Hay Feeder
Well-known member
The past few years several of our county livestock shows have had a direct decline in entries. About 2003 entries pretty much peaked out and went on a steady decline. I will attend about four more county fairs this year (on a spectator basis). Last year one fair had only one beef exhibitor. Yesterday I attended a tri-county fair with about 25 head and two steers for the junior sale. Another county will have over 100 hogs for junior sale andwill expect 3 business and grand parents to buy. This fair will have dozen steers and a hand full of under weight lambs. (90 pounds)
Several of fairs in this area take more pride in printing a fair book (now paper) getting ads, making rules, having meetings arguing over the judge than putting on a fair. One fair a girl was not paid in full for her lamb because she beat the sheep superintendents kids. The popular fairs in our area have large carnival, or demo derby to get big crowds. As for the fair I went to I was the only one setting in the bleachers.
Also the counties that let go the extn agents and hired health extn agents have the poorest turn out for livestock
I judged a fair 50 miles away last year they had me come two days to judge 14 head of beef cattle, 3 sheep and no hogs. One man came to watch the dairy show they had no entries.
Goats are starting there run of the fairs and sales and buyers are counting there money. They get the same advertising for buying a $300 dollar goat as they do for a $3000 dollar steer.
I know there are some real good county fairs out there. What does everyone have to say.
Several of fairs in this area take more pride in printing a fair book (now paper) getting ads, making rules, having meetings arguing over the judge than putting on a fair. One fair a girl was not paid in full for her lamb because she beat the sheep superintendents kids. The popular fairs in our area have large carnival, or demo derby to get big crowds. As for the fair I went to I was the only one setting in the bleachers.
Also the counties that let go the extn agents and hired health extn agents have the poorest turn out for livestock
I judged a fair 50 miles away last year they had me come two days to judge 14 head of beef cattle, 3 sheep and no hogs. One man came to watch the dairy show they had no entries.
Goats are starting there run of the fairs and sales and buyers are counting there money. They get the same advertising for buying a $300 dollar goat as they do for a $3000 dollar steer.
I know there are some real good county fairs out there. What does everyone have to say.