Page 116 Lincoln Daily News 2025 Logan County Fair Jul/Aug 2025 Mother Nature rains down on the Logan County Fair 4-H swine show It seems that Mother Nature has a love – hate relationship with the Logan County Fair. She loves to make us hate her! This reporter has been covering the Logan County Fair for neigh onto twenty years and can count on the fingers of one hand the years that we have had mild temperatures, low humidity, gentle breezes and sufficient sunshine. Until Wednesday the count for days when it was downright cold were zilch, but for those who were at the fairgrounds on Wednesday trying to enjoy the 4-H swine show, there was a period of time between 11:11 a.m. and a little after noon that the temperatures reached 68 degrees. Rain pelted the ground leaving large ponds of water throughout the fairgrounds. The wind was so fierce that those sitting on the west end of the livestock show barn watching kids show their pigs actually got wet – inside the building! The week had started out very hot, and apparently Mother Nature got tired of the complaints and decided to give folks a taste of the other end of the spectrum. Nonetheless, the youth showing their animals and the adults watching them literally “weathered the storm” and went about their business as usual. The day began with judge Weston Tharp from Newton casting a critical eye on several classes of gilts. Tharp is employed by a large hog operation in Jasper County and was on the Lake Land College Livestock judging team while a student at the school. Prior to the beginning of the show, guests got a special treat as a young man from Logan County, also a member of 4-H, Raylon Schneider, performed the National Anthem. Some folks may remember Raylon as the winner in the youth division of last year’s talent contest at the fair. This year the purebred entries were down, with several of the classes such as the Yorkshire light weight gilts having only one entry. In the gilts there was a sizeable showing of Chester Whites, and the crossbred class also contained several entries. There were no entries for the Hampshire class at the fair this year. Continued --
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