BECKY BRAASCH, Superintendent (815) 405-3901
RYAN BRAASCH, HAYLEY CLINE, BOB BATSON, and MIRANDA SCHMAEDEKE, Asst. Superintendents
Entries Close Monday, August 5, 2024 - 5:00 p.m.
Estimated Amount Offered $10,531.00
Pick up all premium checks in the office by 9:00 p.m., Sunday August 25th.

Judging Time - 5:30 p.m., Thursday, August 22, 2024
Entry Fee - $8.00 per entry
Pen Rent - $4.00 Per Head for the duration of Fair.
3 PIGS PER PEN
Must be paid at time entry is made.

1. All swine must be in place by 12 noon on Wednesday, August 21, 2024
2. All animals must be owned by exhibitor for 30 days prior to opening of Fair.
3. Each exhibitor is limited to 2 entries per class.
4. Registration papers are required for all purebred livestock. Purebred barrow papers must be presented at scale at time of weigh-in. NO COPIES. BARROWS WITHOUT PAPERS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ADDED TO CROSSBRED BARROW CLASSES.
5. See 2024 State Exhibition Livestock Health Requirements.
6. Pigs entered in breeding classes must be purebred and be born between Jan. 1st and April 1st of current year.
7. Mature Sow is any female that has farrowed at least one litter.
8. All market classes will be divided into classes by weight, as the superintendents in charge see fit.
9. Crossbred gilts will not be allowed in purebred classes.
10. All market gilt classes limited only to crossbreds.
11. Second place animals from class of champion to show for reserve.
12. Purebred animals must be registered in name of individual exhibitor only, not family, farm or firm.
13. Market gilts cannot be shown in breeding stock classes.
14. ALL MARKET SWINE AND CROSSBRED GILTS MUST BE WEIGHED WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 STARTING AT 12:00 P.M.
15. Weight classes - 657, 675, 693, 711, 729, 747, 765, 783, will be allowed no more than 1 sub class.
    Weight classes 801 & 807 will be allowed no more than 2 sub classes. Classes 793* - 796* will be shown by weight.
    All sub classes are to be determined but the Superintendent.
16. 3 pigs per pen, not less than 3 pigs per pen.
17. ALL EXHIBITORS MUST USE WOOD SHAVINGS AS MANDATORY BEDDING - NO EXCEPTIONS.
18. Pee-Wee Showmanship is for children under 8 years of age as of September 1st of the previous years fair. 

	SPECIAL AWARDS (No Entry Number Required)
815A	Grand Champion Gilt Over All Breeds	$20.00, Rosette & Trophy
815B	Reserve Grand Champion Gilt Over All Breeds	$15.00 & Rosette
815C	Grand Champion Mature Sow Over All Breeds	$20.00, Rosette & Trophy
815D	Reserve Grand Champion Mature Sow OAB	$15.00 & Rosette
815E	Grand Champion Market Barrow OAB	$20.00, Rosette & Trophy
815F	Reserve Grand Champion Market Barrow OAB	$15.00 & Rosette
815G	Grand Champion Market Gilt	$20.00, Rosette & Trophy
815H	Reserve Grand Champion Market Gilt	$15.00 & Rosette
815I	Pee-Wee Showmanship, Under 8 years of age	Ribbon & Trophy

TROPHIES GIVEN BY:
AHW Manteno; Will County Farm Bureau
Peotone Animal Hospital

Department G

OPEN CLASS SWINE