Home And Garden | Agriculture & Livestock: Buzz Of Activity At Moffat County Fair’s Home And Garden Exhibition
The 93rd Moffat County Fair will be held Aug. 7 to 13 at the fairgrounds in Craig.
The fair days will be packed with competitions and other events.
One of the busiest days of the fair will be Aug. 10. That’s the day youth and open exhibits in home and garden (home canning and preservation, baking, sewing and needlework, vegetables and flowers, photography and art, and crafts and hobbies) will be judged.
So what might a person find going on in the pavilion on Aug. 10?
Before 11 a.m.:
County residents carry in anywhere from one entry to boxes filled with entries.
A line of people wait at the check-in table to enter their exhibits (though some were checked in the night before).
Exhibitors fill out their entry tags to be placed with their exhibits, and neighbors help neighbors pack in their exhibits, find the department tables for their exhibits and watch small children.
Neighbors greet one another with “”Haven’t seen you since last year’s fair.”
Superintendents and helpers guide exhibitors to department tables and check entry forms, making sure that the necessary information is there.
Superintendents fill in their books with the names and entry numbers of the exhibitors and organize the exhibits into categories.
Ribbons are sorted by color and placed where superintendents can get them during judging.
Superintendents gather up score sheets, pencils, staples, rubber bands and, depending on the department, supplies such as can openers, knives, forks and paper plates.
In the horticulture department, exhibitors enter vegetables and flowers and chat about the late spring and how many tomato plants they replaced because of frost.
Newspaper reporters take photos of the early morning activity.
Entries close at 11 a.m.
Judges arrive, find their department areas, and then get some lunch.
After 12:30 p.m.:
Judges begin their work, which includes some of the following: checking the “Ball Canning Books” for altitude
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