LIVESTOCK SHOW RULES - 2004 CCJLS Rules w Youth Fair Corrected.pdf(Animal, Ag Mech. Project, craft...

January 10-12, 2013

Sponsored by: Henrietta Kiwanis Club

& Clay County Junior Livestock Association

(Revised August, 2012)

2013 CCJLS Rules w Youth Fair Corrected of 15

CHANGES & REMINDERS – 2013

APPLICATION OF RULES The General Rules & regulations apply to every show listed in this book. There are also rules specifically for departments and divisions within these shows. The exhibitor is responsible for reading, knowing & following all of the rules which apply to the show entered.

IMPORTANT CHANGES *Livestock Show Only

**An Agricultural Mechanics Project Show will be part of the 2013 CCJLS. (See complete rules on page 9 & 10)

General Rules:

18. PREMIUM SALE:

d) Exhibitors will be limited to the sale of ONE lot. (Animal, Ag Mech. Project, craft or cake).

f) Livestock auction sale rotation will follow the order indicated below:

i) 2013 Show - steers, market hogs, goats, lambs, poultry, rabbits, ag mechanics.

ii) 2014 Show - steers, lambs, market hogs, goats, poultry, rabbits, ag mechanics.

iii) 2015 Show - steers, goats, lambs, market hogs, poultry, rabbits, ag mechanics.

19. DETERMINING PREMIUM SALE LOTS: Premium sale lots will be determined as outlined below:

f) The will be a maximum of two Ag Mechanics projects that qualify for the premium sale.

SHOW SCHEDULE

Thursday, January 10, 2013

8:00 AM Cattle start moving into barn

1:00 PM Deadline for all steers & heifers to be in place

Weigh steers

2:00 PM Youth Fair Entries check in. Must be completed by 3:00 PM

3:00 PM Judging of Youth Fair Entries

4:00 PM Beef cattle judging – Judging will be in the following order - beef heifers, market steers, selection of premium sale market steers, beef cattle showmanship.

* Market steers will start 15 minutes after the conclusion of the heifer show

5:00 PM Public display of Youth Fair Entries

Photograph of all Youth Fair grand & reserve champions

6:30 PM Youth Fair entries released.

*All livestock champions and showmanship winners will be photographed after their respective show)

Friday, January 11, 2013

6:00 AM Ag Mechanics projects start moving in

7:00 AM Swine start moving into the barn

8:00 AM Deadline for all rabbits to be in place

Weigh rabbit meat pens

Deadline for all Ag Mechanics Projects to be in place

9:00 AM Rabbit judging – Judging will be in the following order: breeding rabbits, meat pens, rabbit showmanship.

10:00 AM Deadline for all swine to be in place

Weigh market hogs

Poultry check-in

11:00 AM Poultry judging

12:00 PM Ag Mech. judging

2:00 PM Swine judging – Judging will be in the following order: breeding swine, market hogs, selection of premium sale market hogs, swine showmanship

4:00 PM Sheep & Goats start moving into barn

6:00 PM Weigh sheep & goats

Saturday, January 12, 2013

9:00 AM Sheep and goat judging - Judging will be in the following order: market lambs, selection of premium sale market lambs, lamb showmanship, breeding goats, meat goats, selection of premium sale meat goats, goat showmanship.

*The goat show will be 15 minutes after the conclusion of the market lamb division.

5:30 PM Chili supper

6:15 PM Youth fair auction entries must be in place

6:30 PM Youth fair auction

7:00 PM Premium livestock auction


CLAY COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW

GENERAL RULES – 2013 1. SHOW PARTICIPATION: An exhibitor must be 3rd grader or 9 years old. The exhibitor must be enrolled in a

FFA Chapter, Junior FFA Chapter, FCCLA Chapter or Clay County 4H Club before November prior to the show and attending a public school in Clay County. Clay County 4H members or Junior FFA members that do not attend a Clay County Public School must be a Clay County resident and either be home-schooled or attending another school outside the county. The exhibitor must have continuously, personally fed and cared for his animal under the supervision of the County Extension Agent or Agriculture Science Teacher to be eligible to enter competition. Clay County exhibitors cannot participate in more than one county show per academic year.

2. INTERPRETATION AND VIOLATION OF RULES: The show reserves to it’s executive committee, and division superintendents the final and absolute right to interpret those rules and regulations and to arbitrary settle and determine all matters, questions and differences in regard thereto, or otherwise arising out of, or connected with, incidents to the show, and exhibitors who violate any of the rules, will forfeit all privileges and premiums and be subject to such penalties as the executive committee may order. The executive committee is comprised of the livestock board president, vice president and secretary.

3. PROTESTS: All protests must be in writing. A $50.00 deposit must accompany said complaint. If the complaint is justified, the deposit will be returned, but if the complaint is not justified, the deposit will be forfeited and deposited in the Clay County Junior Livestock Show fund. Protest must be made within 1 hour after the class is judged.

4. EXHIBITORS ELEGIBILTY: All exhibitors must be academically eligible to participate in the show and sale, as of 8:00 AM, Thursday morning of the show. A letter from the school considering the immediate previous 6-week grading period must verify this. Entries owned by students who are determined academically ineligible will in no way be exhibited or sold at the premium sale and floor sale. Academically ineligible exhibitors will also be removed from the show’s “Add-on” list.

5. EXHIBITOR SUBSTITUTIONS: All animal and poultry entries must be exhibited and sold by the owner. Breeding animal exhibitors must be present for show. A substitute exhibitor may be used under the following conditions:

a) When an exhibitor has more than one entry in the show and cannot be present to show their animal, or

b) When an exhibitor is sick, or

c) Approved school activities district competition or above, TAKS Test, etc.

d) The executive committee may use their own discretion as to whether substitute showmen will be allowed. If the executive committee renders a positive decision, the substitute showman must meet all set requirements for a Clay County Junior Livestock show exhibitor. The executive committee may require documentation in any of the above conditions (a, b or c).

6. EXHIBITOR’S PHYICALLY UNABLE TO SHOW: Any exhibitor that is physically unable to exhibit his/her animal must be present in the show ring within a reasonable proximity to his/her animal which it is being exhibited by an approved substitute showman. The show’s executive committee must approve any exceptions to this rule.

7. ANIMAL ELIGIBLITY: Any animal, which has previously been sold at a major or minor livestock show, is not eligible to enter the Clay County Junior Livestock Show. No market animals can be shown in breeding classes.

Animals in breeding classes will not be eligible to show in the market classes or enter the premium sale.

8. ANIMAL GROOMING AND FITTING: No grooming material other than water is allowed on the day of the show unless stated otherwise in special division rules. The use of unethical fitting practices will not be tolerated on any animal exhibited at the show.

9. ENTRY DEADLINE AND FEES: All entries must be signed and sent in at one (1) time by the county agent or the agricultural science teacher. Payment for all entries must be included in one check. Entries sent in by


individuals will not be accepted and will be returned. All Goat, Sheep, Swine, Cattle entries and fees are to be in the County Agents office on December 1, 2012. The deadline for Market Broiler entries will be when broiler chicks are picked up at the county Agents office. All Rabbit entries (breeding & meat pen) will be due at the time of rabbit validation. Fee schedule is as follows:

Breeding rabbits per head $ 5.00 Beef heifers & market steers per head $ 15.00 Meat rabbits & broiler per pen $ 10.00 Meat goat, market lamb and hogs per head $ 10.00 Youth Fair per entry $ 1.50 Breeding swine and goats per head $ 10.00

Ag Mechanics per project $ 15.00

10. ANIMAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS: All animals being exhibited, including an up to date Coggins test for horse entries must meet state health requirements.

All animals exhibited in the show must not have any open wound from castration or dehorning.

11. DISPLAY OF EXHIBITS: All exhibits are to be on display at the Perry D. Woods Agriscience Facility in Henrietta, Texas.

12. SIFTS: ALL livestock entered in the show will be sifted. The sifting judge reserves the right to accept or reject any entry unconditionally and does not guarantee space in the show to any entry since it is intended that only such animals shall be entered and shown as has merit and will be a credit to both exhibitor and show.

13. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR: If an animal behavior is questionable, the available Agriculture Science Teacher or County Agent will make the final decision on whether the animal is to be removed from the show.

14. SELECTION OF CHAMPIONS: In the selection of the grand and reserve champion of each division, when the grand champion has been determined from the first place animals of each class, the second place animal from this class will be moved forward to determine the reserve champion.

15. JUDGES DECISION IS FINAL: The judge’s decision will be final.

16. REQUIRMENT OF A SHOW DIVISION: There must be a total of 5 exhibitors or more in each breeding animal division in order to have plaque and trophies awarded.

17. SHOWMANSHIP DIVISIONS: Showmanship awards are to be presented to rabbit, beef, swine, sheep, goat, and poultry. There will be two (2) showmanship divisions; Jr. and Sr. Those in the Jr. Division will be 13 YEARS OF AGE AND UNDER on Thursday of the show and others will be in the Sr. Division.

18. PREMIUM SALE:

a) The premium sale is for premium monies only. Premium sale buyers do not have an option to take ownership of any sale item except for qualifying Youth Fair entries.

b) Animals must be shown in order to be eligible to show for the sale.

c) ALL sale items are to be carried through the sale by the owners (UNLESS APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE).

d) Exhibitors will be limited to the sale of ONE lot. (Animal, Ag Mech. Project, craft or cake).

e) Only the exhibitor and his/her sale item will be allowed in the sale ring during the premium auction.

f) Livestock auction sale rotation will follow the order indicated below:

i) 2013 Show - steers, market hogs, goats, lambs, poultry, rabbits, ag mechanics.

ii) 2014 Show - steers, lambs, market hogs, goats, poultry, rabbits, ag mechanics.

iii) 2015 Show - steers, goats, lambs, market hogs, poultry, rabbits, ag mechanics.

g) Youth fair entries that qualify for entry in the Youth Fair premium auction will be sold before the livestock champions. Youth Fair Auction Order: grand champion creative arts and grand champion food, one from


each age division (senior, intermediate and junior) will be sold first. The reserve champion creative arts and reserve champion foods will then be sold: one from each age division (senior, intermediate and junior).

h) Grand and reserve champion youth fair entries in each class are to be sold through auction. Foods, creative cake & craft (12 lots).

i) There will be no decorations on any premium sale animal lots.

j) ALL animals that are to be resold will be at the end of auction.

19. DETERMINING PREMIUM SALE LOTS: Premium sale lots will be determined as outlined below:

c) All grand champions, reserve champions, first place market goats, first place market lambs, first place market steers and first, second and third place market swine automatically qualify for the premium sale. Remaining market animals will show for sale order after the judging of the individual classes.

d) If an exhibitor has more than one lot qualified for the sale, that exhibitor will be allowed to sell only ONE.

e) The sale percentage of market steers, market lambs, market hogs, & meat goats are to be calculated on 75 premium sale lots.

Divide the total number of all market animal exhibitors into 75, then that percentage of all divisions listed above is to be sold. Only those eligible to compete in the show ring will figure in the percentage. If a person has two animals only ONE will figure in the percentage for the sale. If the animal is eligible to show, the person can show more than one, but he can only sell ONE. Percentage of animals sold is calculated on number of exhibitors, not on number of animals in the class.

There will be a minimum of 12 market steer sold in the premium auction. If the percentage of steers to be sold is less than 12, additional steer lots will be added until the number of steers sold totals 12. There will be a minimum of 10 market lambs sold in the premium auction. If the percentage of lambs to be sold is less than 10, additional market lamb lots will be added until the number of lambs sold totals 10.

The number of broilers and meat rabbits that qualify for the premium sale will be calculated by the same percentage used to determine the quantity of steers, lambs, hogs, and meat goats sold in the premium sale with the maximum number of 10 Broiler lots and 10 Rabbit Meat Pens.

No one species will constitute more than 40% of the sale lots. If this occurs, the other sale lots will be added from the next highest non adjusted species number until the sale lots total 75. This adjustment does not include sale numbers associated with rabbit meat pens and broilers.

f) The will be a maximum of two Ag Mechanics projects that qualify for the premium sale.

20. SALES COMMISSION: A 3% sales commission will be charged on all animals and youth fair items that sell through the premium auction. A 3% sale commission will also be charged to all animals being sold on the Livestock show floor. Foods and crafts will also pay the same sales commission. Sales commission will be charged to exhibitor’s add-on contributions.

SPECIAL DIVSION RULES AND CLASSES TO BE JUDGED (ALL DIVISIONS WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE GENERAL SHOW RULES)

(Rule Changes are indicated in BOLD print)

MARKET ANIMAL SHOW: MEAT GOAT DIVISION:

1. Meat goats may be any breed, purebred, or crossbred and may be either wether or nanny.

2. Exhibitor must have ownership by December 1, prior to the show.

3. Goats must weigh a minimum of 60 pounds and will be weighed prior to the show.

4. All meat goats must be dehorned or have horns tipped.


5. Meat goats must have a State or County validation tag in the ear to be eligible for the County Show.

6. Meat goats may start moving into the barn at 4:00 pm on Friday of the show.

7. All meat goats will be weighed at 6:00 PM on Friday evening of the show.

8. Meat goat entries will be divided into equal classes by weight with no more than 10 animals per class.

9. Any animal that does not fit in the weight range can reweigh one time within 30 minutes of the conclusion of weighing

10. Meat goats that do not make the weight limits will be taken home immediately following the conclusion of weigh in.

11. Exhibitors have the option of selling on the floor or taking the entry home. This decision must be made at the time of weigh-in.

MARKET LAMB DIVISION:

1. Market lambs may be any breed, purebred, or crossbred and may be either wether or ewe.


3. Lamb must weigh a minimum of 90 pounds.

4. Market lambs must have a State or County validation tag in the ear to be eligible for the County Show.

5. Market lambs may start moving into the barn at 4:00 PM on Friday of the show.

6. Market lambs will be weighed at 6:00 PM on Friday evening of the show.

7. Market lamb entries will be divided into equal classes by weight with no more than 10 in a class.


9. Market lambs that do not make the weight limits will be taken home immediately following the conclusion of weigh in.


MARKET HOG DIVISION:

1. Market swine may be any breed, purebred, or crossbred and may be either barrow or gilt.


3. Market swine may start moving into the barn at 7:00 AM on Friday of the show

4. Market swine must weigh 180-275 pounds across the scales with NO weight tolerance.

5. Market swine must have a State or County validation tag in the ear to be eligible for the County Show.

6. Market swine must be in place by 10:00 AM on Friday of the show.

7. Market swine will be weighed at 10:00 AM on Friday of the show.

8. Market swine entries will be divided into classes by weight as equally as possible.


10. Swine that do not make the weight limits will be taken home immediately following the conclusion of weigh in.

11. No bedding will be provided for swine entries. Wood shaving will be allowed in the swine pens if supplied by exhibitor and is completely removed prior to the conclusion of the show on Saturday. No straw will be allowed in swine pens. Violators will be subject to penalty.

12. Exhibitors have the option of selling on the floor or taking the entry home if the animal weights 225 – 275 pound. This decision must be made at the time of weigh-in. All market swine entries that weight less than 225 pounds or more than 275 pounds must take their animal home and not eligible to sale on the floor.

MARKET STEER DIVISION:


1. Market steers may be any breed, purebred, or crossbred.

2. Exhibitor must have ownership by June 30, prior to the show.

3. Minimum weight on steer is 950 pounds.

4. No maximum weight limit on steer.

5. Steer must have a Texas steer validation tag in the ear to be eligible for the County Show.

6. Market steers must be in place by 1:00 PM on Thursday of the show.

7. Market steers will be weighed at 1:00 PM on Thursday of the show.

8. Steer entries will be divided into classes by weight. Classes will be set at the show.


10. Steers that do not make the weight limits will be taken home immediately following the conclusion of weigh in.


12. The maximum pay weight for floor steers will be 1350 pounds.

13. This is a blow and go show. All steers will be shown with hair in a natural state without the use of glues, paint, adhesive, etc. Hair conditioning products that requires no wash out (Show Sheen, Revive, Zoom Bloom, etc…) will be permitted.

14. Market steers must be out of the barn four hours after the conclusion of the steer show. All steers qualifying for the premium sale, must return to the show ground Saturday before the premium livestock auction.

MARKET BROILER DIVISION:

1. Each exhibitor, through the Junior Livestock Association, must have cooperatively purchased at least 15 broilers approximately 8 weeks prior to the show to be eligible for exhibition.

2. A group of three commercial broilers will constitute an entry.

3. Broilers must be in place by 10:00 AM on Friday of the show.

RABBIT MEAT PENS DIVISION:

1. Meat pen must be in possession of exhibitor 30 days prior to date of show.

2. Meat pens will consist of three (3) rabbits - all the same breed and variety. Entry will be eliminated if more than one variety or breeds in the same pen.

3. The exhibitor must designate the three rabbits that comprise the pen before weighting. After designation, substitutions will not be allowed.

4. Meat pen rabbits must have a Clay County validation tattoo in the ear to be eligible for the County Show.

5. Meat pen rabbits must be in place by 8:00 AM on Friday of the show.

6. Meat pen rabbits will be weighed at 8:00 AM on Friday of the show.

7. Meat pen rabbits should be not over 10 weeks and not under 8 weeks age the day of the show.

8. Weight limit not over 5 pounds each rabbit with a weight tolerance of 3 ounces.

9. If anyone rabbit in the pen weighs more than the maximum weight, the entire pen is eliminated.

10. Rabbits cannot reweigh.

11. All exhibitors are responsible for putting their rabbits on the table and taking them off the table.

BREEDING ANIMAL SHOW

1. All breeding animals must have validated exhibitor ownership by December 1, prior to the show except Beef Heifers. All Beef Heifers must have validated exhibitor ownership by November 1 prior to the show.

2. The show will award a total of $1500.00 in prize money. Monies will only be paid to exhibitors in divisions that qualify for awards as specified in the General Rules. The amount of money each division has distributed will be


based on a percentage basis between qualifying divisions. Prize money with in qualifying divisions will be awarded in classes based on class size and placing using the following scale:

1 head - 1st 100%

2 head - 1st 100%

3 head - 1st 60%, 2nd 40%

4 head - 1st 60%, 2nd 40%

5 head - 1st 50%, 2nd 30%, 3rd 20%

6 head - 1st 40%, 2nd 30%, 3rd 20%, 4th 10%

7 head - 1st 40%, 2nd 30%, 3rd 20%, 4th 10%

8 head - 1st 30%, 2nd 25%, 3rd 20%, 4th 15%, 5th 10%

BREEDING GOATS DIVISION:

1. Breeding goats may start moving into the barn at 4:00 pm on Friday of the show.

2. All breeding goats must be in place by 9:00 AM on Saturday of the show.

3. Goats will be divided into classes by age.

4. Classes will be set at the show.

a) Junior Doe - 12 months and younger

b) Senior Doe – over 12 months of age

5. Breeding goats may or may not have horns.

BREEDING GILT DIVISION:

1. Breeding gilts must be in place by 10:00 AM on Friday of the show.

2. No bedding will be provided for swine entries. Wood shaving will be allowed in the swine pens if supplied by exhibitor and is completely removed prior to the conclusion of the show on Saturday. No straw will be allowed in swine pens. Violators will be subject to penalty.

3. Classes are as follows:

a) August 31, the previous year or older

b) September of the previous year

c) October and November of the previous year

BEEF HEIFER DIVISION:

1. Beef heifers must be in place by 1:00 PM on Thursday of the show.

2. Heifers will be divided into classes by age.

3. Classes will be set at the show.

4. This is a blow and go show. All heifers will be shown with hair in a natural state without the use of glues, paint, adhesive, etc. Hair conditioning products that requires no wash out (Show Sheen, Revive, Zoom Bloom, etc…) will be permitted.

5. Beef heifers must be out of the barn four hours after the conclusion of the steer show.

BREEDING RABBITS DIVISION:

1. Breeding rabbits must be in place by 8:00 AM on Friday of the show.

2. Classes are as follows:

a) Jr. Bucks - Under 8 months of age

b) Jr. Does - Under 8 months of age

c) Sr. Bucks - 8 to 18 months

d) Sr. Does - 8 to 18 months

LIVESTOCK SHOWMANSHIP SHOW

1. Showmanship awards are to be presented to rabbit, beef, swine, sheep, goat and horse & poultry.

2. There will be two (2) showmanship divisions; Junior and Senior. Those in the Junior Division will 13 YEARS OF AGE AND UNDER on Thursday of the show and others will be in the Sr. Division.

3. Exhibitors must use their own animal that was entered and shown in the show during the showmanship competition.


4. If an exhibitor’s AST/CEA and show superintendent deem an exhibitor’s own animal unsuitable to return for showmanship competition, the exhibitor will be allowed use a substitute animal drawn from a pool of like species from their home organization.

5. The show will obtain the services of a separate showmanship judge to do preliminary showmanship contestant selection for junior & senior showmanship awards. Upon selection of preliminary showmanship contestants, the official livestock judge will make the final selection of junior and senior showmanship award winners. The official rabbit and poultry judges will make all showmanship selections in their respective divisions.

6. Preliminary selection of swine, sheep and goat showmanship contestants will be limited to a maximum of 10 participants in each showmanship division. Preliminary selection of beef showmanship contestants will be limited to a maximum of 8 participants in each showmanship division.

7. To be eligible for showmanship consideration, exhibitors must wear an exhibitor number. Exhibitor identification will be by exhibitor number.

RABBIT SHOWMANSHIP CLASSES:

1. Showmanship rules will be judged the same as State Rabbit Rules.

2. All stock must be the bonafide property of the exhibitor.

3. All stock needs to be permanently and clearly earmarked in the left ear.

4. Any animal showing signs of disease or sickness will be removed from the show room area and will not be accepted for judging.

5. All exhibitors are responsible for putting their rabbits on the table and taking them off the table.

AGRICULTURAL MECHANICS SHOW: 1. There will be 5 classes and only the over-all Champion & Reserve Champion projects will qualify for the premium

sale. Class 1 - Agriculture Machinery Class 2 - Livestock Equipment Class 3 - Recreation, Creative, and Wildlife equipment Class 4 - Trailers Class 5 - Tractor Restoration

2. Projects can be individual or group constructed.

3. Projects must be constructed within 1 calendar year from date of show. (2013 Exception, projects constructed during the 2011-2012 school year may be shown.)

4. Projects can only be shown one time at the county show.

5. The Danish system will be used to judge the projects. A. Workmanship: 30 pts. B. Design and materials used: 20pts. C. Practicality: 20 pts. D. Degree of difficulty: 10 pts. E. Finish: 10pts. F. Plans, bill of materials, and photos: 10 pts.

6. Projects must be exhibited in a safe manner.

7. There will be a Jr. and Sr. showmanship award.

8. Photos and documentation are highly encouraged.

9. Every precaution will be taken to protect the projects entered. However the Clay County Livestock Association will not be responsible for any loss or damage to projects.


10. Exhibitors cannot enter more than 2 projects.

11. All projects will be classified into appropriate Divisions by show personnel.

12. Unloading large projects will not be guaranteed.

13. Ag Mechanics projects cannot be double entered in the Youth Fair.

14. Exhibitors must be with their projects while it is being judged.

15. Ag Mechanics projects may start moving in at 6:00 am on the Friday of the show and must be in place by 8:00 AM on Friday of the show.

16. Ag Mechanics projects judging will begin at 12:00 PM (noon)


CLAY COUNTY YOUTH FAIR

2013

SPECIAL DIVSION RULES AND CLASSES TO BE JUDGED (ALL DIVISIONS WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE CLAY COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW GENERAL

SHOW RULES)

(Revised 09/2012)

1. SHOW PARTICIPATION: An exhibitor must be 3rd grader or 9 years old. The exhibitor must be enrolled in a

FFA Chapter, Junior FFA Chapter, FCCLA Chapter or Clay County 4H Club before November 1, 2012 prior to the

show and attending a public school in Clay County. Clay County 4H members or Junior FFA members that do not

attend a Clay County Public School must be a Clay County resident and either be home-schooled or attending

another school outside the county.

2. INTERPRETATION AND VIOLATION OF RULES: The show reserves to its Youth Fair Executive

Committee, and division superintendents the final and absolute right to interpret those rules and regulations and to

arbitrary settle and determine all matters, questions and differences in regard thereto, or otherwise arising out of, or

connected with, incidents to the show, and exhibitors who violate any of the rules, will forfeit all privileges and

premiums and be subject to such penalties as the executive committee may order. The Youth Fair Executive

Committee is comprised of the youth fair superintendents and committee members.

3. PROTESTS: All protests must be in writing. A $50.00 deposit must accompany said complaint. If the complaint is

justified, the deposit will be returned, but if the complaint is not justified, the deposit will be forfeited and deposited

in the Clay County Junior Livestock Show fund. Protest must be made within 1 hour after the class is judged.

4. EXHIBITORS ELEGIBILTY: All exhibitors must be academically eligible to participate in the youth fair and

sale, as of 8:00 AM, Thursday morning of the show. A letter from the school considering the immediate previous 6-

week grading period must verify this. Entries owned by students who are determined academically ineligible will in

no way be exhibited or sold at the premium sale and floor sale. Academically ineligible exhibitors will also be

removed from the show’s “Add-on” list.

5. ENTRY DEADLINE AND FEES: All entries will be done on line. Fees are to be in the County Agents office or

respective Ag/FCCLA Teachers office on November 30, 2012 (also see rule #1). The deadline for photography

entries will be 4 pm, Friday, November 30, 2012. Photographs are to be turned in the same day along with entry

form and fees. Youth Fair fee is $1.50 per class in each of the three Categories.

6. AGE BRACKETS of exhibitors: Clover Kid = K through 2

nd grade

Junior = 3rd

through 5th

grade

Intermediate = 6th

through 8th

grade

Senior = 9th

through 12th

grade

**Clover Kid entries are non-competitive and will only receive exhibitor ribbons.

7. DISPLAY OF EXHIBITS: All Exhibits must be on display Henrietta High School Cafeteria Facility in Henrietta,

Texas for the public to view until release time. Entrants will be responsible for picking up entries. Agents,

AgriScience Teachers, CCJLA or Youth Fair Committee will not be responsible for unclaimed items. These items

will not be saved.

8. EXHIBITORS WORK: Each entry must be the work of the exhibitor and NOT been previously entered in the

Clay County Youth Fair. Recipes should not be used 2 years in a row.

9. ONE ENTRY PER CLASS: An individual may have only ONE ENTRY per class, such as only 1 model (class

18) or only 1 cake (class 3), EXCEPTION: 3 entries in OTHER FOODS (class 11) & OTHER (class 31). Other

means your item could NOT be entered in any other class. For example, bar cookies will not go in other because it

has a class. ALL ENTRIES MUST BE ABLE TO FIT THROUGH JUDGING ROOM DOOR.


10. RIBBONS: Ribbons will be Blue (1st of class), Red (2

nd), White (3

rd), Pink (4

th), and Yellow (5

th). Classes with only

one entry will not necessarily be given a blue ribbon if judges determine the entry is not deserving.

11. SELECTION OF CHAMPIONS: In the selection of the grand and reserve champion of each division, when the

grand champion has been determined from the first place entry of each class, the second place entry from this class

will be moved forward to determine the reserve champion.

12. JUDGES DECISION IS FINAL: The judge’s decision will be final.

13. PREMIUM SALE:

a) The premium sale is for premium monies only. Premium sale buyers do not have an option to take ownership of

any sale item except for qualifying Youth Fair entries.

b) ALL sale items are to be carried through the sale by the owners.

c) Exhibitors will be limited to the sale of ONE lot. (Animal, craft or cake).

d) Only the exhibitor and his/her sale item will be allowed in the sale ring during the premium auction.

e) Youth fair entries that qualify for entry in the Youth Fair premium auction will be sold before the livestock

champions. Youth Fair Auction Order: grand champion creative arts and grand champion food, one from each

age division (senior, intermediate and junior) will be sold first. The reserve champion creative arts and reserve

champion foods will then be sold: one from each age division (senior, intermediate and junior).

Grand and reserve champion youth fair entries in each class are to be sold through auction. Foods, creative cake

& craft (12 lots). Alternates will be sold in the event a Grand Champion or Reserve Champion does not sell. The

following or alternates will be sold prior to the Livestock Auction:

Grand Champion Foods, JR

Grand Champion Foods, INT

Grand Champion Foods, SR

Grand Champion-Creative Arts, JR

Grand Champion-Creative Arts, INT

Grand Champion-Creative Arts, SR

Reserve Grand Champion-Food, JR

Reserve Grand Champion-Foods, INT

Reserve Grand Champion-Foods, SR

Reserve Grand Champion-Creative Arts, JR

Reserve Grand Champion-Creative Arts, INT

Reserve Grand Champion-Creative Arts, SR

f) All Food Items Selling at Premium Sale Must be Remade FRESH for the sale.

SALES COMMISSION: A 3% sales commission will be charged on all animals and youth fair items that sell through

the premium auction. Sales commission will be charged to exhibitor’s add-on contributions

I. CATEGORY-FOODS - Tape the recipe for your entry WITHOUT identification, (name, club, etc.) on the top of

your food. Items without complete recipes will only receive participant ribbons. For example: a pie entry shall

include recipes for both the filling and the crust. If frozen or refrigerated crusts are used identify as such. Each entry must

be coded by age and class. NO PERISHABLES! rule has been deleted. All Food Items Selling at Premium Sale Must

be Remade FRESH for the sale.

If in question, call 538-5042 or 538-5052 and ask. All food must be covered at all times.

1. BAR COOKIES

2. DROP COOKIES

3. CAKES – SCRATCH

4. CAKES - TUBE / BUNDT

5. CAKE MIXES (with added ingredients)

6. CANDY


7. YEAST BREAD

8. QUICK BREADS

9. PIES - If shell is not homemade, it must be noted on recipe card.

10. SUGAR FREE DESSERTS

11. OTHER FOODS - Foods that do not fit in any other category.

II. CATEGORY - CREATIVE ARTS

12. CREATIVE CAKES - **(Food Rules apply - Judged on appearance only)

13. NEEDLEWORK

14. FABRIC CLOTHING ACCESSORIES (collars, belts, scarves, etc.)

15. CLOTHING - WEARABLE ART (garments painted or decorated)

16. LEATHER CRAFT

17. JEWELRY

18. MODEL CONSTRUCTION (Cars, etc.)

19. FLORAL ARRANGEMENT

20. ART ORIGINALS - (Oil & Watercolors)

21. ART-KIT OR PRE-CONSTRUCTED (Paint by #, etc.)

22. PEN / INK / CHARCOAL / PENCIL

23. RECYCLED OR PRE-CONSUMER WASTE CREATION

24. CREATIVE ART - PROMOTE 4-H, FFA, FCCLA

25. CONSTRUCTED HOME ACCESSORIES

26. PAINTED WOOD ART

27. WOODWORKING - (Rough or Utility)

28. WOODWORKING - (Finished)

29. METAL WORK (Artistic)

30. METAL WORK (Functional-Must go through judging room doorway.)

31. ANY OTHER

PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST –

This is a separate contest with separate rules and awards. Photographs are not eligible for Grand or Reserve Champion

and will not sell in auction.

DEADLINE: Photograph and entry fee due November 30, 2012 in the Extension Office, 210 W. Ikard, Suite B, Henrietta,

TX.

State 4-H Photography Rules Apply - Rules can be found through the internet at

texas4-h.tamu.edu/photography_contest or obtained from Extension office. Color photographs can be taken with

emulsion film or digital cameras. COUNTY SHOW ONLY - All Photos must be printed as an 8x10 photograph and

placed in a sheet protector. No matting, dry mounts if possible. DO NOT put photograph in a picture frame.

32. ANIMALS - DOMESTIC

33. ANIMALS - WILDLIFE

34. CATCH-ALL

35. DETAILS & MACRO

36. DEGITAL DARKROOM

37. DOMINANT COLOR

38. ELEMENTS OF DESIGN

39. FOOD

40. MARINE/AQUATIC

41. NATURE & LANDSCAPE

42. NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

43. PEOPLE


44. PLANT/FLORA

45. STORYBOARD

46. THEME – “Holiday Season in Texas”

Detailed descriptions all photography classes 32 through 46 are available on separate Photography handout from

Extension office or from the 4-H State website: texas4-h.tamu.edu/photography_contest.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING ANY ASPECT OF THE YOUTH FAIR, PLEASE DO NOT

HESITATE TO CALL THE CLAY COUNTY OFFICE OF TEXAS AGRILIFE EXTENSION AT 940/538-5042, 538-

5052 OR EMAIL US AT:

[email protected]

or

[email protected]

The Clay County office of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service provides educational programs to people of all

ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, religion, disability, or national origin. Individuals with

disabilities who require an auxiliary aid, service, or accommodation in order to participate in Extension sponsored events

are encouraged to call the Extension Office at (940) 538-5042

(Revised 09/2012)

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


2013 CLAY COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK & YOUTH FAIR SHOW SCHEDULE (Time changes from last year indicated in BOLD print)

Thursday, January 10, 2013

8:00 AM Cattle start moving into barn

1:00 PM Deadline for all steers & heifers to be in place

Weigh steers

2:00 PM Youth Fair Entries check in. Must be completed by 3:00 PM

3:00 PM Judging of Youth Fair Entries

4:00 PM Beef cattle judging – Judging will be in the following order - beef heifers, market steers, selection of premium sale market steers, beef cattle showmanship.

* Market steers will start 15 minutes after the conclusion of the heifer show

5:00 PM Public display of Youth Fair Entries

Photograph of all Youth Fair grand & reserve champions

6:30 PM Youth Fair entries released.

*All livestock champions and showmanship winners will be photographed after their respective show)

Friday, January 11, 2013

6:00 AM Ag Mechanics projects start moving in

7:00 AM Swine start moving into the barn

8:00 AM Deadline for all rabbits to be in place

Weigh rabbit meat pens

Deadline for all Ag Mechanics Projects to be in place

9:00 AM Rabbit judging – Judging will be in the following order: breeding rabbits, meat pens, rabbit showmanship.

10:00 AM Deadline for all swine to be in place

Weigh market hogs

Poultry check-in

11:00 AM Poultry judging

12:00 PM Ag Mech. judging

2:00 PM Swine judging – Judging will be in the following order: breeding swine, market hogs, selection of premium sale market hogs, swine showmanship

4:00 PM Sheep & Goats start moving into barn

6:00 PM Weigh sheep & goats

Saturday, January 12, 2013

9:00 AM Sheep and goat judging - Judging will be in the following order: market lambs, selection of premium sale market lambs, lamb showmanship, breeding goats, meat goats, selection of premium sale meat goats, goat showmanship.

*The goat show will be 15 minutes after the conclusion of the market lamb division.

5:30 PM Chili supper

6:15 PM Youth fair auction entries must be in place

6:30 PM Youth fair auction

7:00 PM Premium livestock auction

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