ROME TOWNSHIP — Tobacco judging and market lamb judging were among the activities Monday at the Lawrence County Junior Fair.

In the tobacco judging, John Wiseman, of the Symmes Valley Future Farmers of America earned the grand champion trophy and Kirt Shipley of Starlite 4-H Club garnered the reserve champion trophy.

Both young men have one thing in common. They both come from farming families that raise tobacco.

“After you do it for a while it tends to be second nature,” Wiseman said.

Wiseman said he plans to attend Rio Grande and will continue to help his father on the farm.

Shipley said he was a third-generation tobacco farmer.

There were nine entries in the tobacco judging competition.

In the tobacco interviews, Cody Crawford, Kirt Shirley and Justin Wiseman took the top three spots, respectively, in the senior class while the top three spots in the junior class went to Garrett Crawford, Cheryl Crawford and Lane Pinkerman.

In the market lamb judging, the grand champion trophy went to Kyle Taylor of Gingham and Denim while Heather Wheeler of Barnyard Buddies took the reserve champion trophy.

Rounding out the top ten were: Kendra Saunders, third place; Kayla Saunders, fourth place; Brittany Norris, fifth place; Kaitlyn Huddle, sixth place; Kayla Saunders, seventh place; Kyle Taylor, eighth place; Bridgette Williams, ninth place and Brittany Norris, 10th place.

In the market lamb competition, the junior showmanship award went to Kelsey Huddle while the senior showmanship award went to Kyle Taylor.

In the breeding ewe competition, Kelsey Huddle collected the first place trophy and in the yearling ewe judging, Timmy Humphrey garnered the top spot.

The fair continues through Saturday at the fairgrounds in Rome Township.