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Jennifer Adamitis of the Wayne County Highsteppers
4-H Club took first place in pleasure pony driving at the
Pennsylvania 4-H Horse Show.
Wayne County 4-H
Horse Show Winners
Wayne County 4-H horse
members received seven awards
at the 43rd annual State 4-H
Horse Show in October at the
State Farm Show Complex in
Harrisburg.
County winners in 4-H per
formance classes were: Jennifer
Adamitis of Wayne County
Highsteppers 4-H Club, first
place pleasure pony driving, sec
ond place in the open trail po
nies, and fifth place in western
pleasure ponies; Kyla Drinkwater
of Horse Lovers 4-H, with a sev-
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Steven Schwartz of Wayne
County Highsteppers with a sixth
in hunter hack horses; Jacob Sex
ton of Countryside Riders earned
sixth place in draft horse driving
and Kristy Gelatt of Wayne
County Highsteppers taking 10th
place in hunter hack ponies.
Several other Wayne County
horse club members received rec
ognition in the state contest; they
were Kendra Merrigan and
George Millen of Chaps and
Breeches, Brita Krempasky of
Saddle and Skedaddle, Lucie
Henry and Grace Nebzydoski of
the Wayne County Highstep
pers.
“The competition gave
4-H’ers an opportunity to display
their horsemanship skills,” says
Wayne County 4-H agent Ed
Pruss. “The primary purpose of
the state 4-H horse program is to
develop life skills in youth and
skills in horse management.
Through competition, the
4-H’ers develop riding skills, gain
self-confidence and learn proper
care of animals.”
Northampton County 4-H
Dairy Beef Project
Would you like to raise an ani
mal as a 4-H project? Why not
begin with a Dairy Beef Project?
You might be wondering what is
a Dairy Beef? A Dairy Beef is a
castrated bull calf from a dairy
cow. The calf must be the off
spring of two dairy breed parents
(examples include Holstein,
Brown Swiss, or Milking Short
horn).
The calf is purchased in Janu
ary and cannot be more than one
week of age when acquired. This
project ends in August when the
animals are feeder calves. The
4-H member will be able to sell
their Dairy Beef, and the buyer
will return them to a farm to be
finished. The meat from a Dairy
Beef is generally leaner, and has
a place in the market for lower
fat red meat.
If you think Dairy Beef might
be for you, contact Kelly Weisner
in the 4-H office at (610)
746-1970 for more information.
The animals need to be pur
chased in January, so you will
need to contact a dairy farmer
immediately.
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A 2002 graduate from Spring
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