FULTON COUNTY FAIR GENERAL RULES & CHECK IN TIMES
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DEPARTMENT 12 GRAIN – HAY
(Refer to general rules)
- Exhibits accepted on Saturday 12:00 noon to 5:00, Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00
- Exhibitors must stay until all items are checked in.
- Winners may turn in placement stickers for ribbons at fair office.
1. One gal. clear jars with lids are to be used to show grain in classes 11 through 31, unless noted.
2. If the fair management believes any of the exhibits were shown in previous years, those entries may be refused.
SECTION 1 Grain and Seed Crops
CLASS PREMIUMS
Corn – 6 Ears Hybrid $4.00 $3.50 $3.00 $2.50
01 - Field Corn – Yellow
02 - Field Corn – White
Open Pollinated – 6 Ears
03 - Field corn – Yellow
04 - Field corn – White
05 - Field Corn – Red
06 - Indian Corn
07 - Finger Corn
08 - Popcorn, yellow
09 - Popcorn, white
10 - Popcorn, strawberry
11 - Any other
Corn – 3 Stalks (with roots)
12 - Field
13 - Silage $3.00 $2.50 $2.00 $1.50
14 – Sunflowers, Mammoth – 1 stalk, single head, cut off at ground level
Oats
15 - Clintland 64 or Clintford
16 - Garry
17 - Russell
18 - Orbit
19 - Any Other
Wheat
20 - Pennroll
21 - Red Coat
22 - Any Other
Winter Barley
23 - Pennrad
24 - Wong
25 - Any Other
Buckwheat $1.40 $1.30 $1.20 $1.10
26 - Japanese or Silverhull
27 - Pennquad
Miscellaneous
28 - Alfalfa Seed
29 - Red Clover Seed
30 - Rye
31 - Soybeans
32 - Sunflower Seed – 1 qt.
33 - Timothy Seed
34 - Any Other
SECTION 2 Hay
1. Long hay only. An exhibit shall consist of a bale section at least 8 inches thick or an equivalent amount if cut from hay in the mow.
2. Exhibit must be in clear plastic bag.
CLASS PREMIUMS
$4.50 $3.50 $2.50
01 - Alfalfa or alfalfa grass mixed, first cutting, Not over 50% of grasses.
02 - Alfalfa or alfalfa grass mixed, later cuttings, Not over 50% of grasses.
03 - Other legumes or legume grass mixtures. Not over 50% of grasses.
04 - Grass first cutting. Mixtures of timothy and/or other grasses and containing not more than 10% legumes.
05 - Grass, second cutting. Mixtures of timothy and/or other grasses and containing not more than 10% legumes.
06 - Mixed hay – any mixture not classified in the previous classes but which contains 50% or more singly or in combination of alfalfa, timothy, clover and grasses
07 - Grand Champion Hay Exhibit Ribbon or Rosette
SECTION 3 Silage
1. Silage crop must be named. Exhibits shall consist of ten pounds. (Large size plastic bags are excellent containers for transporting or showing samples.)
CLASS PREMIUMS
$4.50 $3.50 $2.50
01 - Perennial crops – direct cut, with or without preservatives
02 - Perennial crops – wilted or low moisture, with or without preservatives
03 - Annuals other than corn – direct cut, with or without preservatives
04 - Annuals other than corn – wilted or low moisture, with or without preservatives
05 - Corn Silage