Page 132 Lincoln Daily News 2024 Logan County Fair Jul/Aug 2024 Wednesday morning saw a large turnout of watchers for the 4-H Swine Show at the 88th Logan County Fair in Lincoln. The morning began with rain clouds and rain drops falling as young exhibitors herded their individual animals across the road from the hog barn to the livestock show arena. Those the animals and the kids were already glistening clean as they came into the show area, the moisture collected as they came across the road added to the happy healthy glow of the two legged and four legged contenders. In the gilt show, the judge struggled often choosing the best of the breed and weight class because the competition was tough, and the animals all looked to be of equal quality. There was more than one occasion that the judge said the placement could have gone either way and that he was sure others in his position would have had an equally difficult time deciding who to call as the number one animal. In the end Emma Boerma took the Grand Champion Gilt with her Crossbred hog. Taking reserve was Alex Bobell who was also the reserve winner in the Crossbred Gilt category. Placing third overall was Luke Prestegaard, William Boerma took fourth, and fifth went to Reed Naughton. When the Barrow show began the rain had 4-H Swine show makes for some hard choices for the judge at the Logan County Fair stopped, but the hogs and kids looked no less impressive as they crossed the road in dry weather. The Barrow or Market Hog category was also blessed with some remarkable looking animals, and the judge seemed to labor even harder to choose the winner of each breed. Because the decisions were so complicated, the swine show went longer than normal with the Grand Champion Barrow not being announced until almost 2 p.m. In the end it was Alex Bobell who took the big trophy and the title of Grand Champion Barrow with her Crossbred Barrow. In addition to the purple banner of the champ, Alex took home with her the traveling trophy given as a memorial to the late Donnie Crane. The Reserve Grand Champion went to Audrey Brown with her Reserve Champion Crossbred. Third place overall went to Luke Prestegaard as did fourth overall. The fifth place overall went to Reagan Titus. [Nila Smith]
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