SWINE
PREMIUMS: Purple-$5.00; Blue-$3.00; Red-$2.00; White-$1.00
All swine entries must have been identified and recorded on an Identification Affidavit on record at the Extension Office by May 15 to exhibit at the county fair. Identification will be verified by the fair superintendent. Any entry not properly identified is not eligible to be shown.
NO HEALTH PAPERS are required. The status of the exhibitors swine herd must meet the following requirement: Swine to be exhibited shall originate directly from a herd not under quarantine for pseudorabies.
The county fair swine show will be a non-terminal show (this means swine exhibitors can take their pigs home). An opportunity will be provided for exhibitors to sell their pigs to a local packer if they do not take them home.
NUMBER EXHIBITS PER EXHIBITOR — Each exhibitor is individually limited to three market hog entries in each, 4-H & FFA.
All market swine & breeding swine must be stalled by 7:30 am - Monday, July 14.
All market swine will be weighed & processed Monday morning, July 14, from 7:30 am to 9:00 am and shown on Wednesday, July 16 at 9:00 am. Each exhibitor is responsible for moving their pigs to the scale. Pigs must be clean and dry at processing time.
Clipping of pigs should be completed before arrival at the county fair.
Two breeding gilts may be shown by an exhibitor in addition to the three market swine.
A gilt may not be shown in both market and breeding classes.
Exhibitors must have completed the Boone County Fair Livestock Entries DUE IN THE EXTENSION OFFICE NO LATER THAN 4:30 pm on Tuesday, July 1. (Late entries subject to $5 per day up to 2 days after deadline.)
Top 5 (five) selection if over 10 (ten) head.
DIVISION 36 - MARKET SWINE
G036001 MARKET GILT (make one entry for each individual to be shown)
G036002 MARKET BARROW (make one entry for each individual to be shown)
G036003 PEN OF THREE MARKET SWINE
DIVISION 37 - BREEDING SWINE
Breeding gilt classes will be divided by weight. There will be no individual breed classes.
Breeding gilts may not be used in the Pen of 3 Market Swine class.
Breeding gilts may be taken home, or put on the truck with the other market swine.
Top 5 (five) selection if over 10 (ten) head.
G037001 BREEDING GILT