The Plainfield Farmer's Fair
(Refer to General Rules)
Section 1
Grain and Seed Crops
1. One quart glass jars with lids are to be used to
show grain in classes 4 through 7. The fair may use
its own containers if it so chooses.
2. If the fair management believes any of the exhibits
were shown in previous years, those entries may be
refused.
3. One Award per farming enterprise per class.
Classes
1 Corn-6 ears
A. Hybrid B. Open Pollinated
1. field corn (white, yellow) 1. Field corn
(white, yellow, red)
2. Indian Corn (colored)
C. Popcorn
2 Corn-3 stalks
A. field B. silage
3 Sunflowers-1 stalk
A. single head B. multiple head
4 Oats
A. Ogle D. Hercules
B. Noble E. Porter
C. Armour F. any other
5 Wheat
A. Soft Red B. Hard Red
1. public 1. public
2. private 2. Private
C. any other
6 Winter Barley
A. Wysor C. Nomini
B. Pennco D. any other
7 Miscellaneous
A. Alfalfa E. Soybeans
1. public 1. public
2. private 2. Private
B. Buckwheat F. Sunflower seeds-1 quart
1. Japanese or Silverhull 1. black oil
2. Pennquad 2. gray stripe
C. Red Clover Seed G. any other
D. Rye
8 Shelled Corn
9 Broom Corn-(bunch)
Section 2-Hay/Straw
1. Long hay only. An exhibit shall consist of a bale
section at least 8 inches thick or an equivalent
amount if cut from hay in the mow.
Classes
1 Alfalfa or alfalfa grass mixed, first cutting. Not
over 50% of grasses.
2 Alfalfa or alfalfa grass mixed, later cuttings. Not
over 50% of grasses.
3 Other legumes or legume grass mixtures. Not over
50% of grasses.
4 Grass first cutting. Mixtures of timothy and/or
other grasses and containing not more than 10%
legumes.
5 Grass, second cutting. Mixtures of timothy and/or
other grasses and containing not more than 10% legumes
6 Mixed hay-any mixture not classified in the previous
classes but which contains 50% or more singly or in
combination of alfalfa, timothy, clover and grasses
7 New Seeding Alfalfa
8 Grand Champion Hay Exhibit
9 Summer Annual Grasses-Sudan grass, Sorghum-Sudan,
hybrids, etc.
10 Straw
A. Barley C. Rye
B. Oat D. Wheat
Section 3-Silage
1. Silage crop must be named. Exhibits shall consist
of ten pounds. (Large size plastic bags are excellent
containers for transporting or showing samples. Bags
should be equal to a 1-peck measure or larger.
Classes
1. Perennial crops-direct cut, with or without
preservatives
2. Perennial crops-wilted or low moisture, with or
without preservatives
3. Annuals other than corn-direct cut, with or without
preservatives
4. Annuals other than corn-wilted or low moisture,
with or without preservatives
5. Corn Silage
6. High Moisture Corn-shelled or ground