We originally got involved in Dairy because we wanted the benefits of drinking raw milk. We posted about the milking process at Our Maker's Acres Family Farm earlier. If you missed it, check out this link for a step by step process of getting the milk from the udder to our glass: http://ourmakersacresfamilyfarm.blogspot.com/2012/07/got-milk-we-do.html
Here are a few photos from the show. In the shot below, Russ is exhibiting in the Senior Dairy Showman competition. In this competition, the judge is really not judging the animal, he's judging how well the exhibitor handles his or her animal.
Russ with Daisy, his gentle Showmanship cow |
Milk me, please! |
Benjamin and Russ with Daisy and Rosie |
Below is a picture of the entire class of showmen in the Jersey Grand Champion determination.
Magnolia won Reserve champion in the Jersey heifer division. She's a nice looking calf, but the judge said that she was 'over-conditioned.' That is a nice way of saying she's too fat. I've got to take the blame for this. I was always raised around beef cattle. When you see ribs or bones on beef cattle, it's not good. Not so, for dairy animals. You want all energy to go toward milk production, not putting meat on their frame. It is hard for me to see ribs and not want to give them more hay!
Russ and Magnolia |
Russ & Rosie |
Russ and Rosie, Grand Champion Jersey Cow! |
Are we there yet? |
Russ' stash |
Awards |
Bigger than a hubcap on a '56 Buick! |
Next week is the District Livestock Show in Lake Charles. We'll do the same thing there, only the district show has livestock from a number of different parishes participating. We will pull out the clippers again and give them another touch-up shave prior to the District Show.
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