A production barrow division is again being offered by the Washington County Fair Swine Committee at this year’s county fair. Those who wish to participate must contact the Washington County Extension Office by Thursday, March 19th, for their exact weigh-in time. Exhibitors may nominate a maximum of six barrows and none over 45 pounds will be accepted at weigh-in.

Production Barrow Division Guidelines for 2015 Washington County Fair:

A) Exhibitors may nominate a maximum of 6 barrows at the production weigh-in on Saturday, March 21, at the Washington County Fairgrounds from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Pigs entered in the production division must be weighed/tagged by committee during the Saturday weigh-in. Contact the Extension Office for your weigh-in time.
B) No barrows over 45 pounds at weigh-in will be accepted. Pigs must be ear-notched and castrated prior to weigh-in (no exceptions).
C) The swine committee will strictly enforce the market weight range of 220-300 pounds for all market swine entries; exception is that production barrows will be allowed to surpass the 300 pound maximum and still be eligible for class entry and show due to the rate of gain feature in production divisions.
D) Those participating in swine weigh-in on March 21 are reminded to clean and disinfect transport vehicles. Bring two 4-H’ers/family members to assist in handling pigs. Isolate weigh-in pigs 7 days before and after for close observation. Watch for and report any signs of illness to the swine volunteers are weigh-in beforehand. Use sterile books and gloves.