Year 2000 Union County Fair

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Union County Fair entrance This is such a picturesque setting. We are here about 8:30 on a Saturday morning before the Fair really opens. We have found there is much 4H activity going on early in the morning at fairs.
food row The gates aren't really open yet. We had some of the best biscuits and sausage gravy with the carnival folks.
FFA motto

Learning to Do
Doing to Learn
Earning to Live
Living to Serve

Good mottos to live by

Here is Andrea Green with Curly the pack goat in training.. Once these goats bond with you, they don't want to leave your side.
Goat milking 10 year old Chantey Sturm on the left. Collette the goat. Janice Raappana on the right. Janice raises goats. This was Introduction to Goat Milking 101. Here comes the unskilled student
Ken milking a goat This was an interesting experience. Ken has never milked a cow or goat. Collette did not seem to be bothered by the clumsy handling. The goats udder and teat is rather firm and warm. This skill needs to be added to our resume.

I wander what kind of caption could go on this picture?

What is actually going on is this. When goats are milked they get a tray of grain to eat while the milking is going on. They really like the grain. When it is milking time, the goats will run to the milking stand to eat the grain. The milking is incidental to their eating grain. So these goats may be saying "pick me...pick me".

Elisha with Sugar Elisha with her 600 pound sow Sugar.This breed of pig have distinctive blue markings on their rump. They are called blue rumps or blue butts. You sure get a fascinating side of life at County Fairs.

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