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250 Youngsters In Cooperstown

For 66th Annual Livestock Show

 

 

Emily Hammond of Gilbertsville leads Miss Sensation back to her stall after the Hereford won best of breed at the Junior Livestock Show this morning. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
Emily Hammond of Gilbertsville leads Miss Sensation back to her stall after the Hereford won best of breed at the Junior Livestock Show this morning. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)

 

COOPERSTOWN – Young exhibitors from Otsego and surrounding counties are at the Iroquois Farm showgrounds on Route 33 south of Cooperstown through tomorrow for The Farmers' Museum's 66th annual Junior Livestock Show. Admission is free and the public is welcome. More than 250 youth handlers and 750 animals from nine counties for the annual celebration of youth in agriculture. The event tests the skills of youth handlers ages eight to eighteen who present animals (dairy cows, beef, swine, dairy goats, and sheep of various breeds) that they own, care for, and have prepared for competition.

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