Guadalupe County Hay Show
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Chairman - Daniel Harborth
Committee - Tom Wehe, Nolan Schwarzlose, Dale Reiley and Darren Reiley
Judge To Be Announced
SPONSOR: D&N FARM
GENERAL RULES
- Entries for the Hay Show will be taken Friday, September 10, from 4-6:30 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 11, from 8 a.m.-noon at the Cattle Barn, at the Guadalupe County Fairgrounds in Seguin. Samples will be sent to the Texas A&M Forage Testing Lab for chemical analysis. This is the reason samples are due one month ahead of the Fair. (All samples will become property of the Show).
- Each entry must be accompanied by a $8 entry fee when brought in on Sept. 10-11. The entry fee covers the chemical analysis.
- Judging will be at 10 a.m., Friday, October 8, at the Fairgrounds.
- Entries must be selected from hay that is in complete bales (round or square), to be brought to the Fairgrounds for sampling and left for display until after 4 p.m., Sunday October 10, 2010.
- Exhibitors will be limited to one entry of the same variety or kind in each class, but may enter any number of classes.
- An entry will be disqualified if it contains an excessive amount of foreign material. This includes, but is not limited to, abusive plants. Presence of mold, rot, excessive mustiness, hardware such as wire, nails or other material dangerous to livestock, also may disqualify any entry. Judges decisions will be final.
- Label each entry with the name of the exhibitor, address, type of hay and hay show class to be entered. An entry registered in the wrong class will be considered the exhibitor's error.
- Ribbons will be awarded to the following classification groupings: 1. Blue - 85 pts. or above; 2. Red - 70-84 pts.; 3. White - 50-69 pts.; 4. None - Below 50 pts.; 5. Tri-color rosette for top of each class; 6. Grand and Reserve Champions as over all of show.
- Written analysis results are given on each hay sample. No trophies or cash awards.
OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION SCOREBOARD
| Factor | Grass Hay | Legume Hay |
| 1. Maturity | 40 | 20 |
| 2. Texture (Size of stem & pliability) | 20 | 10 |
| 3. Leafiness | 10 | 35 |
| 4. Freedom from non-injurious foreign material | 20 | 20 |
| 5. Color | 10 | 15 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
A complete chemical analysis will be run on each sample and the results of the analysis will determine 50 percent of the total score. The other 50 percent of the total score will be determined by the visual appearance of the sample. Overall scores will be calculated by Standard Hay Show Rules.
Classes:
1. Coastal Bermudagrass;
2. Other Bermudagrass;
3. Other Perennial Grasses;
4. Mixed Grasses;
5. Summer Annual Grasses;
6. Winter Annual Grasses;
7. Legumes and Legume-Grass Mixtures.
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