Arrival at the Fair

admin August 13, 2016 animals, barns, fair

The empty stalls before animals are brought into the fair. — This will be the section for Schmidlin Farm show cattle for the next week.

decorations are put up at the fair. — All hands on deck to prep the area.

Decorations are put up in the stalls at the fair. — Decorations and farm signage added to the board.

Animals are moved into their stalls. — Cattle are moved into the stalls with fans to keep them cool.

The animals get comfortable in the fair barn. — The show string gets comfortable in their new surroundings.

It takes several hours to load all the gear needed to care for the show string. It takes longer than that to unload all the gear and prep the stall area for the animals to reside during the duration of the fair.

Signage for the farm and individual stall cards for each animal are required for the show. We also like to include some educational information for the public.

Once the show barn is filled with animals, the fans are needed to keep the air flowing. These big animals create a lot of heat and it is amazing how fast the barn can get uncomfortable for animals and people. The fans sound like small jet engines and the barns turn from tranquil buildings to humming/vibrating vortexes.