Brown County Dairyman Mike Zeig, Sleepy Eye, seen pictured here, second from the right, won first place with his 2 year old dairy champion cow. Also present was Grant Friton of Sleepy Eye (end, right) who won numerous awards!
1966 Brown County Dairy Princess Linda Schmiesing, of Hanska, is pitcured here toasting with a tall galss of milk with Leonard Scholtz of Springfield, the county chairman.
Local dairyman Mike Zeig was also awarded the showmanship trophy for his efforts in the show ring.
Area vetrinarian Dr. Richard Schmitz, formerly from Springfield, is shown above, as a eagar 4-Her, awarded the top calf at the county fair. At this event, Dairy Princess Linda Schmiesing was quoted, " I have had plenty of opportunities to promote dairy products and I encourage girls to try for the dairy princess crown. Maybe someday Brown County will have a Princess Kay of the Milky Way"....little did she know, we would almost 40 years later!
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