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Animals at the Fair
Thursday, 23 August 2024
The Hunterdon County 4-H Fair is once again in the schedule at the Ringoes Fairgrounds.
What's 4-H? It stands for Head, Heart, Hands, and Health. For more than 100 years, Cooperative Extension — a community of more than 100 public universities across the nation - has welcomed young people, working with them to express who they are and how they make their lives and communities better.
The fair will feature competitive judging of livestock, crafts, produce and more.
Kids - young goat kids - have some time in the show ring to work off their oats, energy, that is..
The next barn has sheep. They are mostly calmer, older animals placid in their pens..
Some are having touch up shearing to give them the finishing touch.
Not happy, but this is a youngster that is unfamiliar with showtime salon treatment.
More experienced, hence calmer than the youngster.
Some sheep are shown in the fleece. They'll wear a jacket to keep it free from bits of hay.
Horses. Everyone likes the horses. A friend thinks this lovely roan might be quarter horse.
His young owner did a nice job neatly braiding his tail.
Seems to be this year's in thing. Another horse has a nicely braided mane.
Warning signs advise people unfamiliar with
livestock to keep their hands to themselves.
Sheep mostly lay in their pens. Cattle, like this young Holstein, also take it easy.
Many, such as this Red Angus cow, have a simple halter fastened to the board.
There is a sign posted for each cow. It gives breed, birthdate, sex.
But I neglected to make a note for this handsome red and white beast.
Two handsome little donkeys. Sweet.
And towards the front of the fair grounds, the car parking area, there are two tents.
One has dainty alpacas, fleece shown and sent for spinning into fiber.
The other has llamas. They are only shown on their bodies. Then the fleece
is actually given to some women who give demonstrations of spinning. Nice.
Hunterdon County has farms. Livestock may be seen in fields and pastures. And here,
at the fair. Cattle and horses, sheep and goats. And I never got to the poultry or rabbits.
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