Local youth to participate in Junior Livestock Show
COOPERSTOWN – The 60th annual Farmers’ Museum Junior Livestock Show is hard work, says 16 year-old participant Brian Graham, but that’s what makes it special.
“Kids have to learn their responsibilities on their own,” said Graham, who lives on a goat farm in South Otselic. “It (the livestock show) is good in that way.”
The three-day event starts 9 a.m. Sunday. Over 300 youth handlers ages 8 to 18 and 750 animals from a nine county area are expected to participate. They’ll be judged in a number of skill areas related to handling dairy cows, beef, swine, goats, and sheep.
“It brings together a lot of different livestock,” said Cornell Cooperative Ag educator Janet Pfromm, “and our kids get to meet kids from different counties with the same interests.”
There are around a dozen kids from the county attending, including 4-Hers from both the Evans and Stoltzman farms in Georgetown and the Abrams farm in New Berlin.
“A lot of my friends go,” said Graham. “It’s a fun competition.”
This year’s will be the fourth for Graham and his brother Carl, 12. Brian said what’s different about Cooperstown compared to other shows – and more rewarding – is that parents can’t help their kids with chores or prep-work.
“Each show is so different,” said Graham, who has placed in several different classes and won overall awards at the junior show. “Here, kids have to do all the work – they have to work to be there.”
It’s not all work and no play, however. Graham said he also looks forward to spending free time with friends watching movies, attending a competition-wide pool party and hitting-up the all-you-can-eat ice cream sundae bar.
Pfromm said the Chenango County kids have a great understanding of the balance between work and play. The proof is in their track record at the junior show.
“We have had a very successful run there,” she said, pointing to a string of awards the local participants come away with each year in all classes and age groups.
Pfromm said the Farmers’ Museum does a great job in finding that balance also.
“They really reward the kids very well for their hard work,” said Pfromm. “They do work hard.”
The show is the second largest youth competition in the state and the only one of its kind sponsored by a museum in the United States.
It will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday at the Farmers’ Museum on River Road in Cooperstown.
“Kids have to learn their responsibilities on their own,” said Graham, who lives on a goat farm in South Otselic. “It (the livestock show) is good in that way.”
The three-day event starts 9 a.m. Sunday. Over 300 youth handlers ages 8 to 18 and 750 animals from a nine county area are expected to participate. They’ll be judged in a number of skill areas related to handling dairy cows, beef, swine, goats, and sheep.
“It brings together a lot of different livestock,” said Cornell Cooperative Ag educator Janet Pfromm, “and our kids get to meet kids from different counties with the same interests.”
There are around a dozen kids from the county attending, including 4-Hers from both the Evans and Stoltzman farms in Georgetown and the Abrams farm in New Berlin.
“A lot of my friends go,” said Graham. “It’s a fun competition.”
This year’s will be the fourth for Graham and his brother Carl, 12. Brian said what’s different about Cooperstown compared to other shows – and more rewarding – is that parents can’t help their kids with chores or prep-work.
“Each show is so different,” said Graham, who has placed in several different classes and won overall awards at the junior show. “Here, kids have to do all the work – they have to work to be there.”
It’s not all work and no play, however. Graham said he also looks forward to spending free time with friends watching movies, attending a competition-wide pool party and hitting-up the all-you-can-eat ice cream sundae bar.
Pfromm said the Chenango County kids have a great understanding of the balance between work and play. The proof is in their track record at the junior show.
“We have had a very successful run there,” she said, pointing to a string of awards the local participants come away with each year in all classes and age groups.
Pfromm said the Farmers’ Museum does a great job in finding that balance also.
“They really reward the kids very well for their hard work,” said Pfromm. “They do work hard.”
The show is the second largest youth competition in the state and the only one of its kind sponsored by a museum in the United States.
It will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday at the Farmers’ Museum on River Road in Cooperstown.
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