KAREN BUTLER
Maryland Correspondent
FREDERICK, Md. - The
supreme champions of the 4-H and
open class dairy shows were select
ed in an evening extravaganza
dubbed the LegenDAlßY'9B
Celebration here at the fair
grounds in Frederick.
The event, set to music and
complete with a cake cutting cer
emony, parade of champion dairy
goats, and a milk mustache
award, highlighted Frederick
County's number one
industry-agriculture-during the
final days of the 136th' annual
Great Frederick Fair.
Judges for the evening were
Jeff Myers, Westminster, who
works with the Maryland State
4-H program, and Jason Myers,
of Windsor-Manor Farm, New
Windsor. All six dairy breeds
were represented by junior and
senior champions in both the 4-H
and open shows.
Shady Creek Lem Mae
Madora, a 9-year-old Brown
Swiss cow exhibited by Jennifer
Keilholtz of Glad-Ray Farm,
Emmitsburg, won the judges'
admiration and was named
supreme champion of the open
show.
Madora showed a combination
of dairyness and strength,
accented by a beautifully
attached odder that impressed
the judges as something really
special, especially in an aged cow.
"For a 9-year old she just has
such a tremendous, capacious
udder. You've got to admire an
animal who has this kind of
longevity with this kind of pro
duction, " said Jeff Myers.
"She has so much quality
about her; so much dairyness
and openness of rib. Her udder is
so highly attached. It's just very,
veiy difficult to fault this animal.
Currently milking 90 pounds
a day, Madora was fresh this past
December and will calve again in
December, said Jennifer
Keilholtz. The Keilholtz family
milks 65 Holsteins and Brown
Swiss cows at their Glad-Rav
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Farm in Emmitsburg. Madora
was purchased as a calf from
Richard Wenger, Manheim, Pa.
explained Keilholtz. She was
nominated All-American as a 2-
Year-old and was reserve grand
champion this year at the
Maryland State fair.
An outstanding Ayrshire win
ter calf exhibited by Mark
Valentine of Vales-Pride Farm,
emmitsburg, was selected as the
4-H and open junior supreme
animal. Vales-Pride Demand
Rodeo was a heifer that had all
the correctness, the strength,
and the. balance to satisfy the
judges.
"The Ayrshire is a tremendous
individual; a beautiful, blended,
stylish calf." said Jason Myers.
Jeff Myers agreed that the heifer
was a beautiful, stylish individ
ual from head to toe.
The Valentine family milks
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They also showed the senior
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senior champion open class
Ayrshire this year at the
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Fawley family, is in Jefferson.
The Fawleys farm 300 acres.
Jeff Myers said, "I think the
Jersey makes an outstanding
winner. There is just so much
quality about her; she's just an
outstanding individual," He said
he especially liked the jersey's
high, wide rear udder.
Thurmont Cooperative and
Farmers Cooperative Association
of Frederick donated monetary
awards to the open class
supreme champions. Rodman
Myers was on hand to represent
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Shady Creek Lem Mae Madora, a 9-year-old Brown Swiss cow exhibited by the
Keilholtz family of Glad-Ray Farm, Emmitsburg, was supreme champion. Shown
with Madora are, from left to right, Jason Myers, judge; Jeff Myers, judge; Jennifer
Keilholtz at the halter; Jim and Sharon Keilholtz; Rodman Myers representing
Thurmont Cooperative, award donor; and John Bell, dairy superintendent on the
fair board.
4-H and open class junior and senior supreme champions pose for a picture, from
left, Jason Myers, judge; Jeff Myers, judge; Jennifer Keilholtz with her open class
senior supreme Brown Swiss; Emily Fawley with her 4-H senior supreme Jerseys;
Mark Valentine with his 4-H and open class junior supreme champion Ayrshire; and
Bob Valentine.
Vales-Pride Demand Rodeo, an Ayrshire winter calf exhibited by . ntine,
was 4-H and open class junior supreme champion. Shown with Rodeo are, from left,
Jason Myers, judge; Jeff Myers, judge; Mark Valentine at the halter; and Dave
Remsburg representing Armers Cooperative Association of Frederick, award donor.
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