Six Breeds Compete At Allentown Goat Show
MICHELLE RANCK
Lancaster Farming Staff
Goat dairy breeds were well
represented at the fair this week,
as Alpines, LaManchas, Nubi
ans, Saanens, Toggenburgs, and
Recorded Grades competed in
the junior kid through five
years-and-older classes.
Brant Kloiber’s “Jetteal” won
best doe in show among the six
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dairy goat breeds represented at
the fair. The Alpine doe’s
smooth-blended body and corre
lation of body parts put her at
the top, according to judge Ann
Weikel. Kloiber, 18, of Bath, got
the doe from a goat herd outside
of Quarkertown.
Jill Neiman, Fleetwood, won
supreme champion market goat
with “Tonka.” Besides her nine
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Jersey cows, Jill Neiman takes
care of 15 dairy goats on her
home farm in Fleetwood. In her
ninth year of showing, Neiman,
daughter of Leon and Linda
Neiman, shows mostly home
bred animals.
“Tonka’s” long body and
meat through the loin placed
him at the top of the class, ac
cording to judge Weikel. The
homebred Tonka has already
appeared in Kutztown and
Reading fairs and will be sold at
Berks County 4-H roundup at
the end of September.
Judge Weikel, of Blairs Mills,
judged both dairy and meat goat
shows. Weikel owns a commer
cial herd of more than 100 milk
ing LaMancha, Toggenburg,
and Recorded Grade goats with
her husband, Joel.
“Conformatioft-wise, the
strongest breeds were Alpine,
followed by LaMancha,” said
Weikel, who noted that the
Alpine and LaMancha classes
were also the larger classes in
the show.
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Brant Kloiber’s “Jetteal” took home the best doe in
show award at the fair’s dairy goat show. Kloiber, of Bath,
has 12 years of experience in the show ring. Kloiber is
joined by his sister, Crystal, 22, a Wilson College graduate
and a certified technician at Northside Animal Hospital.
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