99 Head Shown at Maryland
State Show Invitational
By REBECCA LONG CHANEY
Special to Farm Shine
FREDERICK — Judge Jacob Hushon of Ft.
Atkinson, WI placed 99 head of Brown Swiss cattle from Maryland,
Pennsylvania and Virginia at the Maryland State Show
Invitational held at the Frederick
Fairgrounds recently. With early week
temperatures soaring over 100, the weather cooled to a pleasant
85-degree day bringing spectators from several states to see Emmy and
Bob Covell of Knoxville, Md., take senior and grand champion honors
with their junor three-year-old, Covells Tex Chloe ET.
The reserve senior and reserve grand champion honors went to Jeffrey Hubbard Jr.'s senior three-year-old, Dublin Hills Shirlyn. Jeffrey lives in Lewistown, Md., and his cow was also named senior and grand champion of of the Youth Show. The Brown Swiss Youth reserve senior and reserve grand champion was Pine Croft Precise Eunice Mist, a senior two-year-old, owned by Cassidy Schirmer of Galena, Md.
Amanda Thompson's summer yearling,
Towpath Shen-Val PS Princess was named the youth show junior champion.
Amanda hails from Wellsville, Penn. Sycamore Knoll Ambers Flame, a
winter calf, owned by Tyler Bruchey of Westminster, Md., was named
reserve youth junior champion. In the open devision, the Covells fall
yearling, Shen-Val Denver Tiago ET won the junior champion rosette.
The reserve junior champion honor went to a spring calf, Whit-Hill
Narcissa, owned by Kathy Whitman, Chris and Jen Hill of Thurmont, Md.
The 2010 Mid-Atlantic Brown Swiss
Futurity banner went to Jarrett Remsberg of Middletown, Md., with his
junior two-year-old Top Acres Supreme Fiesta ET. Fiesta was purchased
at the Mid-Atlantic Brown Swiss Calf Sale. The top Maryland junior
award was presented to Jeffrey Hubbard Jr. with Dublin Hills Lilea
and the overall junior award was presented to A.J. Bassler of
Upperville, Va., with Old Mill Frag Serene ET. The Futurity Best Bred
and Owned winner was Old Mill Sot Tracy owned by Lorraine Bassler of
Upperville, Va., and the Genetic Merit Award winner was Wind Mill
Agenda Vicky owned by Eric, Faith and Erin Burall of NewWindsor, Md.
Matt Fry of Chestertown judged 19
enthusiastic young people in Friday night's showmanship competition.
Emma Seekford of McGaheysville, Va., won the junior class and Grant
Zimmerman of Walkersville, Md., won the intermediate division. In the
senior competition, Cassidy Schirmer took top honors.
Class toppers included breeders from different regions of the Mid-Atlantic area. In the spring calf class, the partnership of Kathy Whitman, Chris and Jen Hill took first place in the open show and Nichelle Upton of Woodsboro, Md., won the youth show. The Covells won the open class winter calf class while Tyler Bruchey took the blue ribbon in the youth division. In the fall heifer calf class Fair Hill Farm of Chestertown, Md., won first and Maegan Olson of Keymar won first in the youth division. Amanda Thompson took first place in both the youth and open shows in the summer yearling class as did Jonathan Hubbard of Lewistown, Md., in the spring yearling class. A.J. Bassler won first in the winter yearling class in both the youth and open class divisions. The Covells took the blue ribbon in the fall yearling class in the open class division. Dublin Hills Farm, the Smith family of Woodsboro, Md., won first in the junior best three females in the open division and Nichelle Upton won first in the youth division.
Lorraine Bassler won the dry cow
class. Jarrett Remsberg won the open class junior two-year-old class
and A.J. Bassler won the youth ribbon. In the senior junior
two-year-old class Cassidy Schirmer won the blue ribbons in both youth
and open shows. In the junior three year-old-class Jeffrey Hubbard
Jr. took first in the youth show and the Covells won the open division.
In the senior three-year-old class
Jeffrey Hubbard Jr. won the youth and open class divisions. Oak Spring
Dairy of Upperville, Va., won the four-year-old class and A.J.
Bassler won the five-year-old class. Amanda Bassler of Upperville,
Va., won the component merit class. Senior Best Three was won by
Dublin Hills Swiss.
The Maryland Brown Swiss Association hosted a state picnic following Friday night's showmanship competition. The group also met to discuss plans for hosting the National Brown Swiss Convention in Frederick, Md., July 6-9, 2011.