The Jeff Davis Parish Dairy Club Prepares

A couple of weeks ago, the Jefferson Davis Parish Dairy Club met.  It is for the kids of course, but the adults like getting together as well, visiting, carrying on and enjoying each other's company.  It wasn't just a social visit, there was work to do.  The Parish Fair was coming up in early October, and we had lots of planning to do.

First, we discussed our club's exhibit.  We came up with a theme.  We all were amazed that in all the years of doing this, we had never used the popular, "Got Milk?" campaign.  We decided to do it.  Rather than have celebrities with milk mustaches, we had the dairy club members submit pictures of themselves with a milk mustache.  Okay, we didn't actually use milk - we used shaving cream.  We decided to put dairy facts written on mustaches stuck in milk bottles to educate the public about milk cows.  Even though we live in a rural area, you'd be surprised how little people know about agriculture.

Then the club decided on when and where to have our annual BBQ Burger fundraiser.  During National 4-H Week, we'll honor our 4-H sponsors at all of the local schools and bring them a goodie basket in appreciation for their service working with 4-H in our schools.  The club members gathered on Tuesday of this week in the fair exhibit hall to put together our booth.  I think it turned out nice.  The livestock show will be Friday morning and Benjamin's big chore tomorrow is to get the clippers out and trim Clarabelle.  He'll be showing her in the fair.  She is expected to calve in late October, so this will be her last time to show as a heifer.  Benjamin and his buddies went and watched the talent show at the fair this evening and walked around the fairgrounds.  Benjamin's FFA group will be once again frying "Blooomin' Onions" for sale at the fair to raise money.

The fair always brings back great memories of my youth and I was thinking back to a funny experience I had riding a ride called The Rock-O-Planes.  I posted about it IN THIS POST FROM 2015.  If you click the link, it will bring you to it.  The story is at the very bottom of the post.  You see the craziest stuff at the fair.  Jeff Foxworthy says it best:

"If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.'"
Jeff Foxworthy