The Fair has come and gone and for Beefalo it was another successful showing. A few animals were scratched at the last moment for a variety of reasons, but we had exhibitors from Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Arkansas as well as Missouri. It was hot, very hot, but we (animals and exhibitors) all fared rather well. The Show was held on a Thursday this year instead of Saturday and that depressed the size of the audience. That didn't stop one exhibitor from telling me he thought this was the best Show in Springfield.
We showed four animals this year; I say "we" because my son-in-law, Cleveland Williamson assisted me in washing and prepping the animals as well as personally leading two of the animals in the Show. We were pleased with the results. Our Winter bull calf and and senior heifer calf each placed first in their class, and our junior heifer calf and Winter yearling heifer each placed second. Just as gratifying as their results was their behavior. Two weeks before the Show they thought I was the only human in the world; then my son,his wife, and their two children came to see them and they went nuts, but after twenty four hours of people and noise at the Fair they had adjusted quite well.
