Statewide Dairy Activities
Dairy Team Judging Practice -
March 20, 2010, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm at Pineland Farms in Gray, ME
State Judging Day - April 17, 2010 in Androscoggin County
State Fitting Contest - July 17, 2010, 5:00 pm - at the Windsor
Fairgrounds
Eastern States Exposition
Information & Forms:
ESE Dates:
September 16 - 19, 2010
2010 ESE Dairy Intent
Form PDF
State 4-H Dairy Show and ESE tryouts - July 18th, 2010, 9:00 am -
at the Windsor Fairgrounds
2010 Maine State Dairy Information, Dates
and Classes
2010 ESE Dairy Packet
2010 ESE Health Form (ALL participants are required to complete
this form)
Other Forms:
4-H Contract for Rental/Lease of Dairy Animals
Word
PDF (for
printing)
Animal Approval Form for 4-H Animal Shows
Word
PDF
Dairy Project Resources:
University of Wisconsin
4-H Dairy Cattle site - A good source of information.
Features a revolving judging contest, quiz bowl section, links
to all the breed associations, publications, etc.
Two Year
Dairy Colleges
Four Year
Dairy Colleges
University of Minnesota Fact Sheet - Judging Dairy Cattle
Standard Equipment Box for Dairy and Livestock Members Descriptions
Diagram Word
Diagram PDF
Description HTML
Dairy Quiz Bowl Questions and
Practice:
Hoard's Dairyman Youth Corner
Dairy Quizzes
- The youth quiz
section of the website has questions from each issue. This magazine is
a reference for the state and Big E Dairy Quiz Bowls.
University
of Wisconsin Questions
Virginia Tech Questions
Infovets.com
Manuals and CDs available for 6 major animal groups; equine,
small ruminant (sheep and goats), canine, beef, diary, and feline. You can order directly from the York County Shepherds 4-H Club from
Sanford, Maine at a slight discounted price. This will support
Maine 4-H as a portion of the price will go to the
Pine Tree 4-H
Foundation. Contact Donna Flint at
dflint@umext.maine.edu
or mail your order in to York County Shepherds, c/o University of
Maine Cooperative Extension, 21 Bradeen
St., Suite 302, Springvale, ME 04083. Manuals are $74.95 +
$6.00 for shipping & handling, CD are $24.95 + $3.00 S & H. You can view the manuals at the InfoVet
Web site: www.infovets.com. Click on
the animal you wish to browse.
For more information on educational programs in your area,
contact your county Extension office.