Cornell Cooperative Extension of Fulton and Montgomery Counties 4-H Program announces the results of the 2013 4-H Animal Science Program at the Fonda Fair. We would like to recognize and thank they many volunteers and sponsors who made the 4-H Youth Program at the fair possible. Special thanks go to Mike Settle for assisting with the 4-H Dairy Judging Contest and Breanne Duesler who judged Horse Stable Management all week
FONDA FAIR ANIMAL SCIENCE AWARDS AND THEIR WINNERS:
Dairy Show
-Showmanship 1st Place Novice – Junior - ages 13 & under- members’ first year in showmanship (engraved clock sponsored by NBT Bank): Dylan Smith
-Showmanship 1st Place ages 11& under (engraved clock sponsored by Arnold's Feed & Grain): Benjamin Littrell
-Showmanship 1st Place ages 12-14 (engraved clock sponsored Johnstown Agway): Desiree Suits
-Showmanship 1st Place ages 15 & older (engraved clock Valerie Feagles and Family): Erin Nellis
-Grand Champion Showman (trophy sponsored by Rock-View Farm): Erin Nellis
-Best Bred & Owned Junior Animal (sponsored by Midvale Veterinary Clinic): Aryn Feagles
-Best Bred & Owned Senior Animal (sponsored by Dygert Farm): Desiree Suits
-Champion Bred & Owned Animal (sponsored by Craig and Linda Stevens): Desiree Suits
-Champion Ayrshire (sponsored by Hudson River Tractor LLC in memory of Howard Yurkewecz): not awarded this year (trophy will be saved and used next year
-Champion Brown Swiss (sponsored by Craig and Linda Stevens): Jennifer Keehan
-Champion Holstein (sponsored by Ag Solution): Erin Nellis
-Champion Jersey (sponsored by Pleasant Hill Farm): Katie Joyce
-Champion Milking Shorthorn (sponsored by Jack and Kevin Putman): Sarah Keehan
-Champion Guernsey (sponsored in memory of Alvin Hichens Jr.): No Award Presented will save and use next year
-Champion of All Breeds (embroidered jacket sponsored by The Nellis Family): Erin Nellis
-Herdsmanship, Small Herd (sponsored by Midvale Veterinary Clinic): Brittany Lindquist and Ryan Slater
-Herdsmanship, Large Herd (sponsored by Midvale Veterinary Clinic): Erin Nellis
-Dairy Cattle Judging Contest Trophy (sponsored by Stoncree Farm): Laura Littrell
-Helping Hands Award (sponsored by Ken-Jo Farm): Erin Nellis
Livestock and Dairy Goat
-Champion Meat Goat Showman (sponsored by Hilltop Acres Farm): Michelle Joyce
-Best of Show Meat Goat (sponsored by Hilltop Acres): Michelle Joyce
-Champion All Other Meat Breeds Sheep: John Cressy
-Champion Border Leicester: Katie Joyce
-Champion Commercial Meat Breeds: Katie Joyce
-Champion Natural Colored: Katie Joyce
-Best Sheep in Show (sponsored by First Pioneer Farm Credit): Katie Joyce
-Champion Market Lamb: MacKenzie Hart
-First Place Junior Showman (sponsored by Andreia Rulison): Jacob Cressy
First Place Senior Showman (sponsored by Terry Buyce): Haleigh Dutcher
-Champion Sheep Showman (sponsored by The Kickin’ Country Clovers 4-H Club): Jacob Cressy
-Champion Swine Showman (sponsored by Big John’s Portable Toilets): Keegan Darrow
- Best of Show Swine (sponsored by 5 A’s Antiques and Collectibles): Michelle Joyce
-First Place Novice Beef Showman (sponsored by Margie Cressy and Jennifer Phillips): Sarah Cook
-First Place Junior Beef Showman ages 13 & under (sponsored by Margie Cressy and Jennifer Phillips): Katie Joyce
-First Place Senior Beef Showman (sponsored by Margie Cressy and Hume Donnan): Kaitlyn Phillips
-Champion Beef Showman (sponsored by Rockline Farm): Kaitlyn Phillips
-Grand Champion Angus- (sponsored by the Lee Canby): Katie Joyce
-Champion Hereford- (Malcolm A. Wilber Memorial Award sponsored by Mule Hill Farm): Sarah Cook
-Champion All Other Breeds (sponsored by Cake and Chocolate Creative Creations): None given this year, trophy will be saved for use next year
-Champion Limousin (sponsored by Hilltop Acres): Kaitlyn Phillips
-Champion Cross Breeds (sponsored by the Adirondack Feed Center): Jesse Cressy
-Champion Market Animal (sponsored by Lee Canby): Jesse Cressy
-Best of Beef in Show (sponsored by J.S. Howard Farm): Katie Joyce
-Livestock Herdsmanship Family (sponsored by Whitmans Feed Store): The Opalka
-Livestock Herdsmanship Individual (sponsored by Kay Offenborn): Kaitlyn Phillips
-First Place Novice Goat Showman (sponsored by the Opalka Family): Evelyn Fessenden
-First Place Junior Goat Showman (sponsored by The Opalka Family): Robert Opalka
-First Place Senior Goat Showman (sponsored by Donna Cappadona): Victoria Opalka
-Champion Dairy Goat Showman (sponsored by Bonnie Peck): Victoria Opalka
-Champion Pygmy Showman: Victoria Opalka
-Champion and Best of Show Pygmy Goat (sponsored by Secret Star Farm): Victoria Opalka
-Champion Alpine (sponsored by JJ Stahl Farm): Alexandria Opalka
-Champion Nubian (sponsored by the Opalka Family): Robert Opalka
-Champion LaMancha (sponsored by the Janet’s Hackmatack Farms): Victoria Opalka
-Champion Saanan (sponsored by the Opalka Family): Alexandria Opalka
-Champion Oberhasli (sponsored by The Opalka Family): Robert Opalka
-Champion Recorded Grade (Sponsored by Silver Rock Acres): Victoria Opalka
-Best Dairy Goat in Show (sponsored by Donna Cappadonna): Alexandria Opalka
Champion Showman of Fair - a competition between the champion showman from Dairy Cattle, Dairy Goats, Beef, Sheep, and Swine - sponsored by L.J. Hand Farm Center. Victoria Opalka
Poultry and Rabbits
-First Place Novice Rabbit Showman (sponsored by Margie Cressy): Shawna Darrow
-First Place Junior Rabbit Showman (sponsored by Debbie Mazur): Evelyn Fessenden
-First Place Senior Rabbit showman (sponsored by Lisa MacIntosh): Katie Gray
-Champion Showman Rabbit (sponsored by Country Feed Store): Evelyn Fessenden
-Champion New Zealand White (sponsored by The Family of Charles Gray): Katie Joyce
-Best of Show Rabbit (sponsored by Mohawk Valley Tire): Katie Gray
-Best Overall Exhibit of Rabbits Sponsored by Poulin Feed: Katie Joyce
-Best Mini-lop: MacKenzie Hart
-Best Mini Rex: Katie Gray
-Best Netherland Dwarf: MacKenzie Hart
- Best American Chinchilla- Katie Gray
-Best Californian- MacKenzie Hart
-Champion Flemish Giant-Aubrey VanValkenburgh
-Champion Rex- Shawna Darrow
-Best All Other Fancy Breeds: Jennifer Keehan
-Best of Show Cavy(Sponsored in Memory of Marley and Ripley by Jennifer Carson): none given this year, trophy will be saved and used next year
-Champion Cavy Showman: (Sponsored in Memory of Marley and Ripley by Jennifer Carson: none given this year, trophy will be saved and used next year
-First Place Novice Poultry Showman (sponsored by Dorraine Joyce): Emma Agnes
-First Place Junior Showman (Sponsored by Blue Hen Furniture): Jacob Cressy
-First Place Senior Showman (Sponsored by Say It With Signs): Amber Morey
-Champion Showman Poultry (sponsored by Cliff Douglass): Amber Morey
-Champion Standard Breed Chicken (sponsored by Poulin Grain): Schuyler Claes
-Champion Waterfowl (sponsored by The Childs Family in Memory of Bill Ryan): Darby Fesenden
-Champion Bantam (sponsored by Poulin Grain): Garrett MacIntosh
-Best All Other Fowl (sponsored by the Opalka Family): Amber Morey
-Best Overall Poultry Display (sponsored by Cliff Douglass in memory of Thomas Burbine):
Schuyler Claes
Horse Program
Horse Sportsmanship Award (sponsored by Horselovers Unlimited 4-H Club)- Sarah Cook
Receiving Best of Show for the Horse Show were Hanna Chorlton, Haley Claes, Kendra Kilcullen, Jesse Cressy, Sarah Subik, and Victoria Subik. The stable management Awards will be handed out at member recognition night in November…they are a surprise until then…. However, the sponsors are Classic Carriage Service and Circle L Trailer Sales.
