More Than 200 Holsteins Compete At Spring Show in Harrisburg
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The 50th Pennsylvania
Holstein Association State Spring
Show, conducted late last week at
the Large Arena of the Farm
Show Complex, drew more than
80 exhibitors.
The show included 213 ani
mals. The largest class the fall
calf class had 32 entrants.
Alta Mae Core, Kentucky,
judged the show.
“There are not many places
you can go and have this much
quality in the junior show this
early in the year,” said Core.
She picked an animal owned
Judge Alta Mae Core, left, and Pennsylvania Dairy Prin
cess Rachael Kilgore join Justin Burdette, who exhibited
the show’s junior champion. Claire Dufford is at the halter
of the reserve champion, also a bred-and-owned animal
owned by the Burdette family. At far right is Rachel Ebert,
Pennsylvania Alternate Dairy Princess.
by Benjamin Cashell “that puts it
all together, that is most correct
end-to-end,” Core said.
Jamie McQuaide took home
youth reserve junior champion
honors with a fall yearling heifer
because of the animal’s “straight
ness of lines, strength, and cor
rectness.”
In the open heifer show, “in
my mind there’s not a question. I
knew when I saw her,” said Core.
“Hands down, she puts it all to
gether, she has the size and scale
that you want for this time of
year.”
The way the animal “walked
out and had a want-to-win look
in her eye” put a spring yearling
heifer owned by Jim and Nina
Burdette in the junior champion
spot.
The heifer was also high hon
orable mention at the 2002 All-
American show as a
spring calf.
The reserve champi
on, a fall calf, was also
a bred-and-owned ani
mal owned by the Bur
dette family. The calf s
dam, a seventh
generation Excellent
cow, is part of a line of
cows all with the
Windy Knoll View
Farm prefix, said Nina
Burdette.
The cows that com
peted for overall grand
and reserve champion
spots “really exceeded
all my expectations at
the kind of quality of
cattle you would have
out here this time of
year,” she said.
In the youth show,
Cory Thompson’s
4-year-old took senior
and grand champion
spots. Cory also won
the youth best animal
bred and owned.
Scott Walton’s
4-year-old won reserve
senior and reserve
champion placing in
thayouth show.
The open show sen-
ior champion, Windy Knoll View
Promis ET, which moved into the
grand champion spot, was “right
on, ready to go, at 12 o’ clock,”
said Core.
“She looks at you and says,
‘it’s going to be me.’ She is stylish
and silky and is a complete pack
age.”
The 5-year-old cow also gar
nered best animal bred and
owned honors for the Burdette
family.
The reserve senior champion,
Valleyriver Pretzel, a senior
3-year-old, was also stylish,
according to Core. “I love how
she blends. She’s very correct and
is put together perfectly.”
The reserve champion is
owned by D. Zuco, Dr. Laurie Jo
seph, and Rod and Linda
Rankin. The cow resides at God’s
Country Dairy Farm, Acme. The
cow was an All-Pennsylvania
cow last year and reserve at All-
American. According to Jason
Rankin, who exhibited the ani
mal, the cow is originally from
Canada.
Jim and Nina Burdette, along
with their two sons Kyle and Jus
tin, operate Windy Knoll View
Farm, Mercersburg, a 240-acre
farm. They milk 85 Holsteins and
have approximately 100 head of
young stock.
“We like to show as a family,
it’s fun for us,” said Nina. The
couple met through 4-H, as Nina
was involved in the beef and
horse rings and Jim exhibited
Ayrshires. They began the first-
generation farm in 1975. Conse
quently, the show ring has long
been a part of the family’s life.
Besides shows in Pennsylvania
and the East Coast, they also
travel to Madison, Wis., to exhib
it animals at the World Dairy
Expo, said Nina.
They also won premier breeder
and premier exhibitor honors at
the spring show.
Show judge Alta Mae Core op
erates a 250-acre dairy farm with
her husband and three children
in Kentucky. They milk 60 Jer
seys.
The family has garnered pre
mier breeder at the All-American
and World Dairy Expo honors
for the Jersey breed. They also
bred the 2001 All-American
champion Jersey.
Core has judged not only in
the U.S. but also Canada, Argen
tina, Brazil, Scotland, and Ire
land.
Full results follow:
PA. HOLSTEIN
ASSOCIATION STATE
SPRING SHOW RESULTS
Winter Calf, December 1, 2002 to Febru
ary 28, 2003; 1. Aaron Eaton. 2. Bryant Hla-
vaty. 3. William Scott.
Fall Calf, September 1 to No
vember 30, 2002; 1. James and
Nina Burdette. 2. Leon and Cathy
Tice 3. James and Nina Burdette.
Summer Yearling Heifer, June 1
to August 31, 2002: 1. Benjamin
Cashell. 2. Kyle Burdette. 3. Dale
and Deanna Bendig.
Spring Yearling Heifer, March 1
to May 31, 2002; 1. James and
Nina Burdette. 2. James and Nina
Burdette. 3. Cornman and Bendig.
Winter Yearling Heifer, Decem
ber 1, 2001 to February 28, 2002:
1. Maggie Moore. 2. Ashley Hix
son. 3. Andrew Younker.
Fall Yearling Heifer, September 1
to November 30, 2001: 1. Jamie
McQuaide. 2. Bernardmg and
Wack. 3. Cory Ryan Thompson.
YOUTH JUNIOR CHAMPION
Benjamin Cashell
YOUTH RESERVE JUNIOR
CHAMPION
Jamie McQuaide
JUNIOR CHAMPION
James and Nina Burdette
RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION
James and Nina Burdette
Junior Best Three Females: 1.
Windy Knoll View Holsteins. 2.
Brush-Creek-Vu. 3. Norkval Hol
stems
Dry Cow, 4 Years Old and
Under: 1. Thompson and Bendig.
2. Harold Rader Jr 3. Dr. Daniel
Dunsmoor.
Dry Cow, 5 Years and Over: 1.
Edwin Thompson Jr. 2. William
Paxton. 3. Andrew McKissick.
Unfresh Junior 2-Year-Old: 1.
Douglas and Jennifer Boop. 2.
Dale and Deanna Bendig. 3. Aaron
Hoover.
Junior 2-Year-Old: 1. Quinn
Cashel). 2. Janelle Zimmerman. 3.
Zachary Nell.
Senior 2-Year-Old: 1. Amy Kulick. 2.
James and Nina Burdette. 3. Dale and
Deanna Bendig.
Junior 3-Year-Old; 1. Dale and Deanna
Bendig. 2. Brian Sparling. 3. Gor-Wood-D
Holsteins.
Senior 3-Year-Old; 1. Zucco, Joseph and
Rankin. 2. Justin Burdette. 3. James and
Nina Burdette.
4-Year-Old: 1. Cory Ryan Thompson. 2.
Scott Walton. 3. Andrew Stoner.
5-Year-Old; 1. James and Nina Burdette.
2. James and Nina Burdette. 3. Paul Cash
ell, Rodney Bachtell, Tom Bard.
Aged Cow: 1. R.T.D. Syndicate. 2. Craig
Walton. 3. Dale and Deanna Bendig.
125,000 Lb. Cow; 1. James and Nina
Burdette. 2. Aaron Eaton. 3. June Boyer
and John Haar.
YOUTH SENIOR CHAMPION FEMALE
Cory Thompson
YOUTH RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION
FEMALE
Scott Walton
YOUTH GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE
Cory Thompson
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