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goats are not sold after the show as the lambs usually are.
Selling the lambs is one of the hardest parts for the Adams’ . “The kids try not to handle the lambs they know they’re going to be using as market lambs so they don’t become so attached,” Joyce said. “The hardest time is when we take a sheep we’ve bottle fed to auction.”
Before selling the lambs, though, the Adams’ have the show to think about. “You really have to work with sheep to show them,” April said. About three weeks before the show, the lambs are sheared, and then the washing ritual begins with water hoses and lots of dishwashing detergent.
“It takes three baths one right after the other to get them clean, but the real job is keeping them clean,” said Laura. Both Laura and April have a hard time washing dishes during that period “because the smell of the detergent gets to be hard to take.”
With all of the work and effort it requires, the Farm Show and Sale is still looked forward to in the Adams household. “The Farm Show is fun for them, and they get to see a lot of their friends from other counties there,” Joyce said. All three have many ribbons to show for the effort they invest during the months before the show.
Another family team involved with the 4-H animal projects is Irving and Joyce Starks of Washington. For nine years, the Starks have been raising pigs for the show.
Irving and Joyce each buy two pigs around the end of April at an average weight of 50 to 70 pounds. By the time of the show, the pigs have to weigh 190 pounds.
“We never know until we buy them whether they’ll be male or fe
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