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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1985
Page
7
Wisconsin county fairs seek to preserve farm exhibition amid big name entertainment. Volunteers manage budgets to attract crowds while keeping educational value for 4 H and exhibitors. Rural learning persists even as costly acts push fairs toward paid grandstands and sponsor-backed side shows.
Ryan Keller, 9, won two championship trophies in ewe and market lamb at the Richland County Fair in his first showing. He and family, new to sheep, bought registered ewes from Reedstown breeder David Allen whose stock likely helped. Keller earned $387.50 for a 125 pound market lamb, plans to save the money, and will compete next at Mineral Point’s Southern Junior Livestock Show to gain more experience. He learned to keep heads up and eyes on the judge, then applied it under expert guidance.
The first Richland County Fair meat animal auction hog sold for 2.25 a pound, fetching 519.75 toward fairground improvements. Reserve champion barrow Greg Greenbeck Lone Rock donated to the fair. Grand champion steer Randy Pond Lone Rock bought by Farmers and Merchants Bank for 1.02 per pound. Other sales included steers, sheep, and a wether sold to Denny Lind Lone Rock Milling, with total sales near 30,147.23, down from 1984.
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