win
ner was selected in each age cate
gory. Out of four seniors Mike
Creek had the winning record
book. Seven intermediate record
books were entered, with top hon
ors going to Robert Doody. In the
junior class there were five en
tries, and the winner was Jordan
Creek.
Four new junior members were
welcomed into the association.
They are: Sherrie Albaugh, Amy
Richardson, Ryan Jaynne, and Jo
seph Stowe.
Dr. Lee Majcskie from the Uni
versity of Maryland talked about
the breed’s success. “We hear a lot
about Holsteins in this state, but
there are some other breeds that
are doing very well,” he said. He
indicated production per cow is
really going up among Maryland
Ayrshires. There are four herds in
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Ayrshires. Energy corrected milk
for those herds increased 2,450
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