DEPARTMENT 10 - YOUTH SWINE

Superintendents

Bernie Dudek, (586) 727-1632, cell (810) 488-0361 Email: bernd@massnet1.net  and Rick Ruemenapp (586) 725-7955, cell (586) 321-7808 Email: RickRuemenapp@stclaircounty4hfair.org

Premiums

A=$3; B=$2; C=$1.50 

Swine Record Book:  A=$2; B=$1.25; C=$1

Judging

Tuesday, 2:00 p.m.

Location

Beef Arena

Set Up

Saturday, 12:00 Noon

Check In

Sunday, between 1:00-6:00 p.m.

Objective

Gain knowledge about the importance of one or more of the following about swine:  economics in a livestock operation, breeding, feeding, meat quality assurance and management.

Fair Exhibit Requirements

1. All hogs must be in place by 6 p.m. on Sunday.   

2. Completed stall cards must be in place above each pen by Monday evening of the fair.

3. Each club must designate a person responsible to hang up the buyers cards above their clubs pens on Thursday after completion of the auction.

4. All body clipped hogs must follow state guidelines of at least one half inch of hair or exhibitor will not be allowed to show or sell.

5. All hogs to be fed & barn cleaned by 10 am & 7 pm daily.

6. Any animal that presents to unload and is dirty or have dirty unreadable ear tags will be asked to pull their trailer forward, clean them out, wash the animals and re-enter the line to unload. Proper bedding is a must to keep animals clean and free from injury during transport.  

7. All homemade feeders or waterers made of PVC pipe or PVC like materials are to be no more than 12 inches above the top of the pens.  The pens are 34 inches tall.

8. Assistants for pen of two must be a 4-H member of 4-H age.

9. All non SCC Fair and USDA tags will be removed upon weigh-in at the fair.

10. All market Swine must have an average daily gain of 1.5 lbs. per day or greater in order to be eligible for the market swine class and the livestock sale.  Market swine not meeting this requirement will be exhibited in the feeder pig class and not be eligible for auction at the fair.  No swine weighing over 149.9 pounds at weight in will not be tagged and are not eligible for showing at the fair.  Calculating this out, 85 days from the May 2nd weigh in to the July 26th fair dates, your swine must gain at least 129 pounds, in order to be eligible for the market swine class and sale.   

SECTION 1 - SWINE RECORD BOOK

Swine Record Books are mandatory in order to show/sell.     Swine Record Book or entry in animal science Dept. related to swine.  Record Books available at May weigh-in.  Afterwards they will be available at the Fair Office/Extension 4-H Office/Website.

Class 01 1^st-3^rd yr. swine members Must be turned in by 3 pm on Monday of fair.

            (Grand, Reserve and Best of Class will be awarded )

Class 02 4^th yr. and up swine members Must be turned into fair office by July 16th.

            (Grand, Reserve and Best of Class will be awarded)

SECTION 2 - SWINE SHOWMANSHIP

Classes may be combined at the discretion of the Superintendent.

Class 04 8 yrs. old

Class 05 9 yrs. old

Class 07 10 yrs. old

Class 08 11 yrs. old

Class 10 12 yrs. old

Class 11 13 yrs. old

Class 13 14 yrs. old

Class 14 15 yrs. old

Class 16 16 yrs. old

Class 17 17 yrs. old

Class 19 18 yrs. old

              Grand & Reserve Champion Swine Showman

SECTION 3 - PEN OF TWO (2) MARKET HOGS

Class 22 Pen of 2 Market Pigs (total weight of pen 440-560)

Classes divided according to the total weight of the pen:

a. Featherweight, Medium-Lightweight, Heavy-Lightweight

Grand and Reserve Champion Lightweight (no premium)

b. Light-Mediumweight, Mediumweight, Heavy-Mediumweight     

Grand and Reserve Champion Mediumweight   (no premium)

c. Light-Heavyweight, Medium-Heavyweight, Large-Heavyweight

Grand and Reserve Champion Heavyweight (no premium) 

Overall Grand & Reserve Pen of 2 Market Hogs      

Selected from division champions and reserves above.

SECTION 4 - MARKET SWINE INDIVIDUAL

Class 34 Individual Market Hog (Weight 220 280)  Classes divided according to weight:

a.    Featherweight, Bantamweight, Medium-Lightweight, Heavy-Lightweight                 

      Grand and Reserve Champion  Lightweight (no premium)

b.    Light-Mediumweight, Small-Mediumweight, Mediumweight, Heavy-  

Mediumweight

      Grand and Reserve Champion Mediumweight (no premium)

c.    Light-Heavyweight, Medium-Heavyweight, Heavy-heavyweight, 

      Large-Heavyweight

     Grand and Reserve Champion Heavyweight (no premium)

Overall Grand & Reserve Champion Individual Market Hog     

Selected from division champions and reserves above.

SECTION 5 - FEEDER PIGS

Class 46 Feeder Pigs - Weight under 220 lbs. at weigh-in

This class is offered only for those not achieving the weight requirement minimum of 220 at the fair. All feeder pigs will be transported by the fair to processors for a fee of $20 per hog. Owners are responsible for paying this fee and designating what processor.  There will be no self pickup.

SECTION 6  - OVERWEIGHT HOGS

Class 47 Overweight Hogs - Weight over 280 limit at weigh in.  All hogs over the 280 maximum will be evaluated for marketability.  All overweight hogs that are eligible to sell will be sold at the end of the sale order.

SECTION 7 - COVER DESIGN CONTEST

Category A:  Hand Drawn   (No Premiums.)

Category B:  Computer Drawn (No Premiums.)

Contest open to all swine members, one design may be entered in each category.  No copyrighted characters, design should be simple neat and to the point.  The following title must be used:

St. Clair County 4-H & Youth Fair, Swine Show, 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Design must fit a 8.5 by 11. piece of paper with a .5 inch margin on all sides.  Must be black ink on white paper.  DO NOT FOLD.  Print name, address, and club on back of entry and send by July 1^st to: Bernie Dudek, 10127 Weber Rd, Columbus, MI 48063

SECTION 8 - RATE-OF-GAIN

Rate-of-gain cash award donated by the Junior Livestock Sale Committee. 1st Place - $30.  Entries must not weigh over 90 lbs. at the May weigh-in or over 280 lbs. at the fair weigh-in to be eligible for this award.  All projects automatically entered.  One Trophy.

SECTION 9 CLUB AWARDS

Clean Barn Award - $25 cash award given to the club that keeps their area of the barn the cleanest all week.

Best Decorated Club - club with the best decorations for the week of the fair (Plaque).  NO PREMIUMS

Best Educational Display - Judged on the best educational display as a club (Plaque).  NO PREMIUMS