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1. All animals must be pre-registered
by May 17, 2008.
2. All market animals must be
ear tagged by the Berkeley County Youth Fair on the scheduled ear tagging day in order to be shown and sold at the 2008 fair. An exhibitor may tag two animals per species.
Market Steers will be ear tagged on December 1, 2007 between 8:00 am and 12:00 noon.
Market hogs, market goats, and market lambs will be ear tagged on May 17, 2008 from 8:00 am until 12:00 noon. A $1.00 ear tag fee will be charged per animal.
3. Exhibitors may only bring
one market animal per species to fair registration on Saturday, August 2, 2008. The
market animal that is to be shown must be determined prior to the arrival on the fairgrounds.
4. An exhibitor may consign
one species to sell on Friday, August 8, 2008. Market animal must be consigned
during registration on Saturday, August 2, 2008, prior to weigh in. If an exhibitor
is under the age of 18, a parent or guardian must co-sign the form.
5. No animals shall be unloaded
until health papers are checked and approved by a state official designated by the fair. Fair officials reserve the
right to reject any animal which is designated or otherwise undesirable. All animals arriving on a truck with
contaminated animals will be sent home.
6. Breeds will show separatel
for breeding classes. All market animals will be shown by weight.
7. Animals not properly cared
for will be sent home, decision made by Executive and Livestock Committees.
8. Market steers must have been
born in 2007. Market goats and market lambs must be born on January 1, 2008 or
after. Market hogs must have been born on January 25, 2008 or after.
9. No under weight or over weight market
animal will be sold but will be shown in own class and receive green participation ribbon.
They will not be eligible for grand or reserve champion. Weight requirements: Steer – must weigh 950 lbs.; Hogs – must weigh between 225 lbs and 295
lbs.; Lambs – must weigh 100 lbs.; Goats – must weigh between 60lbs and 110 lbs.
10. Feeder calves will be weighed in on Saturday after
the market animals. Must weigh between 350 lbs. and 650 lbs.
11. No
intact male animals allowed. (Excludes rabbits and llamas)
12. Nursing
beef calves (no bulls) under 5 months old may be brought with mother if calf is pre registered.
13. Nursing
goat kids (no intact males) under 5 months old may be brought with mother if goat kid is pre registered.
14.
Nursing dairy calves are not allowed.
15. Exhibitors with hogs must have a self-waterer.
16. The Berkeley County Youth Fair will follow the West Virginia Department of Agriculture Fair & Festival
Regulations and Recommendations in regards to health requirements.
17. Good sportsmanship should prevail at all times. Unsportsman like conduct will result in the forfeiture of premiums and dismissal of
the exhibitor from further competition in that show.
18. All livestock must stay in the defined area (fenced in area).
19. All Beef sale animals will have a serviceable rope
halter on the animal to be left on for personnel to move animals after the sale. Halters
will be returned to fair grounds Saturday morning for pickup.
20. There will be limited movement in the barn
area from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
21. No grooming chutes or tack/show boxes will be brought
to fair grounds until after weigh in on Saturday. Feed, hay and straw is to be limited to only what is needed for bedding
and feeding on Saturday until after the weigh in.
22. There will be a mandatory livestock exhibitor meeting
on Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 2:30 pm in the indoor arena. All livestock
exhibitors need attend this meeting.
23. Only Berkeley County Youth Fair issued awards (banners,
trophies, ribbons, etc) are allowed to be hung or displayed in the barn, show ring, and sale ring.
24. All market animals must be clean and dried properly
to weigh in on Saturday.
25. Exhibitors of any livestock animals will not be
permitted to apply and/or use any type of adhesives, glue, dyes or paint products on breeding or market animals for confirmation
classes, showmanship classes or the market animal sale. (Excludes horses)
26. Up to individual chairpersons to select judge for
herdsman’s awards in his or her division.
27. Exhibitors of livestock shall be required to show
their animals in confirmation classes.
28. All animals must be brought into the ring and shown
properly and safely by the exhibitor. Animals that cannot be shown properly and
safely by the exhibitor may be disqualified and awarded a green ribbon. Market
animals not brought into the ring will not be sold and will not receive any ribbon premium.
Decision will be made by the Executive Youth Fair Board and/or Livestock Committee.
29. Only youth exhibitors may show their animals in
the judging ring: except in championship classes where an exhibitor may have two or more animals qualified, another youth,
eligible for participation in the Youth Fair, may show the other animal(s). No
other person may be in ring except those designated by the persons in charge of the event.
30. Exhibitors or eligible substitutes must be present
during judging. If an exhibitor is unable to show an animal because of health
or other unforeseen reasons, another participating exhibitor may show the animal with special permission from Executive Board
and Livestock Committee. Request must be in written form and given to appropriate
chairperson, by Saturday, August 2, 2008, if time permits.
31. All animals which require health certification shall
be certified as specified by the State Department of Agriculture.
32. Grand Champion and Reserve Champion market steer,
market hogs, market goats and market lambs must be sold.
33. In the livestock classes, Grand and Reserve Champion
awards will be given. The first place individual in each class will show for
Champion and Reserve Champion unless otherwise designated by the judge. Second
place animal in each class will stand by for Reserve Champion.
34. Advanced entry is required for all animal exhibits. Deadline is to be postmarked by May 17, 2008.
Late entries will not be accepted. Entries sent to Berkeley County Youth
Fair, c/o Lisa Duvall, 5711 Tabler Station Road, Inwood,
WV 25428.
35. To ensure the opportunity for exhibitors to finish
fitting their project animals on their own, an adult “hands off policy” on show days is strongly encouraged. Adults and/or other exhibitors assisting are encouraged to involve the exhibitor in
the animal preparation thus providing a “learning by doing” experience.
Adults and/or other exhibitors should serve as mentors and the exhibitor should be actively participating.
36. Animals
should be cared for by the exhibitor with adults acting as mentors and only assisting the exhibitor when the need arises.
37. No person or exhibitor will be permitted to stay
overnight on the Youth Fair Grounds without special permission from the Youth Fair Association.
38. Horses, ponies and llamas are required to stay in
the horse barn or arena area at all times and may only be exercised in the arena and must have a bridle. No one is to ride a horse on the fairgrounds except the exhibitor.
Horses, ponies and llamas are to be in the stalls between 5:00p.m. - 10:00p.m.; barn closes at 11:00p.m. Horse and llama exhibitors may only use the horse wash area.
39. No physical
barriers between animal exhibits.
40. Pictures for market animals can be picked up Monday, August 10, 2008 between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm at the picnic pavilion. Checks can be picked up August 23, 2008 from 10:00 am - noon. Exhibitor must bring the signed postcard that the buyer has received their picture and a thank you note
from the exhibitor. Picture money and the 2% yardage fee will be deducted from
the market checks. If the exhibitor does not have the postcard signed and returned
to the Fair Board Treasurer by August 23, 2008, the exhibitor will not sell a market animal at the 2009 fair nor will the
exhibitor receive their check until the postcard is signed and returned to the Fair Board Treasurer.
41. Exhibitors
must get approval from the Livestock Chairperson or Fair Board President before securely hanging fans. Air flow direction will be specified by Livestock Chairperson or Fair Board President. Only one fan per animal is allowed. Exhibitors are not allowed
to bring generators to the fair without prior approval from the Fair Board President or Livestock Chairperson.
42. Announcements made prior to day of show takes precedence
over printed material.
43. Exhibitors are requested to have a Premise ID for
all livestock listed on the Premise ID application form for the 2008 fair.
44. The policy stated for the youth sheep projects (both
breeding and market lambs) and for exhibition of animals by youth at fairs and shows in West
Virginia is:
“Lambs born after January 2002, must
be properly docked. Lambs will have a minimum tail length of 0.7 inches at show,
measured by the approved measurement device, which will be placed against the base of the tail and pinbones.” It is strongly recommended that tails should be at least 1.4 inches in length at weaning.
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