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110 Butler County Junior Fair Section
Herdsman Award
Notice:
Awarded at Grand Showman of Showman Contest.
The Herdsman contest is open to all Jr. Fair mem-
bers, exhibiting livestock including Beef, Sheep,
Swine, Dairy and Goats. Scoring criteria: done on the
following basis in terms of %.
• Sportsmanship - 30pts.
» In Showing
» Greeting Public
» With Jr. Fair Members
• Evidence of respect and courtesy to public and other
members - 10pts.
• Leadership ability - 25pts.
• Cleanliness of project area and animals -
20pts.
• Appearance of project Display- 15pts.
*Jr. Fair Board members and superintendent are allowed to
receive award.
**Will be judged by Adult Advisor/Jr. Fair Board & Senior
Fair Board
Premier Exhibitor Award
Sponsored By: Gordon Cornelius Family
Rules:
A) There will be one Premiere Exhibitor Award
given to the highest point scorer from each of the
following depts.: Beef, Sheep, Swine, Horse,
Goat, Dairy Cattle, Rabbit, Poultry, Dog, Nutri-
tion, Clothing, Small Engine, Gardening & Shoot-
ing Sports.
B) The Premiere Exhibitor Award will only be giv-
en to senior exhibitors, those who are at least 14
years old as of January 1, of current year.
C) The award scoring will be broken down into
three categories for Beef, Sheep, Swine, Goat,
Dairy Cattle, Rabbit, Poultry, Dog, and Horse.
Two categories will be utilized for the Nutrition,
Clothing, Small Engine, Gardening and Shooting
Sports.
D) The scoring using 3 categories will consist of
Skillathon placing, Showmanship placing, and the
exhibitor’s top live animal placing. *Horses will
use the exhibitor’s largest 2 classes for points,
plus Skillathon. Exhibitors market animal placing
takes priority. If a member does not show a mar-
ket animal, their largest non-market Jr. fair class
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placing will be used.
E) To earn premiere exhibitor points, the exhibitor
must have a project in that species and be regis-
tered in the Premiere Exhibitor Program. This will
not interfere with exhibitors wanting to participate
in Skillathon’s outside of their species area. Nor
will it interfere with determining the 1st and 2nd
place winners in the Skillathon. The points a par-
ticipant will receive will be based on their placing
among all participants in each Skillathon.
F) For tie breaking an oral five-question quiz will
be used. These tie-breaking measures will only
be used between the two exhibitors who are tied.
G) Once a person wins the Premiere Exhibitor
Award in a specie area, they are not eligible to
win again in the same area. Although they may
win in a different species.
H) The points will be awarded on the following
system. For everything except FCS (5 places)
1 ST 25 PTS. 2 ND 23 PTS. 3 RD 21 PTS.
4 TH 19 PTS. 5 TH 17 PTS. 6 TH 15 PTS.
TH
TH
11 PTS.
7
13 PTS. 8
*All participants will receive 10 pts. if they do not
place.
I) The award will be presented prior to the start of
the Grand Showman of All Showmen Contest at
approximately 6:30 p.m.
J) Only points awarded to a participant are legal
for that species. For example, beef participants
do not have more of a chance for receiving points
because their classes are smaller than those of
swine. Beef compete against beef, swine against
swine. The two species do not cross. To be eligi-
ble one must compete in all three categories.
K) Exhibitors cannot win in more than one cate-
gory in a given year.
L) Premiere Exhibitor forms MUST be turned in
on weigh-in day (Saturday) and is due no later
than 9:00 pm in the Jr. Fair Office.