2024 BOONE COUNTY HAM SHOW RULES
Ham Judging: Monday, July 15, 2023 @8:00 AM
Co-Chairs: Ray & Elaine George 881-0033 or 881-0941
All entries must be made Sunday, July 14th between 1-3 pm. Any Boone County family, farming unit or household may enter one ham. (A Traditional Boone County sugar cured ham, smoked hams will be disqualified, no commercially cured hams). All hams must be owned and cured by the Boone County Exhibitor in Boone County and no commercially cured hams. Top 40 hams (combination of Youth and Open determined by judge) will be auctioned following the ham breakfast, Saturday, July 20th @ 8:00am. HAMS WILL SELL BY THE HAM, NOT BY THE POUND. All hams not to be sold in the auction must be picked up Sunday, July 21th between 1–3 pm. .
Reserve Grand Champion Ham -Plaque, plus ham sale proceeds.
Grand Champion Ham – Plaque, plus ham sale proceeds.
Presentation of the Grand Champion and the Reserve Grand Champion hams will be held during the Ham Breakfast.All hams to be sold will be auctioned following the ham breakfast in the coliseum at the Boone County Fairgrounds on July 20th.
Ham Show Divisions
Youth Ham Show Division
Exhibitors will be youth, minimum 5 years of age, of recognized organizations such as Boone County
4-H Ham curing project members, FFA, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Campfire members, Church youth groups, etc.
Open Ham Show Division
Any resident, 5 years of age, of Boone County farming unit or household may enter one ham. All hams must be owned and cured in Boone County by the Boone County exhibitor or household and no commercially cured hams.
Ham Show Regulations
1. Exhibitor may enter one traditional Boone County sugar cured ham which they owned and cured themselves in Boone County.
2. All hams must be entered between 1-3 pm on Sunday, July 14th .
3. Hams will remain the property of the exhibitor. Selected hams shall be auctioned.
4. Youth Class hams will be entered and exhibited at the same place as the Open Class hams. The top hams of the Youth Class will be judged with the top hams of the Open Class for the title of Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Boone County hams.
5. Point value premiums will not be awarded to the Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Hams or to the Open Class Hams.
6. Hams for both divisions are evaluated by the judge using the same scale provided on the ham score card.
All decisions by judges are final!!!
7. All hams that are sold in the Boone County Fair Auction will become property of the buyer the day of the sale.
8. If the seller wishes to show their ham at other events, the ham will not be sold in the Boone County Fair Ham Auction and will be marked NO SALE .
Premium Values
Ribbon color indicates the following premiums: Blue- $4.00 Red- $3.00 White- $2.00
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