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Butler County Junior Fair Section
132 2025 Butler County Fair

moval Agreement.
Department NO. 300: Swine
N. Cross bred hogs will be divided evenly into 4 Di-
Jr. Fair Board in Charge: Sydney Schiff
Adult Advisors: Sam Darner, Holly Fritz & visions. A Champion & Reserve Champion will
be selected from each Division.
Natalie Darner
O. The top 5 purebreds will return to show with the
4 crossbred Division Champions and Reserves f
Rules Governing This Department:
Please Read All Rules Carefully or the top 5 overall market hog.
P. Grand Champion and Reserve Champion Hogs
A. Livestock entries are due to the Senior Fair must sell at livestock sale on Saturday. These
Board Office by June 7th 2025.
hogs are terminal.
B. Dress Code Swine: black or blue jeans or pants; Q. All hogs not going though the Jr. Fair sale
short or long sleeved-shirt, recommended hard- need to be removed from the fairgrounds
soled shoes
Tuesday night, after the Jr. Fair Show. All
C. NO ONE is permitted in the Barn until Thurs- pigs remaining on the grounds will go to the
day (before Fair) @ 7:30pm packer.

D. All hogs must be castrated by May 1st. Rules for Classes 2-12
E. Each exhibitor may show only three market A. Registration Certificates for all Purebred Market Hogs
hogs, as long as one is a registered purebred. are REQUIRED from respective Breed Assn. To be
F. Exhibitors must furnish own bedding (shavings) It shown at weigh-in.
is the responsibility of the exhibitor to keep the B. Registration certificates must be in Exhibitors name or
pen(s) clean the entire week. family as owner, transferred by entry due date.
G. Exhibitors that have 2 pigs will have 1 pen, 3 C. All purebred market hogs to be ear notched.
pigs will have 2 pens. (Universal System)

H. Exhibitors must furnish 1”x6”x4’8” kickboards on D. Breed Purity Verification by Sr./Jr. Fair Board.
all pens along aisles. E. All market hog entries not meeting the purebred re-
quirement will be permitted to enter as a crossbred,
I. Market hogs will be weighed and tagged Satur- unless it is the exhibitors 3 pig, at which time it is
rd
th
day, July 19 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00p.m. Each disqualified, as exhibitors are limited to a maximum of
exhibitor must be with his/her own animals at this 2 crossbred entries. Animal will need to be removed
time. Hogs must weigh between 220 – 300 lbs to from the fairgrounds by Saturday night of weigh-in.
show and sell in Jr. Fair Sale.
F. A minimum of 3 entries is required per breed or they
J. Any hog not making weight must be removed will show AOB.
from the fairgrounds by 10:00 p.m. on the Satur- G. Purebred or composite breeds not recognized by the
day of weigh-in. Ohio State Fair Breeds will not be eligible for AOB

K. No ice water or oil based products may be used classification.
on hog projects. H. Purebred hogs will show per breed. A Champion and Re-
serve Champion will be selected. Each breed Champion and
L. OAC-901-19-33 A,B,C,D-Using any substance to Reserve Champion will be eligible to show for top 5 purebred,
change color of hide- refer to above.
at the conclusion of the breed shows.
M. Exhibitors have 1 1/2 hrs. after completion of live- I. The top 5 Purebreds will return to show with the 4 Crossbred
stock show to pull animal from sale. Sale Repre- Division Champion and Reserve Champion for the top 5
sentatives will be at podium in show ring. If not overall market hog.
pulled by this time, all remaining projects will be
required to be sold through the Junior Fair Live-
stock Sale. Both the exhibitor and the parent/
guardian must sign the Livestock Auction Re-