MENDOCINO COUNTY FAIR and APPLE SHOW

MENDOCINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORSCarrie Brown, Chair

Dan GjerdeDan HamburgJohn McCowen

Tom Woodhouse

MENDOCINO COUNTY FAIR AND APPLE SHOW BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANDOFFICERS

Wayne Hiatt, PresidentCraig Titus, Vice-President

Eva Johnson, TreasurerWilliam F. (Jim) Clow, Jr., Honorary Director

Bill HolcombFrank Wyant

Morgan BaynhamCecilia Pardini

COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITTEEMendocino County Farm Centers

Mendocino County GrangesMendocino County 4-H Clubs

Mendocino County Future Farmers Chapters

AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONERChuck Morse

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICEJohn Harper, Farm Advisor

Greg Gusti, Forestry AdvisorGlenn McCourty, Plant Science Advisor

Linda Edgington, 4H Youth Development Program Representative

MENDOCINO COUNTY FAIR and APPLE SHOW STAFF MEMBERSJames Brown, Secretary/ManagerLoretta Houck, Business Assistant

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

GOVERNOR EDMUND G. BROWN JR. • SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95814 • (916) 445-2841

March 26, 2013

California Agricultural Fair Season

Welcome to the 2013 season of California’s agricultural fairs.

The culture of livestock competitions, educational exhibits, carnival

rides and live performances continues a unique tradition in the state.

The fairs and your participation offer an important link to the

agricultural heritage and the California farmers and ranchers that are a

part of it. Each fair encompasses a unique aspect of California and its

pioneering spirit.

Thank you for playing a vital role in California’s vibrant agricultural

community.

Sincerely,

EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

CDFA Executive Office ● 1220 N Street, Suite 400 ● Sacramento, California 95814 State of California

Telephone: 916.654.0433 ● Fax: 916.654.0403 ● www.cdfa.ca.gov Edmund G. Brown Jr., Governor

March 21, 2013

Thank you for showcasing the many facets of the great agricultural community of California.

California has some of the richest agricultural resources in the world and your exhibits play a

vital role in displaying this. Each fair in which you participate has a unique, local agriculture

flavor that brings people together to celebrate the tradition and innovation of our great farmers

and ranchers.

Thank you for your support of California fairs and for being an important part of California’s

bountiful agricultural community.

Yours truly,

Karen Ross

Secretary

Mendocino County Fair 2015 Table of Contents

How To Enter The Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Statement of Exhibit Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Local Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Senior Livestock–Beef Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Senior Livestock–Dairy Goats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Senior Livestock–Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Jackpot Poultry Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Jackpot Boer Goat Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Jackpot Open Swine Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Senior Livestock–California National Wool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Senior Livestock–Horse Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Senior Livestock–Sheep Dog Trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Feature Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Agriculture & Horticulture–Fruits & Vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Agriculture & Horticulture–Deciduous Fruits/Apples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Agriculture & Horticulture–Deciduous Fruits/Grape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Agriculture & Horticulture–Other Deciduous Fruits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Agriculture & Horticulture - Contests & Competitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Floriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Floriculture–Garden Feature Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Floriculture–Specimens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Floriculture–Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Floriculture–Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Home Arts–Baking and Confections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Home Arts–Preserved Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Home Arts–Clothing & Textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Fine Arts–Wood and Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Fine Arts–Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Fiber Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Junior Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Junior Livestock–4-H & FFA Horse Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Junior Livestock–Beef Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Junior Livestock–Dairy Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Junior Livestock–Swine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Junior Livestock–Dairy Goats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Junior Livestock–Meat Goats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Junior Livestock–Pygmy Goats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Junior Livestock–Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Junior Livestock–Wool Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Junior Livestock–Poultry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Junior Livestock–Rabbits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Junior Livestock–Cavy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Junior Livestock–Dog Care & Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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Junior Livestock–Showmanship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Junior Livestock–Round Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Junior Feature Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Future Farmers of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

4-H Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

4-H Clothing & Textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

4-H Baked Goods & Preserved Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

4-H Home Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

4-H Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

4-H Arts and Crafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Other Junior Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Other Junior Projects–Baked Goods & Preserved Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Other Junior Projects–Clothing & Textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Other Junior Projects–Home Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Junior Fiber Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Other Junior Projects–Floriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Other Junior Projects–Arts & Crafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

The Staff, Officers and Board of the Directors of the Mendocino CountyFair and Apple Show would like to extend our sincere thanks to all those whosupport our Fair through their generous donations, sponsorships and othersupport!

Please show your appreciation by supporting these establishments!

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