Douglas County Fair
A Review of the 2016 Douglas County Fair
Fairs are a staple here in the Midwest. In July and August you can attend a Fair every week, many times, multiple locations.
Fairs have been an institution since the first settlers arrived and needed a way to sell their products, socialize with their widely separated neighbors, and obtain bragging rights for their produce and farm animals.
I grew up in McCleod County, MN, and, at that time, the Fair was in September, after school started. The Fair was so important to the community that school was closed for several afternoons so we could attend.
Minnesota became a State in 1858 and the McLeod County Fair was established in 1872.
I now live in Douglas County, MN, where the Fair is still an important and well-attended community event. As the area has become more urban than rural, the Fair has incorporated events for all community members but still features rural activities such as animal husbandry and farm equipment.
MACHINE EXHIBITS
At one time, a Huge part of any Fair was the farm equipment exhibit. Machinery Hill separated the men and boys from the women and girls.
Machinery Hill now doesn’t exist–even at the State Fair–or a small semblance may contain lawn mowers, snowblowers and ATVs.
In 2010, Machinery Hill at the MN State Fair, sported Vintage tractors and other farm implements–all motorized.
There is a distinctive sound to each brand of tractor that anyone growing up on a farm can identify just by sound.
A TOUR OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIR 2016
Heritage Event
Heritage events are a large part of the Fair as you can see from the signboard.
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- Vintage Tractors
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- Rosemaling
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- Spinning and Nalbinding
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- Vintage Cars
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- Sample Rommegrot, Lefse, etc.
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- Swedish (Huck) Weaving and Rug Hooking
FAIR FOOD
If Rommegrot and Lefse are not to your liking, there is plenty of other food. You won’t see Krazy fried food combos here that are at the State Fair.
But you will see:
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- My personal fave–Mini Donuts
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- Can’t you just smell the hot grease, cinnamon sugar…
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- 4H Food You can get a glass of milk here to wash down the mini donuts
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- Pork Producers getting ready for the lineup
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- The line for porkchop on toast at 11:00 AM
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- Beer Garden–empty at 9:30 AM
FAIR OPEN CLASS EXHIBITS
This is where you will find sewing, crafts, jams, pies, cakes and cookies, and more….
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- Great combo of corkscrew ornamental grass and polka dot plant
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- Floriculture–succulents in hypertufa bowl
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- Grand Champion Pumpkin
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- Veggie display
4H AT THE FAIR–HEAD, HEART, HANDS, HEALTH
I pledge my head to clearer thinking,
My heart to greater loyalty,
My hands to larger service,
and my health to better living,
for my club, my community, my country, and my world
4H exhibits are by far the largest group at the Fair. Once just for rural youth, now an International organization for all youth–rural and urban.
A small sample of the projects on display.
Clothing projects can be Purchased or Made. Purchased focuses on quality, cost, use, care, suitability, all good things to keep in mind to defeat impluse buying.
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- Made by 8 year old. Good job of matching stripes.
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- Sewing by a 5 yr old
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- Boys sewing
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- Always a fave–miniature farmstead with legos and toys
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- Boys sewing
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- Vintage Tractor
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- See Surgeon Career Investigation and PVC Pipe Creep Feeder
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- Club poster with member handprints
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- Shooting 4H Sports
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- Girl crate project
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- photography
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- Framed Photo
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- Boy’s Rule One in every crowd?
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- Framed Photo
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- Painted tiles; the display in itself was amazing
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- Perusing the exhibits
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- Scarecrow entries
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- Diverse poster topics
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- 4H Entertainment Schedule
The Rube Goldberg Projects
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- Engineering the Leaning Tower of GOLDBERG See where “We Had to Start All Over”
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- Crush a pop can
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- Closeup
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- Simple Machine by Fantastic Four
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- Not sure what this was meant to be…but it has feathers!
CHILDREN’S BARNYARD
Sponsored by Future Farmers of America–FFA
World’s largest agricultural youth organization that trains young adults for careers in the vast industry of agriculture.
FFA Children’s Barnyard
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- Play area with shelled corn instead of sand
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- Baby Chicks
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- Milking the goat
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- Goats
4H ANIMAL EXHIBITS
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- Frilled ear
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- Neatly boxed straw; there’s a special tool for this
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- Herding pig back to barn after the show ring
The Auction is a bittersweet end to a year of raising a 4H animal entry.
And Then There Is Everything Else
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- The Midway
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- Rides
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- Hey Buddy, Win a bear….
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- She’s about to do a flip
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- Grandstand and car races
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- Booths under the Grandstand–the Poli’s–Republican and DFL
Merry-Go-Round has no music ?
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