LIVESTOCK
· All entries must meet
Health Requirements as prescribed by the State Department of
Agriculture.
· Rochester Fair
requires that all domestic animals i.e. dogs, cats, horses, cattle, and
sheep, etc. be immunized by veterinarian for rabies at least 30days
before attending the fair.
· All registration
papers must be checked for identity and age before showing.
· Each exhibitor must
bring to the ring registration papers on all animals to be shown in the
Get or Sire and Produce of Dam classes for identification purposes.
· No animal may be
shown out of its age class.
· All registered
animals must be shown in purebred classes.
· All animals must be
owned prior to show date.
· Animals registered in
the name of one or more members of the same family, and entered from the
same farm, may be shown in the Exhibitor's Herd, Dairy Herd, and
Breeder’s Young Herd.
· No premium will be
awarded unless the entry is meritorious.
· In case of entries
with no competition, one half of the first place premium may be paid and
then only, if in the opinion of the judges, the entry is meritorious and
warrant recognition.
· Entries must be made
on printed forms and in accordance with the instructions thereon, giving
the class, lot number, animal’s age, record number, name and address of
the breeder, and other necessary information required.
· No person will be
allowed to converse with the judges during their examination except the
superintendent of the department.
Animals kept on the same farm and owned by the owner or minor
children of the owner may be entered in groups from the fair.
No Award will be given to an unsound animal
· The Association does
not anticipate that it will be necessary to pro-rate or defer premiums
but, if on account of weather, failure to receive state aid or other
cause beyond its control, and there are not sufficient funds, the
association reserves the right to do so.
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