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Mobile County Office/Mobile, Alabama 36608-5229
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Telephone: (251) 574-8445 / FAX: (251) 574-3245
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4-H A NIMAL S CIENCE N EWSLETTER —O CTOBER 2014
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Fall is here
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Steer Weigh-In
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It’s Time for the Fair
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Team Grooming!
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Show Tips
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Show Supply List
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Fair Schedule
Livestock Schedule
It’s Fair time! I am so excited to see you all
this month at the Fair! The Carnival rides,
music, and food is fun, but a fair is not a
fair without Agriculture. You have a great
opportunity to share your hard work and
knowledge of cattle, hogs and chickens
with the residents and visitors of Mobile
County.
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This year’s Greater Gulf State Fair will
again be full of 4-H activities and livestock shows. We’ve received your
Animal Science club entry form for the Exhibit competition. If you would
also like to enter a 4-H individual contest please see me for more details.
Everyone that enters a 4-H contest receives a free ride pass for
Wednesday, October 29. The 4-H individual categories are as follows:
Baking, Blocks Rocks, Extreme Birdhouse, Photography, Poster, and
Sewing. The fair has additional opportunities, as well. The guidelines are
included in the Premium Book along with all the show rules.
See you at the Fair!
Dates to Remember:
 Oct 11—4H Day at US Space &
Rocket Center
 Oct 11—Horse U
 Oct 13—Tuskegee Prevet Club
OPEN Goat Show Deadline
 Oct 18—Tuskegee Prevet Club
OPEN Goat Show
 Oct 24—GGS Fair Weigh-In
 Oct 25—GGS Fair Feeder Steer
& Heifer Show
 Jan 24—Crenshaw Co Belt
Buckle Classic
Sarah Butterworth
Regional Extension Agent
Greater Gulf State Fair
Jr. Heifer & Feeder
Steer Show
October 25, 2014
12:30 pm
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Fall is here…...
…..and that means it is time for the Fair and our Prospect Steer Show!!! I hope everyone is ready
to make some memories.
Before we get started with the fair activities please remember that any member planning on
attending the State Show in March, 2015 that all entries must be completed and paid online. You
can go to http://www.bamabeef.org/jrbeefexpo_entry.php to complete the process. The entry
deadlines are as follows:
Steer & Market Heifer Entry----Deadline: October 15, 2014, 11:59 pm
Heifer Entry----Deadline: January 1, 2015, 11:59 pm
I hope all members will make the effort to enter the other 4H
exhibits which will be on display for the entire week of the fair.
Some of the options are—Photography, posters, baking, scrapbooking and others. For the complete listing please see the
Premiums Packet which can be found on the Grounds website at
http://thegroundsmobile.com/ and then click on Grounds Central.
If you plan on entering items for these exhibits the dates to do so are:
Saturday, Oct. 18 – 1-6 pm; Sunday Oct. 19 – 1-6 pm and Monday, Oct. 20 – 9 am to 8 pm.
I hope everyone has made contact with their buyers as well as potential buyers and personally
invited them to come out to the Show to be held on Saturday, October 25 th. The Heifer Show
starts as 12:30 pm; open Showmanship at 2:00 pm and the 4-H & FFA Feeder Steer Show at
4:30 pm.
With the holiday season around the corner don’t forget we will be doing a community service
project by collecting toys for the WKRG Toy Drive. Go ahead and start spreading the word and
start collecting those toys! We will be delivering the toys to WKRG sometime the first week of
December.
I would also like to welcome John and Leslie Koskela to our Club Family. John is a Freshman and
Leslie is a Sophomore. Both attend Bryant High School and are anxious to be an active part of our
club.
See you all soon,
Mrs. Denise
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Steer Weigh-In!
Friday, October, 24, 2014—ALL steers must be in the Livestock barn and in place, no
later than 1:00 p.m. Steer Weigh-in will begin at 1:30 p.m.
There is no fee to enter.
See steer rules:
#9 All steers must be shown by their Exhibitors (owner) without assistance except as authorized by the Ring-Master. Any Exhibitor receiving unauthorized assistance will be disqualified. The Judge reserves the right to disqualify any unruly calves.
#19 Tobacco use by 4-H’ers is prohibited at all 4-H events, meetings and activities. To support
this policy, Parents/Volunteers are encouraged to refrain from using tobacco at all 4-H
events.
#20. SPORTSMANSHIP RULE: The Mobile County 4-H Steer Club is intended to foster a positive family friendly atmosphere. All participants and attendees are expected to behave in a respectable manner during all events.
#21 Certificates of Veterinary Inspections are required for steers and heifers at Feeder Show in October only.
SHOWMANSHIP— Rule #1: Showmanship is open to any 4-H or FFA Member: you do not have to own a steer or heifer to
enter. Participants in the Steer and Heifer Shows (GGSF) are encouraged to participate in Showmanship.
It’s Time for the Fair!
This year we are having several different 4-H activities at the barn.
Friday night will be our Team Grooming.
6:00 P.M. We have eight teams with three 4-H members per team.
Team 1—Ethan Craig, Emma Bryson, Katherine Evans
Team 2—Ann-Marie Anderson, Isabella Rustige, Leslie Koskela
Team 3—Hali Craig, John Graham, John Koskela
Team 4—Abbi Bedgood, Madison Caylor, Jacob Graham
Team 5—Wyatt Bedgood, Alyvia Watson, Noah Bryant
Team 6—Catherine Bryson, Wyatt Anderson, Annie Carlisle
Team 7—Mackenzie Caylor, Elizabeth Bryson, Gabby Stagner
Team 8—Jessie Graham, Morgan Anderson, Abby Holloway
Monday night will be Media Night.
Our 4-H members will be instructing the Media Teams on Grooming and Showing Cattle. 6:00 P.M.
Thursday night will be our 4-H Poultry Show & Auction. 6:30 P.M.
Our 4-H members will be showing their chickens in Showmanship and Breed Class followed by the Auction.
We are so also planning on having a Cow Patty Drop Fund Raiser several nights during the fair!
We will need the help of all the 4-H members and their parents to make these new events we have planned happen!
Please plan to attend all of these events as The Fair is very excited this year to be working with our 4-H Club!
Committee Member: Rhonda Bedgood 751-5596
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Team Grooming!
At this time we have 8 Teams signed up to participate in Friday nights’ Team Grooming Contest which begins after weigh-in at
6:00 p.m. There is NO CHARGE to enter.
The objective of the Team Grooming Contest is to allow youth the opportunity to demonstrate their proficiency in grooming a beef
animal for show. As a team event, participants will also be required to demonstrate excellent teamwork skills.
Each team will be comprised of three contestants.
Each team will bring one clean and dry steer or heifer to compete in the grooming contest.
Each team is limited to one grooming chute and one blower.
All equipment must be at the team’s work station at the inception of the contest. At no time during the contest will contestants be
able to leave the work station to retrieve equipment and no equipment or supplies may be brought to the contestants after the
contest has commenced.
This will be a timed contest. When instructed by the contest officials to begin working, teams will have 30 minutes to prepare their
animals for judging. When the 30 minute preparation period is over, all teams must take their animal out of the grooming chute and
cease all grooming functions. The animals will then be paraded before the judge in the show ring.
Safety being priority, the Rules Committee have the obligation to remove a team from the contest if the safety of the animal or the
participants is a concern.
JUDGING CRITERIA:
TEAM WORK—
PARTICIPATION—
TIME MANAGEMENT—
SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE—
CLEANLINESS—
FINAL PRODUCT—
SHOWMANSHIP—
TOTAL POINTS—
20 POINTS
20 POINTS
20 POINTS
10 POINTS
10 POINTS
10 POINTS
10 POINTS
100 POINTS
Remember this a FUN, LEARNING experience, and a good way to loosen up your nerves before the show on Saturday!
SHOW TIPS
 Feed am & pm
 Work with calf daily if possible
 Tie with head up
 Brush and use Kleen Sheen (if desired)
 Blow
 Practice walking and setting up
 Look at the judge. Try to make eye contact as soon as
possible.
 Watch the ringmaster who is telling you where to go.
Stop where he tells you.
 Put a scotch comb in your back pocket (face rough
edge to you) Brush calf if judge pets him.
 Be calm. Stop, take a breath, and set the calf up.
 Leave about 3 to 5 feet between you and the calf in
front of you.
 If calf gets out of line, make a BIG circle and go back
to your spot.
PLACING:
 Never give up (the judge might be testing you)
 Never get upset (no matter what place)
REMEMBER:
 Always look at the judge.
 Always smile / have a good time.
 Always hold the calf’s head up.
 Always be prepared for questions.
 Never give up!!!
Show Tips & ideas complied by past 4-H Alumni.
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SHOW SUPPLY LIST
EXHIBITORS
TIE OUTS:
 Lawn Chairs
 Panels if desired to make a pen
 Snacks
 Cooler / drinks
 Passes / Tickets
 Entry forms
 Registration papers
 Show clothes / belt / boots / Jackets / Blanket
SHOW PREP:
 Towels / Wash Cloths
 Water hose/nozzle for washing
 Shampoo/wash brush
STALLS:
 Show Box
 Signs
 Blower/hose clamp
 Fans and Misters
 Rice brush / Scotch Comb / Scissors
 Something to hold fans
 Kleen sheen of pink oil
 Extension cords
 Adhesive (I fit with tail adhesive; beginners
 Generator
need E-Z Comb; 1 can will be enough)
 Wheelbarrow
 Hocus pocus or E-Z All Adhesive Remover
 Rakes / Pitchfork / Shovel
(need 2 cans)
 Rope halter / neck tie (Mandatory)
 Grooming Chute
 Future fork/broom/big shovel
 White touch up
 End panels (or something to separate your  Black touch up
claves away from other calves)
 Show halters (get some vet wrap and wrap
the chain so it won’t slip out of hands)
 Show sticks
 Rags
 WD-40
 2 speed clippers with wide blade
 Clipper Lubricant
FEED:
 Feed / feed pans / feed scoop
 Water Bucket
 Orange Kool Aid (for water additive)
 Hay/hay nets
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Fair Schedule
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
1:00 P.M. thru 6:00 P.M.
Entries of Art, Photography, Ceramics, Hobbies and Crafts,
Sewing
9:00 A.M. thru 9:00 P.M.
Farm and Home Exhibit Set-Up
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19
1:00 P.M. thru 6:00 P.M.
Entries of Art, Photography, Ceramics, Hobbies and Crafts,
Canning, Sewing
1:00 P.M. thru 9:00 P.M.
Farm and Home Exhibit Set-Up
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20
9:00 A.M. thru 8:00 P.M.
Entries of Art, Photography, Ceramics, Hobbies and Crafts,
Sewing, Field and Garden Products, Baking, Canning, Potted
Plants, Cut Flowers, Apiary Products
9:00 A.M. thru 8:00 P.M.
Farm and Home Exhibit Set-Up
9:00 A.M. thru 8:00 P.M.
Commercial exhibitors registration and set-up
8:00 P.M. ENTRY DEADLINE
8:00 P.M. ENTRY DEADLINE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21
9:00 A.M. thru 8:00 P.M.
Commercial exhibitors registration and set-up
9:00 A.M. thru 8:00 P.M.
Community exhibitors may set up their exhibits
9:00 A.M. thru 8:00 P.M.
Farm and Home Exhibit Set-Up
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22
9:00 A.M. thru 8:00 P.M.
Commercial exhibitors registration and set-up
9:00 A.M. thru 8:00 P.M.
Community exhibitors may set up their exhibits
9:00 A.M. thru 8:00 P.M.
Farm and Home Exhibit Set-Up
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
9:00 A.M. thru 12:00 P.M.
Commercial exhibitors registration and set-up
12:00 P.M. thru 8:00 P.M.
Commercial exhibitors booth set-up
9:00 A.M. thru 12:00 P.M.
Community exhibitors may set up their exhibits
12:00 P.M. REGISTRATION
ENDS
12:00 P.M. COMMERCIAL REGISTRATION ENDS
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
9:00 A.M.
Poultry Show
12:00 Noon
Fair opens to Public
12:30 P.M.
Junior Heifer Show
7:30 P.M.
Rodeo
4:30 P.M.
Market Steer Show
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
12:00 Noon
Fair opens to public
12:00 – 2:00 P.M.
Operation 2000
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27
4:00 P.M.
Fair opens to public
4:00 P.M.
FFA and 4-H Judging Contest and showmanship
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28
9:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
School Barn Tours
4:00 P.M.
Fair opens to public
4:00 P.M.
FFA and 4-H Market Hog Show
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29
9:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
School Barn Tours
4:00 P.M.
Fair opens to public
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
9:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
School Barn Tours
4:00 P.M.
Fair opens to public
6:30 P.M.
4H Poultry Show
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31
4:00 P.M.
Fair opens to public
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4-H—Making the Best, Better!
LIVESTOCK SCHEDULE
Thursday, Oct. 23
Barns open for Livestock after 6 p.m.
Friday, October 24
1:00 pm—Animals to be in the barn
1:30 pm—Weigh in starts (members do not have to be present at the weigh in)
4:00 pm—Fair opens to the public
6:00 pm—Team grooming to be held in the show ring. Teams were previously set up. Remember to decide which steer on your
team will be used. Remember all members need to wear their new black shirts.
Saturday, October 25
12:30 pm—Heifer Show
2:00 pm—Open Showmanship
4:30 pm—Steer Show
—Cow Patty Drop—held following steer show once all squares have been purchased
Grand, Reserve and Best Mobile Bred are required to stay the entire week
(22 spots are available for the 4H Steers to be on exhibit all week)
Monday, October 27
4:00 pm—Fair opens to the public
4:00 pm—FFA / 4H Judging Contest
—Hog Showmanship - following Judging Contest
6:00 pm—Media competition starting in barn area
—Cow Patty Drop - held following the Media Competition once all squares have been purchased
Tuesday, October 28 4:00 pm—Fair opens to the public
—Hog Show and Sale
Mobile County 4H Animal Science Hogs will be on exhibit all week
Wednesday, October 29
4:00 - 8:00 pm—4H Ride day—ride for free with 4H pass
Thursday, October 30
6:30 pm – 4H Poultry Show and Sale
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