Department G - Farm Products - Charles County Fair, La Plata, Maryland

88th Annual Fair September 14-18, 2011 La Plata, Maryland

Superintendent Jack Welch Entries will be received on Wednesday, September 14th from 1 – 8 pm only. Premiums 1st - $5.00 2nd - $4.00 3rd - $3.00 4th - $2.00 5th - $1.00 One champion may be awarded in each section. Best of Show Ribbons will be awarded as follows: One for Sections 1- 4, one for Sections 7-9, and one for Section 10. Overall Best Farm Crop Entry Trophy presented from Sections 1-4. More information is include in the appropriate sections. This department is displayed in the Garden Building in the Greens area. Section 1 - Field Corn Class Description 1 White (10 Ears) 2 Yellow (10 Ears) 3 Red (10 Ears) 4 White, Shelled (112gallon) 5 Yellow, Shelled (112gallon) 6 Red, Shelled (112gallon) 7 Longest Ear 8 Best Single Ear of Field Corn 9 Tallest Corn Stalk 10 Grain Sorgum Section 2 - Grain and Seeds Class Description 1 Wheat 2 Oats 3 Barley 4 Rye 5 Soybeans 6 Clover 7 Timothy 8 Lespedeza Section 3 - Hay Class Description 1 Alfalfa 2 Clover 3 Lespedeza 4 Timothy 5 Soybean 6 Orchard Grass 7 Oats 8 Any other 9 Mixed grasses 10 Crabgrass 11 Rye grass 12 Beumuda grass 13 Teff Section 4 - Pumpkins Class Description 1 Cushaw 2 Short Jack-0-Lantern 3 Tall Jack-0-Lantern 4 Field 5 Pie 6 Jack Be Little (6) 7 Baby Boo 8 White pumpkin 9 Green pumpkin Section 5 - Best of Show sec.1-6 Class Description 1 Best of Show Largest Pumpkin 2 Best of Show Farm Crop 3 Best of Show sec 1 4 Best of Show sec 2 5 Best of Show sec 3 6 Best of Show sec 5 7 Best of Show sec 6 8 Best of Show sec 4 pumpkin Section 6 - Tobacco Class Description 1 Sample 2009 Tobacco Charles Co 2 Sample 2008 Tobacco Charles Co 3 Sample 2009 Tobacco,Other Co 4 Sample 2008 Tobacco, Other Co 5 Stick 2009 Tobacco All Counties 6 Burly Tobacco Section 7 - Dairy Products Class Description 1 One Pound Of Cottage Cheese 2 One Pound Of Butter Section 8 - Poultry Products Class Description 1 Dozen White Eggs 2 Dozen Brown Eggs 3 Dozen Duck Eggs 4 Dozen Green Eggs 5 Dozen Any other eggs Section 9 - Meat Products Class Description 1 One Pound Of Lard 2 Ham Cured By Exhibitor 3 Bacon Cured By Exhibitor b Section 10 – Honey and Beeswax Superintendent – Gregory Ferris Entries will be received on Wednesday from 1:00 to 8:00 pm. 1. All honey and beeswax must be the property of the exhibitor and produced within the 12 month period prior to entry. 2. Only one entry will be allowed in each class form any household, partnership or beekeeping establishment. 3. All honey exhibited must have been gathered and ripened in a nautral way by honey bees. 4. Competent judging will be provided. Judges may withhold prizes for insufficient merit and remove from public view any entry or part thereof, which in the judge’s opinion discredits the exhibit. 5. Individual score cards will be provided for each entry and used by the judges. They will remain for perusal following judging. 6. The superintendent, a the time of entry, will determine the color class of all extracted honey by use of an official color grader. Category Rules - Noncompliance will result in disqualification Class 1: May include pictures but not include beekeepers equipment, tools, observation hives, bakery products, canned goods, or honey in tins. Class 2, 3, 4: All extracted honey entries must be exhibited in three 1-pound queenline jars Class 5: All chunk entries to be exhibited in 1-pound chunk honey jars, with 3 jars per entry. Class 9 and 10: 2 Candles minimum Class 11 and 12: At least one pound Class 13 and 14: Exhibited in three one pound jars Class 16 and 17: Exhibited in one clear 750 ML wine bottle Class Description 1 Educational Display 2 White To Light Extracted Honey 3 Amber Extracted Honey 4 Dark Extracted Honey 5 Chunk Honey 6 Frame 7 Section Or Cobana 8 Cut Comb 9 Molded Beeswax Candles 10 Hand Dipped Candles 11 Fancy Bees Wax 12 Block Of Bees Wax 13 Artistic Beeswax 14 Creamed Honey 15 Pollen 16 Mead 17 Mead, Augmented 18 Photography 19 Propolis 20 Bee Keeping Arts & Crafts 21 Rolled Bees wax Candles 22 Gift Basket 23 BEST OF SHOW 24 Beeswax Products

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