Tuesday at the Bourbon County Fair was a day of judging animals, foods, plants, the annual bake sale for student scholarships and the draft horse pull contest.
Wednesday’s highlights are more judging of animals and plants, presentations of public interest by local Family and Consumer Education clubs, followed by the Eastern Kansas Timed Event Circuit at the grandstand at 6:30 p.m.
The following are highlights of Tuesday evening at the fair.
Clay Brillhart with his reserve grand champion meat goat Tuesday evening.Calvin Walker shows off his Lego creation that won reserve grand champion in the miscellaneous self-determined department of the 4-H Contests.
The 4-H Chuck Wagon offers up good food, at affordable prices as a fundraiser each year for 4-H.
Uniontown 4-H Club had their turn in running the Chuck Wagon eatery Tuesday evening. From left Angela Nading, Chris Maycumber, Deidre Maycumber and Charity Walker work the kitchen.Uniontown 4-H Club family members run the cash register. From left Tim Endicott and Dale Griffith.
A line of customers waits to order their supper Tuesday evening.Brooklyn Pruitt washes her cow, Penny, in preparation for the market calf show Wednesday.Family and friends visit the animal stalls at the fair Tuesday evening.Families enjoy looking at the swine on Tuesday evening at the fair.Brooklyn Pruitt washes her calf, Penny, in preparation for the market calf show Wednesday.Genesis Walker pets goats as she makes her way through the Joe Chambers Building Tuesday evening.
The Draft Horse Pull contest has several rounds with the first being the one where the team of two horses pulls the total pounds of their weight in a sled of concrete bricks. Each successive round adds 1000 pounds of weight to the sled, eliminating pull teams until a winner is declared.
The contest had the following results:
First place: Jason Ellis team from Iola; second place: Fred Robinson team from Galesburg, third place: Steve Williams team from Redfield; fourth place: Cody Zook team from Columbus; fifth place: Justin Woolery team from Thayer; sixth place: Lloyd Wiley from Fort Scott; seventh place: Rusty Moore team from Columbus.
A crowd watches as horses pull heavy loads in the draft horse contest at the grandstand Tuesday evening at the Bourbon County Fair.Lloyd Wiley pulls his team of horses.Cody Zook gets ready to have his horses pull the sled of bricks.Steve Williams team pulls the sled away from the starting point.
Families play ball in the campground of the Bourbon County Fairgrounds at sunset Tuesday.
