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GOAT
Agent Contacts:
Matthew McClellan—4-H Agent
Goat, Lamb, Rabbit
337-502-2571
Jennifer Cantrell—4-H Agent
Cattle, Swine, Poultry
337-965-0886
Age Divisions Premier Exhibitor will be divided into the following age divisions:
Elementary (grades 4-6)
Junior (grades 7-9)
Senior (grades 10-12)
Scoring Rubric: Premier Exhibitor Contest points will be accumulated in the following manner:
10 points……..Attendance at Parish sanctioned showmanship clinic
*Attendance will be counted by official sign –in sheets*
60 points……...Skill-a-thon (20 pts written test, 10 pts breed ID, 10 pts Feed ID, 10
pts Equipment ID, 10 pts Body Parts ID),
20 points………Showmanship placing (20 points winning division, 15 points
winning class, 10 points placing in class, 5 points participation)
*Participation will be determined by names written on sign up sheet as well as
visual confirmation of exhibitor in the showmanship ring...both are needed to
score points*
10 points……….Confirmation class (10 points purple ribbon, 5 points blue ribbon)
Resources to Study: Elementary
Parish Show Catalog
LSU State Livestock Show Catalog
Goat Project book (Just Browsing)
Junior
All materials from elementary
Goat Project book level 2 (growing with meat goats)
Senior
All materials from elementary and junior
Goat Project book level 3 (Meat the Future)
Calcasieu Parish Premier Exhibitor Study Guide 2015-2016
Elementary Breed ID Elementary exhibitors will be expected to match the names with the pictures for
the following breeds:
Alpine Angora Boer Kiko LaMancha Nubian
Pygmy Saanen Spanish Toggenburg
Junior Breed ID Junior exhibitors will be expected to know breeds from pictures...same breeds as
elementary exhibitors plus:
Nigerian Dwarf
Senior Breed ID Senior exhibitors will be expected to know breeds from pictures...same breeds as
elementary and junior exhibitors plus:
Myotonic Oberhasli
Exhibitors will identify 10 breeds.
Goat Breed website: www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/goats
Equipment ID
Breed ID
Exhibitors will identify ten pieces of equipment from pictures.
Ear tags and tagging equipment
Breeding equipment
Foot care
Tattoo Supplies
Docking and Castrating
Clippers and Blades
Restraint and Control
Feeders
Accessories
Equipment Resources:
www.premier1supplies.com
www.goatworld.com
Parts ID
Feed ID
Tie Breaker Scenarios
1st Tie Breaker….written test score
2nd Tie Breaker….Skill-a-thon total score
3rd Tie Breaker…..Showmanship score/placing
4th tie Breaker…….Clinic attendance
5th Tie Breaker…...Confirmation Score
Exhibitors will be expected to know the following feedstuffs
Exhibitors will have to identify 10 samples from the following list of feedstuffs
Elementary and junior exhibitors will be provided with a “word bank”, Senior
exhibitors will have no “word bank”. Elementary exhibitors study the left column
only; junior and senior exhibitors study all
Whole Corn Beet pulp
Cracked Corn Urea
Wheat Rice Bran
Alfalfa Pellets Dry Molasses
Whole Cottonseed Distiller’s Grains
Pellet Bermuda grass
Mineral Bahia Grass
White Salt Rye Grass
Soybeans Barley
Crimped Oats Milk Replacer
Calcium Carbonate
For more information:
http://www2.ca.uky.edu/agripedia/Agmania/FEEDID/INDEX.asp
