DEPARTMENT 1 DAIRY

Doug Stevens.......................................... Superintendent

 

DAIRY CLOVER BUDS

Cloverbud members 6 and 7 years old may exhibit a junior heifer calf (only dairy booster premiums will be paid).

Cloverbud members 5 year old will be limited to participation in the baby calf parade and educational exhibits.

DAIRY COW OPTION

An exhibitor showing a milking dairy cow may enter the cow on Sunday, or option until Wednesday from 9 AM to 12 Noon. If the exhibitor chooses the Wednesday option, he or she must bring a heifer or dairy feeder to enter on Sunday.

 

1.   Tradition and good judgment dictate first and second year members shall exhibit a calf or yearling which they have fitted and trained. One animal will be permitted. No calves born after April 1 of this year, may be exhibited except in the Baby Dairy Calf Class.

2.   Advanced exhibitors, who have had three or more years, may exhibit 3 females, two of which may be purchased providing the purchase of one was before July 1 of the year preceding the fair.

3.   No bulls can be entered or exhibited in the Junior Show.

4.   Senior yearlings in production will show in the 2 year old class.

5.   Production Record Class: This Class may be entered in addition to the regular classes for cows in milk, provided the member qualifies. Additional premiums will be paid on the basis of production, regardless of position in the regular class. The production record covering a lactation period of at least 305 days must be presented at the time entries are checked.

 

Records that qualify for awards will be announced in the show ring following the judging of each class. In order to qualify, each cow must have produced in the latest 305 day lactation, as follows, for different ages of calving at the start of the lactation period:

(a) 2 years old - 425 pounds of fat

      3 years old - 450 pounds of fat

      4 years old - 500 pounds of fat

      5 years old or over - 525 pounds of fat

(b) Records of production must be presented at time of show, and these records shall be on a 4-H production record card, daily record sheet, or D.H.I.A. form.

(c) The club member showing the animal must have owned the animal during the entire period which the record covers.

6.   Champions will be designated only when competition and quality warrants.

 

SECTION 1 - HOLSTEINS

Class

1.   Junior Heifer Calf born after March 1, 2023 and before April 1, 2023.

2.   Intermediate Heifer Calf-December 1, 2022-February 28, 2023.

3.   Senior Heifer Calf-September 1, 2022 - November 30, 2022.

4.   Junior Yearling Heifer-March 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022.

5.   Senior Yearling Heifer-September 1, 2021-February 28, 2022.

6.   Two Year Old Cow-September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021.

7.   Three Year Old Cow-September 1, 2019- August 31, 2020.

8.   Four Year Old Cow-September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2019.

9.   Aged Cow, five years and older, born before September 1, 2018.

       Senior Champion Female (winner of classes 8-11).

       Ribbons only.

      Grand Champion Female (1st place animals in classes 1-5 and 8-11).

Reserve Grand Champion Female (1st place animals in classes 1-5 and 8-11 and 2nd place animal in class from which Grand Champion was selected).

All entries in any one of the following three classes must have been shown previously by the same exhibitor. 

10.  Best Three Females.

11.  Produce of Dam.

12.  Dam and Daughter.

                                                                                                         

Champions will be designated only when competition and quality warrant.

 

Classes in Sections 2-6 same as

Section 1

SECTION 2 - GUERNSEYS

SECTION 3 - JERSEYS

SECTION 4 - BROWN SWISS

SECTION 5 - AYRSHIRE

SECTION 6 - SHORTHORN

PREMIUMS

Conformation and Showmanship

No. in                                                                                               

Class  1st     2nd     3rd     4th     5th    6th     7th     8th    9th    10th  11-20th

  10    $12      $11    $10     $9      $8      $7      $6      $5      $4     $3      $2

   9      11       10         9        8         7         6        5       4         3   

   8       10        9         8         7         6        5         4       3

    7       9          8         7        6          5        4        3

   6        8         7          6        5         4         3

   5        7         6          5         4         3

   4        6         5           4        3

   3        5         4          3

   2        4         3

   1        3

 

 

SECTION  7 - EDUCATIONAL POSTERS

Posters should be 22"x 28" and illustrate some aspect of dairying.

Posters may be entered regardless of whether cattle are shown.

Posters will be entered Monday in the dairy barn and judged on Thursday by Dairy Booster members. They will be displayed in the dairy barn.

Premiums will be paid by Dairy Boosters.

 

                            Outstanding Exhibit

Class

20  Cloverbuds (5. 6, or 7 year olds)............... Award Only

21  Educational poster (ages 8-13)............. $25  $15  $10

22  Educational poster (ages 14 and up)..... $25  $15  $10

All entries will receive ribbons.

 

BABY CALF PARADE

Thursday -1:00 P.M. for all youth under 6 yrs. of age

The Isabella County Dairy Boosters will present ribbons for each entry in the Baby Dairy Calf Parade.

BRING YOUR OWN CALVES.

 

HAND MILKING CONTEST

The contest will be held on Thursday following the judging in the livestock pavilion. Winner will be determined by weight of milk in time allowed.

 

SECTION 8 - DAIRY  SHOWMANSHIP

Showmanship Classes in each livestock division will be divided according to the following age groups of members:

 

DAIRY

            JUNIOR                                   

 Class                                      

     27     8 year old

     28     9 year old                          

     29    10 year old                        

     30    11 year old

         INTERMEDIATE

Class                     

     31    12 year old                       

     32    13 year old                   

     33    14 year old

     34    15 year old

          SENIOR

Class

    35     16 year old

    36     17 year old

    37     18 year old

    38     19 year old