Thirty-Five Youth Weigh in 207 Head of Derby Swine for County Fair

Thirty-five Clayton County 4-H and FFA members weighed in 207 head for the 2012 swine derby show at the Clayton County Fair. This is up 3 youth and 21 head from last year. This county fair competition uses the rate-of-gain and lean-gain-per-day along with visual appraisal by the judge for evaluation. There is also a non-derby division in which 4-H and FFA members can participate in Clayton County. Those pigs are not weighed in April, but do need to be identified with official ear tags by May 15. The tags are available for purchase at the Extension Office in Elkader.