AS-57 (Rev.) • 1975
Hoosier Gold Medal Lamb Rules and Regulations
J. B. Outhouse and K. J. Drewry, Animal Sciences Department
PURPOSE
The Hoosier Gold Medal Lamb Club program is designed to promote efficient production of fast-gaining, highly-desirable sheep by identifying genetically superior individuals through: (1) records of performance and (2) live animal evaluation.
The Indiana Livestock Breeders'Association will give recognition by awarding certificates to any resident of Indiana who exhibits one or more lambs or pairs of lambs that have qualified by their performance and show ring records (as herein outlined) in the Hoosier Gold Medal Lamb Club.
PARTICIPANTS
Any sheep producer in Indiana who owns an eligible lamb and who purchases an exhibitor's card for each lamb shown, may exhibit in any approved Gold Medal lamb show.
BREEDING OF LAMBS
Ewe and ram lambs must have been sired by registered rams and be from registered ewes of the same breed.
ELIGIBILITY OF LAMBS
Only lambs born in Indiana and owned and exhibited by a resident of Indiana are eligible.
All lambs must have been born between September 1 of the preceeding year and March 31 of the current year to be eligible for Gold Medal lamb shows during the current year. All lambs must be identified with tattoo, ear tag or ear notch.
NOMINATION AND WEIGHT OF LAMBS
Lambs shall be weighed between 70 and 110 days of age in the Indiana Sheep PerformanceTesting Program. Complete identification of sire, dam and
lamb as well as 90-day weight will be reported on Form ISPTP-1, "Indiana Sheep PerformanceTesting Program-Flock Performance Data." Completion of ISPTP-1 by the owner shall satisfy the nomination requirements for the Hoosier Gold Medal Lamb Club.
Lambs and dams may be identified by flock number or last five digits of the registration number. Sires must be identified by the last five digits of their registration number. Data reported on ISPTP-1 will be verified by the owner's signature.
Completed ISPTP-1 forms must be in the office of the Indiana Sheep Performance Testing Coordinator by June 1 5 of year of exhibition. Send forms to: Sheep Performance Testing Coordinator, Animal Sciences Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907. Lambs may be nominated and qualified free-of-charge to the owner.
QUALIFICATION OF LAMBS
Weight of lambs will be adjusted to 90-day basis. The 90-day adjusted weight will include adjustments for age of lamb, age of dam, sex of lamb, type of birth and type of rearing of lamb. The adjustment factors used are presented in Table 1.
The average adjusted 90-day weight for each sex will be calculated for each flock. Each lamb's adjusted 90-day weight will be expressed as a deviation from the average floek-sex adjusted 90-day weight as shown in Table 1.
Any ewe or ram lamb with a 90-day adjusted weight and which meets the breeding, age and lambing date requirements, will be eligible for exhibition in Hoosier Gold Medal shows, provided the owner obtains an exhibitor's card from the Indiana Livestock Breeders' Association as outlined below.
If a lamb is sold before being weighed and qualified, it is the responsibility of the new owner to weigh the lamb between 70 and 110 days of age,