This is going to be mostly a picture post, again. However, I took so many pictures, that I need to split my one day at the stock show into four parts. This one will be the critters I saw in the Expo Hall.
According to the back of my National Western Stock Show Bar and Grill menu, this stock show started in 1906. It is the largest in the world by number of animals. The proceeds are used for scholarships to schools in Colorado and Wyoming for studying medicine and agriculture. Pretty cool, huh? Through my wanderings, I figured out that they weren’t kidding about the “national” part of the title. There were farms from as far away as New York and Massachusetts.
The first event I wanted to see was Urban Farms: Fabulous Farm Animals.
I was hoping for something like a lecture, but it turned out to be kid-oriented.
That’s ok, though. More kids need to meet animals.
Not that he thought so.
The next spot was the shorn fibers . . .
and their former wearers. (There had to have been alpacas and llamas somewhere, but I never did find them.)
Pork butt. Also known as “Happy as pigs in . . . sawdust.”
Pink with black spots.
Black with pink spots. (It’s so much easier to be sure than with zebras.)
Oreo pig! (Probably a Wessex Saddleback, but I didn’t check to be sure.)
Chocolate pig! Is that where chocolate-covered bacon comes from?
I have now seen a steer with a blowout. And so have you.
How cute is she?
Highland cattle are very hardy, coming from the Scottish Highlands, and produce lean meat.
Also, they’re cute.
And sweet- he was asking every passer-by to pet him while he was being groomed. Although I’m not sure how he saw them.
Ha! I found the basis for the ton-ton’s heads! (Sorry about the picture quality.)
Unless I change my mind before I put up the others, the rest of the series should be horses, stockyard, and everything else.
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