Animals
I like to look at the farm animals at fairs. Here are a few that we saw.
The hall of chickens and rabbits. In the foreground is the grand champion junior bird.
Some of the hogs.
Piglets with their mother.
The raffle calf, barely a month old.
Judging Holstein calves.
Holsteins up close.
Getting ready for the judging.
The parade of champions. Now if only they would behave like champions and cooperate!
The rooster-crowing contest. The kids were given ten minutes to cajole their roosters into crowing while the judges dutifully marked each success on the papers. Naturally, the real crowing began just as soon as the time was up.
We caught part of the horse-pulling contest after dark. Here is a team pulling one of the heavier loads.