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DEPARTMENT 007 OPEN CLASS
45 2026 BUTLER COUNTY
Department 007 - Dairy BREEDING RULES:
David Vollmer-Member In Charge A. Misrepresentation as to breeding or ownership of ani-
Rules Governing This Department: mals and irregularity or violation of rules in showing will
Please Read All Rules Carefully be exposed, and any premium won by such exhibitor
A. Entries close and must be into the Senior Fair Board Offi ce by 3pm. or agents will be forfeited and if payment to exhibitor
On Saturday July 11th 2026. Late Entries accepted until July 18th has been made before the evidence is given that such
2026 at 3pm. With $75/entry. If entries are mailed, you may check violations have occurred, the exhibitor must refund
with the fair board offi ce at 513.892.1423 to see if they have been premium money so forfeited to the Butler County Fair
received before the deadline. We are not responsible for delay or Board of the State of Ohio or be banned from exhibiting
loss of mailed entries. at the Butler County Fair in the future.
B. Open Class exhibitors must purchase a Society Membership, 4-Day B. The unethical fi tting of livestock which shall include any
Pass or 7-Day Pass, except Butler County Jr. Fair Exhibitors who cutting or tearing of the hide, cutting or tearing under-
are entering their Junior Fair Animals. neath the hide or removal of tissue in any attempt to
C. ALL Exhibitors will be charged a one time $2.00 ex- alter the shape or appearance is considered tampering
hibitor fee each year, regardless of online or in per- and is prohibited. It should also include attempts to dis-
son entries. Stall rental is $5.00 per head unless it is rupt or change normal dental development, dyeing or
a 4-H or FFA project . Entry Fee $8.00 per entry. Fees coloring hair, adding artifi cial tail heads, switches, polls,
must be paid at time of entry. All Junior Fair animals hair and heels, as well as any attempt to change the
must be entered under Junior Fair exhibitor’s name. Do conformation and degree of fi rmness, by administration
not reserve more stalls/pens than needed. If additional of fl uids or air internally or externally in a liquid, solid or
housing is reserved and cannot be accommodated, gaseous state.
fees will not be refunded. C. The awards in Open Class Dairy Judging will be made
D. Livestock must be in their proper places by 12:00 Mid- Monday, July 27th, commencing at 9:30 a.m.
night, Saturday, July 25th 2026.
E. Per the Ohio Department of Agriculture rules, the Open Dairy Show:
application of ice, ice packs, cold packs, or cold com- Monday July 27th, @ 9:30am
presses on market animals is prohibited, except when Premiums for Dairy Cattle:

specifi cally prescribed by the offi cial fair veterinarian 1st $20.00 2nd $15.00 3rd $10.00
to treat heat stress or a diagnosed medical condition. Divisions 1–3 N/A
Using these items for other purposes is considered an
unacceptable practice. The use of these treatments Dairy Breed Divisions:
will make the market animal ineligible for competition. Division 4: Ayrshire
F. Livestock trailers will not be permitted to park in the
infi eld fair week. Trailers must be moved off the fair- Division 5: Brown Swiss
grounds by12:00 a.m., Sunday, July 26th 2026. Division 6: Guernsey
G. Any exhibitor making a protest against another exhibi- Division 7: Holstein
tor shall deposit $200.00 with the Secretary at the time Division 8: Jersey
of making the complaint and if protest is not sustained, Division 9: Milking Shorthorn
will be forfeited.
H. All Jr. Fair animals must be entered under Junior Fair
exhibitor’s name. Classes for Dairy Cattle-Divisions 4-9:
I. All animals must be exhibited in show ring and judged, 1. Junior Heifer Calf - born March 01, 2026 - Apr.
even in absence of competition, in order to be awarded 30, 2026.
premium. 2. Intermediate Heifer - born Dec 01, 2025- Feb.
J. Exhibitors must furnish own bedding. No straw fur- 28, 2025.
nished. Straw and wood shavings Only type of bedding
permitted. 3. Senior Heifer Calf - born Sept. 01, 2025 - Nov
K. No Cooking in barns. 30, 2025.
L. Entries will not be accepted unless animals are regis- 4. Summer Yearling - born June 01, 2025 - Aug
tered. All exhibitors must be prepared to show certifi - 31, 2025.
cates of registration when called for. Failure to produce 5. Junior Yearling - born March 01, 2025- May
registration forfeits right to show or award. No premi-
ums will be awarded unless animal corresponds to 31, 2025.
description and ownership as shown by transfer certifi - 6. Winter Senior Yearling-born Dec 01, 2024 -
cates. All animals, regardless of age, must be recorded Feb 29, 2025.
and appear in the name of the exhibitor on the records 7. Senior Yearling Calf - born Sept. 01, 2024 -
of the respective associations.
Nov. 30, 2024.
8. Junior 2 Yr. Old Cow - born March 01, 2024 -