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161st Butler County Fair schedule
Junior Fair
Saturday, July 23
Hog weigh-in — 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Steer and feeder calf weigh-in — 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Goat and sheep weigh-in — 5 to
7 p.m.
Junior Fair Horse (Quiz Level 1-5) — 6:30 p.m.
Junior Fair entries due on Fairgrounds — 7 p.m.
Junior Fair Horse (Quiz Level A-L) — 7:30 p.m.
Pony and small horse measuring — 8 p.m.
Sunday
4-H Alumni Open Horse Show
Junior Fair swine 4-Showmanship — 9 a.m.
Junior Fair King & Queen — 11 a.m.
Born & Raised Hog Show — noon
Junior Fair Shop, Crop and Arts — 1 p.m.
Junior Fair Style Review — 1:30 p.m.
Junior Fair Rabbit Showmanship — 1:30 p.m.
Junior Fair Special Interest Awards Program, Grandstand — 5:30 p.m.
Beef Grooming Contest — 30 minutes after Open Beef Show
Monday
Junior Fair Sheep Show — 8 a.m.
Junior Fair Poultry Show & Pigeons — 9 a.m.
4-H Nutrition Shopping Bag — 9 a.m.
Junior Fair Horse Show — 9 a.m.
Junior Fair Dog Show (Obedience) — 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Junior Fair Swine Show — 8 a.m.
Junior Fair Horse Show — 9 a.m.
Junior Nutrition Judging & Skillathon — 9 a.m.
Beef Breeding Arrive Between — 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Junior Fair Dog Judging — 5:30 p.m.
Junior Fair Dairy Show — 7 p.m.
Wednesday
Junior Fair Feeder Calves — 8 a.m.
Junior Fair Market Beef Show — following Feeder Calves
Junior Fair Showmanship, Dairy & Market Goat Show — 8:30 a.m.
Junior Fair Horse Contesting Classes — 8 a.m.
Junior Fair Rabbit Show — 9 a.m.
4-H Demonstration Contest — 9 a.m.
Junior Fair Beef Showmanship — 1:30 p.m.
Junior Fair Beef Breeding — 6:30 p.m.
Thursday
Feeder Calf and Market Beef Born and Raised — 9 a.m.
Boer Doe/Pygmy Goat Show (After Open Class Market Show)
Bake-in — 9 a.m.
Junior Fair Horse Fun Show — 9 a.m.
FCCLA Bake-A-Rama — 10 a.m.
Sheep Born and Raised — 4 p.m.
Dog Fun Day — 5:30 p.m.
Friday, July 29
Skill-a-thon registration — 8 a.m.
Contests: Sheep, Beef, Rabbits, & Dairy — 9 a.m.
Horse Junior Fair Fun Show — 9 a.m.
Farm Bureau Fun Day Country
Olympics Sign-Up — 10:30 a.m. to noon
Parade — 11 a.m.
Skill-a-thon registration — noon
Contests: Goats, Swine, Dog, Poultry, Horse — 12:30 p.m.
Farm Bureau Fun Day Tractor Pull — approx. 1:30 p.m.
Farm Bureau Fun Day Country Olympics — approx. 3 p.m.
Premier Exhibitor & Skill-a-thon Awards — 6:30 p.m.
Grand Showman of Showmen — 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 30
Junior Fair Livestock Sale — 9 a.m.
Horse Awards Program — 9 a.m.
Horses Released — 2 p.m.
All Other Livestock Exhibits Released — 7 p.m.
Release Small Animals & Youth Exhibit Building — 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Sunday, July 31
Youth Exhibit Building & Small Animal Exhibits Released — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Senior Fair
Sunday
Complete Exhibit in all the buildings and departments
Grange Displays
Open Class Swine Showmanship — 9 a.m.
Open Rabbit Show — 9 a.m.
Honey Judging — noon
Decorated Cakes/Candy Judging — 1 p.m.
Machine Sewing — 1 p.m.
Open Class Market Beef Judging
Following Open Class Feeder Calves
Fine Arts Judging
Pickles, Preserves, Canned Goods — 2 p.m.
Open Class Feeder Calf — 4 p.m.
Open Class (Sheep) Decorator Class — 3 p.m.
Mad Cap Puppet Show – 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Sixth-annual Corn Hole Contest
Gospel Music- 7 p.m.
Monday
Judging of Farm Products — 9 a.m.
Judging of Dairy Cattle — 9:30 a.m.
Cake Judging — 11 a.m.
Horticulture Judging — noon
Mad Cap Puppet Show — 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Demolition Derby — 7 p.m.
Arts & Crafts Judging
Tuesday
Judging Open Class Sheep — 9 a.m.
Honey Judging — 10 a.m.
Pie Judging — 10:30 a.m.
Arts and Craft Judging
Mad Cap Puppet Show – 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Open Market Lambs — 6 p.m.
Cake and Pie Auction — Youth Building — 6 p.m.
Tractor Pull — Antique – 1 p.m.
Tractor– Truck Pull — 7 p.m.
Wednesday
Judging of Swine — 9 a.m.
Fleece Judging — 10 a.m.
Yeast Bread Judging — 10:30 a.m.
Junior Judging of Goats — 8:30 a.m.
Junior Division Baking — 1 a.m.
Flower Show — 1 p.m.
Mad Cap Puppet Show – 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Senior Citizens Show — 2 p.m.
A Bar Rodeo — 7 p.m.
Thursday
Open Market Goat Show – 8:30 a.m.
Cookie Judging — 10:30 a.m.
Men’s Bake-Off — 11:30 a.m.
Open Beef Breeding – 1 p.m.
Mad Cap Puppet Show – 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Tractor Pull - NTPA Pull – 7 p.m.
Friday, July 29
Fair Parade — 11 a.m.
Mad Cap Puppet Show – 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Farm Bureau Fun Day — 1 p.m.
Demolition Derby — 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 30
Livestock Sale — 9 a.m.
Talent Show Contest — Youth Building — All Day
Mad Cap Puppet Show – 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Tug-A-Truck — 7 p.m.
Grandstand
Sunday
Corn Hole Tournament — 11 a.m.
Gospel Music — 7 a.m.
Monday
Demolition Derby — 7 p.m. (Adult $7, Child $2)
Tuesday
Antique Tractor Pull — 1 p.m. (Adult $7, Child $2)
Tractor/Truck Pull — 7 p.m. (Adult $7, Child $2)
Wednesday
A Bar Rodeo — 7 p.m. (Adult $8, Child $2)
Thursday
NTPA Tractor/Truck Pull — 7 p.m. (Adult $8, Child $2)
Friday, July 29
Demolition Derby — 7 p.m. (Adult $8, Child $3)
Saturday, July 30
Tug-A-Truck — 7 p.m. (Adult $7, Child $2)