THE HARDIN COUNTY FAIR! - Kenton Times

Page 22 – 2013 HARDIN FAIR PREMIUM BOOK
GENERAL REGULATIONS
The Hardin County Fair is conducted in compliance
with the Rules and Regulations of the
Ohio State Department of Agriculture and the
following general regulations. Our Fair will operate
under the provisions of Ohio’s Livestock
Show Reform Act and under all applicable Ohio
Department of Agriculture Administrative Code
rules. This law and the amended rules may be
viewed and/or secured at the secretary’s office.
MEMBERSHIP
1. Any person, 18 years of age or older and a resident
within the Hardin County boundaries,
may become a member of the society by purchasing
a Fair Membership Ticket. Persons
living outside Hardin County should purchase
a non-resident fair ticket. Either of these tickets
entitles the purchaser to be admitted to
the fair along with his children of school age.
ENTRIES
2. Entries are open to residents of counties
whose fairs are open to Hardin County residents.
3. Exhibitors in both open class and Junior Fair
are limited to two (2) entries in each class, except
as noted in premium list.
4. Entries must be made on proper entry form
found in the catalog or other approved form,
otherwise they will not be accepted.
Checks made payable to “Hardin County Fair”
5. Entries can be made in accordance with the
regulations set up under each department.
6. Entries can be made by mail to: Box 317, Kenton,
Ohio 43326.
ALL ENTRIES CLOSE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 AT 5:00 P.M.
7. All Open Class exhibitors must have a membership
ticket or season ticket to make an entry.
8. An exhibit entered in the wrong class on an
entry blank cannot be changed after the entry
deadline.
9. Exhibitors must secure entry tags from the fair
office and present them to the superintendent
in charge when placing the exhibit.
10. Entry fee MUST accompany Open Class
entries from all exhibitors. Entry fees will
not be refunded.
11. All open class entries must be in place Tuesday,
Sept. 3 at 1:00 P.M. unless otherwise announced
by the department superintendent.
Junior Fair entries must be in place before
Monday, Sept. 2 at 9:00 P.M. No entries can be
placed prior to 8:00 A.M. on Monday, Sept. 2.
12. Entries will not be released until 7:00 P.M.
and market livestock will not be released until
9:00 P.M. Sunday, Sept. 8, except champions.
Exhibits removed prior to that time will
forfeit all rights to premium money and entry
fees. Champions will be released at 7:00
p.m. on Sunday.
13. Exhibits not claimed by Monday, Sept. 9 at
12:00 o’clock noon will become property of the
management.
EXHIBITS - PEN - STALL ASSIGNMENTS
14. Each exhibitor must furnish his own feed,
bedding and feed containers. NO BEDDING
will be provided.
15. All pens, stalls, alleyways and exhibits must
be in a presentable condition during the fair.
16. Superintendents have the right to withhold
premium money from Open Class and Junior
Fair exhibitors who show dirty livestock or do
not maintain clean pen or stalls. All Junior
Fair exhibitors in buildings must clean
pens and remove manure and bedding material
from the building before leaving on
Sunday. An amount equivalent to the member’s
premiums will be deducted from Jr.
Fair Livestock Sale checks of those exhibitors
who do not comply.
17. Open Class exhibitors must have owned animals
90 days prior to opening day of the fair,
except as noted in department class rules. Junior
Fair exhibitors must own or have in their
possession animals by June 1, except as noted
in class rules.
18. All breeding stock must be purebred in open
class. Ownership and age must be proved by
registration paper upon request of the superintendent.
19 CATTLE exhibitors: All heifers shown in the
Open Class and Junior Fair Cattle Show must
be registered. Papers are to be shown. Minimum
percentages will be as follows:
Angus purebred
Chianina 1/8
Hereford purebred
Maine-Anjou 3/4
Murrey Grey 1/2
Shorthorn purebred (15/16)
Simmental 3/4
Crossbred
All females without
breed reg. papers
20. In accordance with the USDA and the
Scrapie Eradication program, ALL sheep
and ALL goats will be required to have a
scrapie identification tag for this year’s
show.
21. All dairy feeders and beef feeders brought
to the fair will be required to have a series
of two vaccinations. The vaccinations are
to cover BVD, IBR, BRSV and P13.
The first dose should be given between May
22 and June 25 and can be administered by
the family if desired. Proof of purchase and
appropriate documentation must be kept
by the member and recorded in their livestock
record book.
The second dose should be given between
July 22 and August 20. It is recommended
that the second dose be given at the time
the veterinarian ear tags the animals for
fair. Proof that the first dose was given by
the family must be provided to the veterinarian
at that time.
22. All horses and ponies to be exhibited must
have been vaccinated with Fu-Rhino vaccine
between March 1, 2013 and August
20, 2013. Proof of vaccination must be provided
to the superintendent upon request.
23. Superintendent will be in charge of all stall