Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-24
From England from p. I
BObbie Home
After Triumph

lanu, England ana Holland are
considerably different from those
of the United States, Bobbie said.
Where dairymen here prefer a
sharp dairy animal, the European
preference is for dual-purpose
animal = that is an animal that
produces milk but is equally suit
able for beef. In short, "beefier,
shorter animal than is seen on
American farms"
Bobbie said she was much inn
pressed by the neatness of the
farms and the warmth of the re-
ception given the American
4-H'rs. She was impressed, too,
by the fact that farm girls and
women work considerably "hard-
err than those in this country.
The women, she said, get up early
in the morning to help with the
milking and work in the fields
right along with the men.
All judging and no play would
have madea very dull trip. With
this thought in mind, the Young
Farmers of Scotland entertained
the visitors with a Friday night
dance. It was held in one of the
large public building. Bobbie
said the boys lined up on one side
of the room and the girls on the
other. When the music began, the
boys would rush across the room
and ask the girl of their choice
to dance. "They danced so fast"
Bobbie said, everyone had to
dance in the same direction to
keep from being trampled.'
In Holland, Bobbie said,
They're just beginning to use
milking machinery and the barns
are attached to the houses. Every
one we saw was as neat as a
pin" Holland is home ground of
Friesian Holsteins the breed
of the herd on the Messer's 200
acre farm.
In addition to inspections and
practice judging in Scotland, Hol-
land and Devonshire in the south
of England, the All team also
visited the Guernsey herds in the
Channel Islands, Inspections and
practice judging was prepare
tory work for the international
judging competition at the Royal
Show.
Bobbie said the week long
event, held this year in Bristol,
was 'the most wonderful thing I
ever saw. The exhibits covered
$50 acres and are strictly agri-
cultural. There were wonderful
exhibits of farm machinery and
there were flowers everywhere.
There was no midway or places
of entertainment.
During the stay in Bristol. the
Unified States team. as well as
those of England. Scotland. Ire
land. Wales. Jamaica and Fire
were housed in the local college
dormitorv along with exchange
students from all over the world,
Bobbie said. | learned. she added
that no matter what you read
about people in newspapers, that
basically they're all the same
Thtre may be small differences
in the way you do things but
basically, we all live alike and
think alike and like the same
things. At least, this is true of
people who live on farms"
Bobbie. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Allie Messer, is the second
of the Messer girls to be a mem
Der of a winning United States
team in the international compe-
tition. Her 19-year-old sister,
Patsy. went to England two years
ago. There are three other young
sters in the Messer family - IA
year-old Johnnie; Jeanne. 70, and
11-year-old Susan. VIII they at
tempt to follow in the footsteps
of their illustrious sisters? Judge
for yourself. At this moment.
Johnnie, Jeanne and Susan are
trying out for the county judging
team which will be selected to go
to the State Fart