2008 Ontonagon County Fair

An antique power & farm equipment exhibit was a great part of this fair.
above - Advance Rumely tractor
above Bel-Saw saw mill turns logs into lumber in short order
above and below - Farmall "feed Grinder" separates corn from silks
and out comes the kernels - just like that!
below - antique haybailer
above - antique water pump
below - tractor supplies power for flour mil
above - chaffing machine
above Mr. Antilla demonstrate forge and below he uses hammer and anvil to shape metal rod
below - antique automobile exhibit
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Horse Show
There were plenty of fine looking horses to please the crowd that showed up for the early halter contest.
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Animal Exhibit
Great looking animals shown below could be seen in the 4-H pavilion
There were cows calves, sheep, goats and hogs all the ingredients that go into making a fair a success.

above:  "Nibbi-Rose" a pigmy cross goat owned by Katelyn Anttila

above: Hogzilla owned by 12 year old Daryl Gertzman
above: hogs owned by Johnny Wagner member of the DooLittle 4-H club

Shouldn't these guys be in the poultry barn????
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The Poultry Barn
above: "Chuck" a 1 1/2 yr old Barred Rock Rooster owned by Ryan Driesinger,  from Bruce Crossing
How could a fair be complete without a "Web Footed Friends"?
Grand Prize Winner in Game Bird catagory, a Yellow Pheasant entered by Dean Kocher of Mass City. Sometimes as in this case a photo just replicate the beauty of the real thing.
Below: Did anyone know that rabbits sneaked into the poultry barn?
How quick do these guys (and gals) reproduce? there were only two a moment ago!
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Horticulture and Arts & Crafts Exhibt

above: 2008 Homemaker of the year winner Jacklyn Durst
above: baby boots knitted by Rowena Engstrom, from Bruce Crossing
above: Gold Ribbon for a bottle of Cranberry Rhubarb Brandy which is sitting next to  a bottle of Chokeberry Brandy. Strangely, both bottles are empty!
above: there were many great looking canning submissions
wheat, oats and barley (I hope)
above: a hand crafted wheelbarrow made by Cory Hillborn, from White Pine
 
two entries that made Katri Smith the Jr. Homemaker of the year.
above a songbird journal and below a book of poetry
below a paper entry showing the human body was exhibited by Kaylee Metcalf of Mass City
What Horticultural Exhibit would be complete without flowers?

Dog Show

Dogs get to strut their stuff at the dog show

wait a minute that's not a dog!
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