1. Open Class entries in Farm, Garden, and Orchard, Food and Nutrition, Textiles and Fabrics, Hobby Show, and Art Exhibits must be at the Secretary’s Office on the Fairground in Missouri Valley on Thursday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

2. No entries can be taken after 8 p.m.

3. Entries in the Care Center Division must be in place by noon on Wednesday. They will be judged by 9 a.m. Thursday.

4. Entries in Plants & Flowers and Food & Nutrition must be made at the Secretary’s Office on the Fairgrounds on Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. No entries can be made other than at this time; however, exhibitors are allowed the privilege of bringing their exhibits on Friday morning until 10 a.m. All exhibits must be in place by 10 a.m., as the judging will begin at that time. 

5. Entries in the 4-H Club Department and FFA are to be made by 5 p.m. on the designated entry day on the proper forms at the Harrison County Extension Office in Logan.

6. All articles must be marked with a card which will be furnished by the Secretary designating the class and number.

7. Every article or animal exhibited upon the grounds shall, during the Fair, be under the control of the Board of Directors and while every precaution will be taken for safekeeping of the same, the Board will in no case be responsible for any loss or damage that may occur.

8. Exhibitors having articles or animals provided with proper entry tags take them to the Superintendent of their department, who will assign them to a place.

9. All animals must be exhibited in such places and at such times as the Superintendent in charge shall direct and in accord with the official program.

10. All obnoxious, repulsive or inappropriate for fair viewing articles will be excluded from the grounds at the discretion of the Board.

11. Entries made where the premium is to be paid to a society must be made in the name of that society.
    
                                 Release of Exhibits

12.  All concessions and commercial exhibits must remain until 6 p.m. Sunday. All competitive open class exhibits must be in place and remain until the prescribed times as recorded for the department entered.

13. Exhibitors in department where entry tags are used must present entry tag receipt for the return of their exhibit to the superintendent or the assistants of the department in which the articles were shown. Under no circumstances will the exhibitor be permitted access to display cases or space when exhibits are shown.

14. All exhibits will be under the charge of the department where they are entered and cannot be removed, boxed, sacked or wrapped for removal until released by the Superintendent.

15. Premiums will be withheld by the fairboard for any noncompliance.

16. All Open Class exhibits will be released Sunday night and may not be removed from the premises before that time. The grounds will be supervised until 11 a.m. Monday. All open class exhibits will be released at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday evening.

1.  Awarding will be done by competent judges, engaged by the executive committee, or, in the case of the failure of a judge to appear, by a committee appointed by the board.

2. Purple or Blue Ribbons shall indicate first premium; red ribbons, second; white ribbons, third. Committees on awards shall consist of three persons except in classes where expert judges are especially provided.

3. Committees of judges will be careful to put on badges denoting premiums as they make their awards; especially being careful that the badges and reports agree. Do not put ribbons on articles unless you report them in the class book.

4. Great care must be taken to preserve the awarding committee’s books, and awards must be entered in a plain and legible manner, with the reason for the award in the proper place; the premium will be paid on the authority of these only.

5. The superintendents are required to see that exhibitors have no communication with the judges engaged in making the awards, and any person attempting to interfere with the judges in the adjudication will promptly be excluded from the competition. The above instructions, however, must be interpreted to mean that the judges cannot explain the reasons for their award, and it is especially requested that all judges in as far as possible carry on the educational work, as that is important. It does not apply to 4-H conference judging in the 4-H Exhibit Hall.

6. No animal will be awarded a prize unless removed from its stalls and exhibited with tag and exhibit number attached in the show ring. Animals not exhibited when called out by the Superintendent will be barred from competition.

7. The awarding committee on cattle will have regard to symmetry, early maturity, size and general characteristics of the breed to which they belong. They will make proper allowance for age, breed, and other circumstances affecting the character, condition and value of the animals.

8. The society will pay cash premiums (pro rata) contingent upon receipts; then as much of the remainder as is required will be appropriated to the payment of the premiums as herewith published.

9. Where premiums other than those offered by the fair association are offered, the payment is contingent upon the fulfillments of these obligations by the organizations offering them.

10. In all cases of championship awards, ribbons will be given.

11. In the case of no competition, second and third place ribbons may be awarded by the judges if in their judgment they deem the animal or article worthy of any such prize.
    
                       PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS

12. PREMIUMS FOR OPEN CLASS EXHIBITS IN GROOMS HALL WILL BE PAID AT SECRETARY’S OFFICE FROM 2:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. UNCLAIMED OPEN CLASS PREMIUMS WILL BE FOREFEITED. 4-H PREMIUMS WILL BE PAID TO CLUB LEADERS ONLY.

THURSDAY: 4-H Exhibit Building will open at 8 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. Commercial buildings will be open at 10 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. Groom’s Hall will open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
FRIDAY: 4-H Exhibit Building will be open at 8 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. Groom’s Hall will open following judging and close at 10 p.m. Commercial building will be open at 10:00 a.m. and close at 10 p.m.
SATURDAY: 4-H Exhibit Building will open at 8 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. Other buildings will be open at 11:30 a.m. and close at 10 p.m.
SUNDAY: All commercial buildings open at noon and close after 6:00 p.m. 4-H Exhibit Building will open at noon and close at 7:00 p.m.
MONDAY: All buildings will be open from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. to allow the removal of exhibits which were not picked up Sunday night before closing time.

Competition in the open class will be open to all exhibitors of Harrison County who comply with the rules and regulations of the Harrison County Fair Association.

No person competing for a premium shall appoint a member of the awarding committee or serve as a member of such committee in any class in which he/she is a competitor.

Artistic work or manufactured articles, products of the land, or animals can be entered only in the name of the article, owner or producer.

Artistic work or manufactured articles having received premiums at a previous fair are barred from FUTURE COMPETITION. THIS RULE WILL BE ENFORCED

Any 4-H member that is caught with alcoholic beverages or misconduct of any source or kind on the fairgrounds will forfeit his/her premium, and be subject to leave the fair and may be subject to not being eligible to enter the Harrison County Fair the following year. Decision of what is a misconduct will be made by the Fair Board.

The Fair Board will consider only those complaints made and signed on an official form and filed with the Fair Secretary. Complaints which pertain to a particular division must be on file at least two hours before that division shows.

Due to the increased costs, the Harrison County Fair Board will charge a $75.00 fee for campers and a $10.00 fee for tents during fair week. Camping is reserved for 4-H members and families. All campers must register and pay fee at fairboard office upon arrival.

Any camping prior to 2:00 p.m. Sunday of fair week and after the following Sunday MUST follow the city park’s camping rules and regulations. The area north of the sidewalk in the grassy area of the park has been designated by the board as camping for 4-H’ers and their families, along with the area along Huron Street.

Any persons pulling posts in the park WILL be escorted from the park and not allowed to camp during fair week and a $40.00 fine.

Any vehicle violating the following, will be subject to towing at the owner’s expense and a $50 fine: 1) double parking/blocking another vehicle, 2) parking in a reserved area, 3) blocking any entrance, and 4) parking in a fire/emergency lane.

Livestock trailers arriving for ALL horse shows are REQUIRED to park along the park area next to Huron Street.

During the Tuesday show participants are asked to use the pit area to the west of the horse arena and on Sunday to use the area to the east of the horse arena. This will allow for the grandstand activities to use the opposite areas.