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MARKET LAMB Requirements:
- All market lambs must be closely shorn (to approximately ¼ - Lamb lead exhibitors must groom and train a sheep and must
inch wool length) to be eligible for the market classes. wear a garment made from at least 60% wool. Garment is
H - 20 - 1* Market Lamb – Speckle Face defined as a piece of clothing covering a main part of your
H - 20 - 2 * Market Lamb - Black Face body (not socks or accessories).
H - 20 - 3* Market Lamb – White Face - Exhibitors will be judged based on project knowledge, poise,
H - 20 - 4* Market Lamb (raised from birth) their outfit, and their lamb.
H - 20 - 5 Pair of Market Lambs - Classes may be combined depending on number of entrants
- Use the same Class/Lot for both lambs. - All Cloverbud rules apply.
- Lambs raised from birth must be bred and raised by the family FLEECE
of the exhibiting 4-H member. There is not a raised from birth H – 40 – 1* Fleece
class at State Fair, so these lambs would compete in the same Requirements:
classes as all other market lambs. - All 4-H’ers receiving a blue ribbon on their fleece may exhibit at
NOTE: All of the above market lamb class winners will come the State Fair; no housing will be provided!
together at the end for an overall Champion and Reserve SHEEP SHOWMANSHIP
Champion Market Lamb and for State Fair Line Up. H – 60 – 1 Grades 9+
Requirements: H – 60 – 2 Grades 6-8
Recommended minimum weight for State Fair is 105 pounds; H – 60 – 3 Grades 3-5
required maximum weight is 170 pounds. Market animals CLOVERBUD SHEEP
exceeding the maximum weight will not be eligible for State fair. Cloverbuds can do one or both of the classes listed below.
LAMB LEAD (Friday – Interviews @ 11:00 a.m.; Lamb Lead H – 62 – 1 Cloverbud Sheep
Show AND Sheep Show to follow) H – 62 – 2 Cloverbud Sheep Poster
H – 30 – 1* Grades 9+ Posters are due at 4-H Fair office on Wednesday, July 31 by
H – 30 – 2* Grades 6-8 6:00 p.m.
H – 30 – 3 Grades 3-5
H – 30 – 4 Cloverbud Lamb Lead (K-2)

SWINE

Countywide Project Leader: Market Gilt Born on or after Jan 1 of
Randy Lipinski at (320) 453-2074 or current year. Recommended
joyce.lipinski@gmail.com farrow date of Feb. 1 or after.

Market Gilts will again be shown at State Fair. (Note: Champion BREEDING GILTS
barrows and gilts will never compete against each other, and I- 2 Commercial Gilts
auction limitations will be in place.) I - 4 Registered Duroc
Each 4-H member may exhibit one market barrow, one market I - 5 Registered Hampshire
gilt, and one breeding gilt. Each member may also exhibit a I - 6 Registered Spotted Swine
‘litter of three’ (see “Other Swine”, I-70-1). I - 7 Registered Yorkshire
I - 8 Registered Other Breeds
Swine 21-Day Rule:
Counties with a swine shows 21 days or greater from state fair Use the following Classes, with the Divisions (breeds) and birth
swine show (on or before August 2, 2019) - youth may select to dates above, to indicate the age of your project animal(s):
take another pig from those on ID. Pig must not have been - 2* January
shown by any other sibling at county fair. Substitute must be - 3* February
same type. - 4* March
MARKET BARROW
BIRTH DATES: I - 20 - 1* Market Barrow
January Gilt Born in January of current MARKET GILT
year I - 30 - 1* Market Gilt
February Gilt Born in February of current Requirements:
year - All barrows and gilts must be tagged with a Minnesota 4-H ear
March Gilt Born in March of current year tag by the May ID deadline in accordance with current
Market Barrow Born on or after Jan. 1 of identification procedures.
current year. Recommended - All barrows and gilts must be ear notched using the universal
farrow date of Feb. 1 or after. ear notch system by the May ID deadline.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION: 2019 MEEKER COUNTY 4-H PREMIUM BOOK 26