[Ag-eq] State fair

[Tracy Carcione]

I just got back from vacation, and, while I was out in Montana, my sister 
and I went to the state fair.  My favorite thing was walking through the 
poultry barn, listening to all the interesting kinds of chickens.  My sister 
held up my hands to show me how big the Plymouth Standard rooster was, and 
admired the Buff Orpington and the beautiful Bantam roosters.
I also patted a pig, who was very interested in my dog Ben, and some 
recently sheared sheep, who also were very interested in Ben.  One of the 
sheep was sniffing and licking my hand, and sniffing my wool sweater, too. 
I wondered if he knew it came from some of his brothers and sisters.  I also 
petted a wonderful miniature horse, who sniffed me in the most dainty way, 
and a pony.
We watched some of the junior showmanship competition in the cow barn, and 
ate homemade ice cream, yum.  We looked at other exhibits, but there weren't 
as many as there used to be.  If I lived in town, I'd have entered some of 
my knitting in the crafts competition.  My mother won a few blue ribbons 
with hers, and I think I would have done OK, too.
Anyway, that was our fun trip to the fair.
Tracy