RULES & REGULATIONS

1. Entries are open to girls and boys in the State of Maine who are enrolled in an approved Youth Market Lamb Project. Participants must have reached their 7th birthday and not passed their 19th birthday, as of midnight December 31, 1999.
2. All lambs will be registered with Ron & Cindy Storer, 231 Perkins Rd., Charleston, Me. 04422 by midnight June 1, 2000. Lambs should be tagged and the number reported.
3. All lambs exhibited must follow the guidelines of the Piscataquis County Youth Lamb Project. All exhibitors are required to care for and show their own animals. Each exhibitor is allowed one market lamb.
4. No lamb may be exhibited in competition that cannot be managed and led by the person showing the animal without the help from others.
5. All market lambs exhibited at the Piscataquis Valley Fair must be sold at Auction.
6. Market lambs must be on the grounds by 8:00 A.M. Friday, August 25, 2000. Each member must accompany his or her lambs. 8:30 A.M. is the time of weighing.
7. The Market Lamb Show will start at 10:00 AM. Members must wear white shirts with no printing. Solid colored long pants are required (no blue jeans). Be neat and presentable. Lambs must be shown with halters.
8. Ram lambs will be disqulified for entry to the show and auction.
9. Lambs will be shown and graded into the following groups: Prime, Choice, Good, Fair and Poor.
10. After the lambs are graded, there will be selected a Grand Champion, Reserve Champion and Honorable Mention.
11. Lambs will be sold at auction on Friday, August 25, 2000. The auction will start at 7:00 P.M. Each member must be present.
12. Lambs become the property of the buyer as soon as they are sold.
13. The auction is open to all responsible persons. Only one bid will be accepted from a Youth member or representative of a member.
14. All animals exhibited must meet the health and identification requirements of the State of Maine, Department of Agriculture as listed in the rules and regulations of the Livestock Department.
15. All Piscataquis Youths enrolled in the market lamb project must participate in the Challenge Course to be eligible to sell their lambs at the Youth auction.
16. Failure to comply with any rule will be just cause for disqualification from the show and/or auction and/or forfeiture of all premiums.
17. Piscataquis Valley Fair reserves the right to amend and add to these rules and regulations.
    Market Lamb Premiums Challenge Course
    To Test How Well The Lambs Have Been Raised To Lead.

    1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
    $10	$9	$8	$7	$6	$5	$4	$3	$2	$1

    Fitting and Showmanship
    Trophy to Junior and Senior Champions

    1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
    $10	$9	$8	$7	$6	$5	$4	$3	$2	$1

    Market Lamb Class

    All lambs in Prime Group	$10
    All lambs in Choice Group	$8
    All lambs in Good Group	$6
    All lambs in Fair Group	$4
    All lambs in Poor Group	$2

    Grand Champion - Rosette; Reserve Champion
    Honorable Mention - Rosette; All Others - Ribbon 28

    All prizes donated by Moosehead Farms
    Youth Market Lamb Auction

    The annual Youth Market Lamb Auction was held at the Piscataquis Valley Fair Friday evening, August 25. This is the culmination of many months of work by the youth who learned how to care for and show their animals.

    The Grand Champion Lamb was raised by Emily Crocker of Charleston. A trophy was given in the memory of Robert "Bob" Crocker by Cindy Crocker Storer and family. The successful bidder for this animal was New England Feeds. The Reserve Champion Lamb was raised by Megan Crocker of Charleston and a trophy was donated by Ivanhoe Farm of Charleston. The successful bidder was the Penobscot County 4-H Sheep and Market Lamb Club. The Honorable Mention Lambs were raised by Whitney Winslow of Windham and Rob Crocker of Charleston and the successful bidders Jean Winslow of Windham, Gilrock Farm of Sangerville and Jay Hanson of Winslow. The top price received was $3.05 per pound with an average price of $1.80 per pound. Two lambs purchased by the Penobscot County 4-H Sheep and Market Lamb Club with donations from several businesses in the central Maine area were donated to the Manna Soup Kitchen in Bangor to benefit the needy.

    Other youth who participated in the auction include: Chelsey Merrill of North Yarmouth, Amanda Crocker of Charleston and Marjorie Hardy of Farmington. Bidders for these lambs included: New England Feed, Larry MacDonald of Greenville and Penobscot County 4-H Sheep and Market Lamb Club.

    Robbie Crocker won the Senior Showmanship Award and Marjorie Hardy won the Junior Showmanship Award.

    The following people made this auction possible: Cindy and Ron Storer of Charleston for planning and coordinating the auction; Dave Averill of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources for judging and bringing the scales to the fairgrounds to weigh the lambs; Jay Hanscom for serving as our auctioneer, the Piscataquis Valley Fair Association for providing the opportunity to conduct the auction; and the buyers who made this a successful auction.

    If you are interested in participating in the Youth Livestock Auction next year, please contact Cindy and Ron Storer, phone 285-3102.

    Emily Crocker or Charleston with her Champion Market Lamb, purchased by New England Feeds.

    YOUTH MARKET LAMB
    Amanda Crocker Blue Ribbon Market Lamb	Chelsey Merrill Blue Ribbon Market Lamb
    Emily Crocker Champion Market Lamb	Marjorie Hardy Blue Ribbon Market Lamb
    Megan Crocker Reserve Champion Market Lamb	Rob Crocker Honorable Mention Market Lamb
    Whitney Winslow Honorable Mention Market Lamb