| AG-SPERIENCE A national award winner! Learn about the importance of farming in our area while participating in several ag-related activities. Find out about farming, farm animals and where many of our favorite foods come from. Visit with animals like a sow and her piglets and even pregnant cows in the Mooternity Ward. Have your chance to feed a calf daily at 12 noon and 5pm. ALSO! Try milking a cow at the "Milkable Mabel's Stable. Enter to win $50 in instant scratch off tickets from the New York Lottery, 2 drawings daily. sponsored by  |
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| AG-TIVITIES Hands on agricultural activities that are fun for the whole family! Visit the Ag-Sperience Barn on weekdays to participate. Mix together cornstarch and corn oil and see how this goo makes biodegradable plastic. Play with vegetables and fruits as stampers. Learn how to make inexpensive flower planters that you can plant your seedlings right into the ground from. **Activities may vary |
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| HOW TO GIVE A BATH! PIGS AND COWS Farm animals take baths too! Check out the Pig Bath demonstrations at the Ag-Sperience Barn everyday at 4pm and Cows get bathed at 11am in the Upstate Niagara Cooperative Milking Parlor on Aug 12-13, 15-16, 18-19, and 21-22. |
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| UPSTATE NIAGARA COOPERATIVE MILKING PARLOR Watch as cows are milked daily from 5-7pm. Learn the whole process of how that cold, refreshing glass of milk gets into the carton and onto your table at home. The Milking Parlor was updated in 2007 for the first time since 1974 including $75,000 worth of improvements that were made to the walk-through raised parlor, which provides space to milk up to 8 cows simultaneously and features a new 1,500 gallon tank. The old milk tank held only 500 gallons. |
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| LLAMAS Costume Classes & Sub Jr. Obstacles - Thursday, August 19th at 7pm Showmanship, Halter & Pack Classes - Friday, August 20 PR & Obstacle Classes - Saturday, August 21 |
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4-H & FFA DRESSING CONTESTS |
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4-H & FFA LIVESTOCK AUCTIONS |
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| 4-H & FFA LIVESTOCK SHOWS August 11 Born, Bred & Raised Swine Show General Livestock Judging Dairy Judging Contest August 12 Market Swine Showmanship & Market Swine Show August 13 Dairy Breed Show Dairy Showmanship Show August 15 Dairy Goat Show August 16 Horse Show August 17 Horse Show Sheep Leadline Contest August 18 Market Lamb & Breeding Sheep Show August 19 Poultry Show Meat Goat Show Market Steer Showmanship & Steer Show followed by Breeding Show August 20 Rabbit Show Born, Bred & Raised Sheep Show August 21 Breeding Swine Show August 22 Dog Show |
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OPEN CLASS LIVESTOCK SHOWS |
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Click here to check out our off-season agricultural shows held on The Fairgrounds!