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HERDSMANSHIP
Club & Individual Contests
1.
Bedding will be provided for all livestock. Exhibitors must bring own feed, feed boxes, buckets, and show equipment.
2.
Livestock exhibitors will keep their stall, tack areas and animals clean for the duration of the show. Manure and

soiled bedding will be removed from stalls and placed in designated pick-up areas by exhibitors. Pick-up areas will

be emptied daily.
3.
All work on animals and stalls must be done by members only (exceptions will be made for safety reasons).
4.
Beef and dairy animals must be tied with safety knot and neck rope. Dairy goats must be tied in pens using a safety knot.
5.
Pans and buckets all species: All grain buckets must be removed when animal is done eating. Water buckets must be

secured to remain in stall. Dairy & Beef if hay is left in the stall for the animal it must be kept neat and orderly.
6.
Animals must be kept in their own areas and away from grassy exhibit area.
7.
Hay and feed can be kept in the barn but kept neat (depending on space availability.)
8.
Stall cards must be legible (use wide marker).
9.
No food or drink in sheep barn.
10.
Blanketing of sheep will be allowed until after the sheep showmanship contest.
11.
No washing of market animals after 8:00 a.m. the day of the sale.
12.
Individual or clubs with less than three animals will be judged separately.
13.
See additional rules for each species on barn bulletin boards.
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HERDSMANSHIP CONTEST
All 4-H clubs and FFA chapters will be scored as a unit during the entire time they have animals on exhibit at the Fair.
Exhibitors not exhibiting good Herdsmanship will be excused from the Fair. Individuals or clubs with less than three animals
will be judged as a unit on a parallel contest.
Premiums:
Blue Red White
Club/Chapter
$3
$2
$1
Set points for Blue, Red, and White. If the number of daily points are below 70 no daily premium will be awarded.
Herdsmanship Score Card
The livestock Herdsmanship contest is provided to help teach contestants to be courteous, neat, and orderly, and to take
proper care of their animals.
Basis of Scoring:
Animals….....................................................................50 points
Beef and Dairy must be tied with safety knot and neck rope. All animals must be fed in stalls only (pans and buckets removed
when animal is finished). Animal must be kept in their own area. Animals must be clean and comfortable - regularly fed and
cared for.
Barns………………………….....................................50 points
Alleys, stalls and tack area clean (hay and feed be kept in the barn but kept neat). Stall cards must be legible (use wide
marker). No food or drink around stalls or animals. Equipment must be stored safely.
HERDSMANSHIP DAILY AWARDS
Blue, Red and White card will be awarded to each club per division.
*Below white card score no premium awarded
EDUCATIONAL DISPLAYS
Herdsmanship Contest
1.
An optional contest for individuals or clubs/chapters.
2.
Display are meant to inform the public on current agriculture issues and general agriculture information pertaining

to the animals exhibited.
3.
All Educational displays will be exhibited on the Show Barn Wall Educational displays are due into the Extension

Office by Monday of Fair week.
1 - Individual 2 - 4-H Club/FFA Chapter
214 900 00(_) Educational Display - Herdsmanship Contest
**Must site sources of information on front of poster
Premiums:
Blue Red White
Club/Chapter
$3
$2
$1
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