1. Hams in this class must consist of hams that have been cured country style.

2. Ham weights accepted from 10 pounds to 22 pounds, inclusive.

3. Top FFA ham overall (Adair County exhibitors only) will be eligible to sell at the livestock sale.

4. The number of entries shall not exceed 2 per person.

5. Hams in this class will be divided by weight after they are entered into the show by the Superintendent to equalize class size.

6. Commercial hams in this class will consist of whole hams with bone in and may not be cut or sliced. Hams shall be cured mildly and may or may not be tenderized. This class is considered to consist principally of pumped hams.

7. To maximize the member’s learning experience, members showing in youth classes are encouraged to do their own project work. The parent and child should decide how much the member is able to do on their own, but having someone else totally do the work for the member is inappropriate.

8. All hams in this class must be USDA inspected either at the origin or at the end of processing. Verification of inspection should be available upon request.

1. Articles exhibited must have been constructed by FFA members either as part of their agricultural mechanics instruction in agricultural education or as part of their supervised occupational experience programs.

2. An article can be shown only once at the State Fair, but does not have to be constructed during the year it is exhibited.

3. All articles must be painted or properly treated in the case of feeders, etc. All articles must be clean and in presentable condition even though they may have been used.

4. Each exhibitor is limited to a total of two entries of the same kind of project.

5. The points awarded a project are based upon the amount and difficulty of the work involved, difficulty and cost of moving, and the cost of materials. The superintendent may award/adjust points as it appears necessary in order to keep the points in balance.

6. Projects built to be used as one unit should be entered as one entry and not entered separately. (Ex.: Trailer ramps should not be entered separately from the trailer if the trailer is being exhibited.)

7. Exhibits must be checked in Monday, July 14 by noon. All exhibits will be released on Saturday, July 19, between 8-10 a.m. Any items not picked up are left at exhibitor’s risk.

8. Only blue ribbon exhibits can be selected for a trophy or award.

Exhibits must be checked in Monday, July 14 by noon. All exhibits will be released on Saturday, July 19, between 8-10 a.m. Any items not picked up are left at exhibitor’s risk.  All entries must have been grown by the exhibitor as a part of his or her supervised occupational

experience program. All samples must have been produced during the year specified for the class. The exhibitor shall be keeping records of such entries in the approved Missouri Farm Business Record Book and reporting such enterprises on the departmental VA-3 (Report of the Students SAE Program) and have on file validating forms with the school’s departmental