Youth Participate In Dairy
Cattle Judging Schools
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning StafT
RICHLAND (Lebanon
Co.) Atotalof9sPennsylvani
a youth participated this year in
dairy cattle judging schools spon
sored by the Pennsylvania Hols
tein Association.
For a number of years, the PHA
has organized and offered judging
schools for state youth, with the
program designed to offer one
school in the western half of the
state, and one school in the eastern
half of the state.
While the PHA is a dedicated
registered Holstein organization,
the judging schools are open to all
youth involved with any daily
cattle breed, and, through farmer
cooperation, school participants
get to see and judge classes of top
quality animals from almost every
breed, depending on local herd
availability.
This eastern school was held in
Lebanon County this year, noted
to its top quality herds of several
daily cattle breed especially
Ayrshire, Brown Swiss and Hols
teins. There are some good Jerseys
and Guernseys also, though per
haps not as many as in some other
counties or regions.
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Last week 35 youth representing
a “good age distribution,” accord
ing to PHA Executive Director
Kenneth Raney, participated in the
eastern school. Matthew Wanner,
a Lancaster County dairy judge
who farms in partnership with his
father and brother, served as
school official (judge).
The schools are designed to start
at noon the first day and end at
noon the second day.
At the Lebanon school, the par
ticipants visited Ayrshires at
Maulfair Acres, owned by Dale
and Pattie Maulfair, Brown Swiss
at Gary and Pattie Mase’s farm;
and Holsteins at Gary and Barbara
Lentz’s Dream-On Holsteins farm,
Adam and Lisa Sonnen’s Sonnen
Acres herd, and Kirby and Cheryl
Horst’s farm, Scott and Karen
NolL Andy Ebersole brought
Guernseys at Dream-On
Holsteins.
At the western school, classes
were provided by Craig and Susan
Wicker, Jerseys; Tom and Lori
Hartlc, Holsteins; Paul and Dec'
Courier, Holsteins; and Dean and
Brenda Daubcrt, Brown Swiss.
The school official there was
David Trotter.
It has been evident for years that
the schools are invaluable for the
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Participants of the eastern PHA youth dairy judging school gather in a half circle
around school official Mat Wanner as they review his placing of animals and compare
them to the youth’s selections.
experience and training of judging
bakes, and according to Raney,
Pennsylvania dairy cattle breeders
ensure the high quality education.
“With the cooperation of all the
farms involved, with all the extra
work, everybody had good classes
(to judge), were able to put
together top animals and provide
an opportunity to see good ani
mals, and that’s what makes the
school a success," Raney said.
The Pennsylvania Purebred
Dairy Cattle Association, which
also operates out of the PHA head
quarters in State College, also
offers a school for those desiring to
become listed as an approved
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judge of dairy shows.
The school for them is a little
more demanding as classes are
larger six to nine per class
than the four-animal classes used
for the youth schools.
According to Raney, Centre and
Clinton counties hosted this year’s
PDCA judging school, with 31
people from all over the state
participating.
For more information about
either school, both of which are
held about the same time each
year, call the Pennsylvania Hols
tein Association at (814)
234-0364.
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Picnic
Reminder
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The Pennsylvania Hols
tein Association state picnic is to
be held Sunday, July 26 at the
Keith and Debbie Decker farm in
Knox.
Any Holstein enthusiast who
attends the picnic and joine the
association for the first time will
receive 50-percent off their mem
bership fee.
The offer is only good for first
time members who sign up at tlje
picnic.
Lunch will be prepared by the
Pennsylvania Beef Council.
If they haven’t been made, call
immediately for reservations. Call
the PHA at (814) 234-0364.
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