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| Time and Effort Key to Showing Hogs |
It's not just the same ol' dog and pony show at the Knox County Fair this year. It's more or a gilt and barrow kind of a fair.
The Knox County Fair among other events Thursday, hosted their hog judging competition.
Residents from around the area were on hand to show off their hogs in front of a judge and a crowd of people.
Ted Inness of Galesburg, has showed animals since he was a kid and now says he has four of his children showing during the hog competition. Inness, who is also a Knox County Fair Board Member, tells WGIL the preparation is key to having a good showing.
"Usually two or three times a day they need to be fed and worked with. A lot of times there's more involvement than that during showtime. It's very intense - there's certain weight limits you have to achieve by state fair time and if your over the weights, you can't show so it takes a lot of time."
Inness says judges in the hog competition are looking for overall thickness, length, muscle structure and a nice frame work. He also says the way the pig moves around the show ring is also a key to a good hog.
More judging of livestock including sheep and steers will continue as the fair rolls into the weekend.
(Corin Bodenhamer of Avon prepares her claf to be shown. She said the calf is just over a year old and weighs about a thousand pounds.)
(Grant Desplinter of Atkinson shows his hog during the hog judging competition at the Knox County Fair Thursday.)
(WGIL News Story and Photos by Dominic Fortini.) |
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