The association was formed in 1932 by local sheep producers and county agent William L. Block for improving the quality of market lambs that farmers sent to the market. The comission had 14 directors with a president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer.
In 1932, it purchased 44 registerred rams of the Southdown, Shropshire, and Corriedale breeds that were sold to local farmers. These rams were bred to the western type ewe, many with Delaine breeding.
Lambs were assembled at monthly intervals at the B & O Railroad Yards in Wilmington, graded by representatives of the Cincinnati Producers Cooperative Commission Association, and shipped to Cincinnati and the eastern seaboard. Lambs were sorted and trademarked in four separate grades. Choice lambs were known as "double blues". Good lambs known as "tops" were termed "single blues". Medium lambs with "red dots", and common or throw outs were marked with "yellow dots".
In 1938 the group started a ram swap held annually at the Clinton County Fairgrounds for many years.
As years have passed, the association focus has changed to a non-profit group with the education and promotion of lamb and wool of all breeds. The last several years the committee has held annual barn meetings, banquets, and has hosted a booth at the Corn Festival.
