Wool
SECTION 4
WOOL
Superintendent: Kathleen England 570-549-5661
Entry Time: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
(Grange Building)
Release Time: Sunday, August 14, 2010, 10 a.m. -2 p.m.
RULES & REGULATIONS
1. Wool exhibited must be produced in the area of the Fair and the exhibitor must have owned the sheep from which the fleece is shorn.
2. Judging will take place on Sunday, August 8, 2010.
3. NO premiums will be awarded in any class unless the exhibits are worthy. The judge may withhold any premium for lack of merit.
4. Exhibits are open to both PUREBRED and COMMERCIAL flocks from Tioga County.
5. If exhibitor does not know grade count or places their fleece in the wrong category, a fair official will help or will place the fleece in the correct category before judging.
6. Only 1 premium will be paid to an exhibitor in each class.
7. Jr. Division opened to persons 15 years of age and under. 4-H and Sr. Division guidelines accepted for Jr. Division.
8. Each fleece must be skirted and clean of manure tags.
9. The fleece should be submitted in a CLEAR plastic garbage bag. If not submitted this way the fair will place the fleece in a clear bag for display.
CLASSs PREMIUMS
1. White Fleece - Purebred or Cross
a. Fine (Merino, Rambouillet, etc) - $6 $5 $4 $3
-60 & up Grade Count
b. Medium (Cheviot, Columbia, - $6 $5 $4 $3
Corriedale, Dorset, Suffolk, etc.)
-54-60 -Grade Count
c. Long Wool (Cotswold, Border - $6 $5 $4 $3
Leister, Lincoln, Romney, etc.)
-46-54 -Grade Count
d. Double-Coated (Icelandic, Karakul, - $6 $5 $4 $3
Scottish Blackface)
2. Natural Colored Fleeces
a. Fine (Merino, Rambouillet, etc) - $6 $5 $4 $3
-60 & up Grade Count
b. Medium (Cheviot, Columbia, - $6 $5 $4 $3
Corriedale, Dorset, Suffolk, etc.)
-54-60 -Grade Count
c. Long Wool (Cotswold, Border - $6 $5 $4 $3
Leister, Lincoln, Romney, etc.)
-46-54 -Grade Count
d. Double-Coated (Icelandic, Karakul, - $6 $5 $4 $3
Scottish Blackface)
3. Champion Fleece - Ribbon
4. Reserve Champion Fleece - Ribbon