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2017 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR
LINCOLN DAILY NEWS
July 30 - August 6, 2017
Throughout the morning, the five 4-Hers
participating in the dairy show stayed moving,
bringing in their Junior and Senior Heifer
Calves, and Junior and Senior Yearlings, and
Cows, grouped off according to breed. With
the morning show about the female dairy cows,
it was only fitting that four out of five of the
exhibitors were females as well. Participants
included sister team Dawn and Sarah Irwin,
Laura Rankin, Charlotte Toohill, and the only
guy in the show – Walker Allen.
Breeds included in this year’s show were
Holstein, Guernsey, and Milking Shorthorn. In
the end, the Irwin sisters made a clean sweep of
the show with Dawn winning Grand Champion
Heifer overall breeds and Sarah taking Grand
Champion Cow overall breeds. Sarah also
took the 4-H Showmanship award.
While the dairy show was going on in the east
side of the Livestock Show Barn, the Swine
Show was underway on the west end. The
show began with the Gilt Show. In the swine
show, there were perhaps fewer exhibitors than
a few years ago, but it was still a large show
with many of the 4-Hers showing multiple
animals in multiple classes.
In the end, the Grand Champion Gilt went to
Reagen Tibbs with Reserve Grand Champion
going to Landon Smith. Another entry from
Landon earned third place overall, with Palmer
Scheets taking fourth overall and Ryan Fruge
coming in with fifth overall.
In the Market Hogs competition the Grand
Champion Barrow went to Ella Bobell.
Ella was awarded the Don Crane Memorial
Traveling Trophy. She will have the trophy
for the next year, and her name will be added
to the standing record of recipients noted on
the base of the massive award. The trophy
was presented to Ella by Linda Crane and her
grandson Aiden.
At the end of the show, the swine judge, Jonas
McGrew addressed the audience talking about
the integrity of the young people he sees at the
Logan County fair, and complementing them
Livestock shows highlight of the
morning on Wednesday at the Fair
T
he Wednesday morning livestock shows held at the Logan County Fair
generally bring in a large crowd of spectators. The morning shows
feature the 4-H, Junior and Open Dairy exhibitors and the 4-H and Junior
Swine exhibitors.
By Nila Smith
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