The 45th annual Southwestern Hampshire Type Conference will be held January 28-29th at the Nolan County Coliseum in Sweetwater, Texas. Something new for this year will be all breeds of swine will be allowed to enter the show and sale. Check in will be Friday from 8 am to 2 pm with a THBA board of directors meeting following to break the classes and set the floor price for the offering. The show will start Saturday morning at 8 am and the sale will begin no earlier than 12 noon. This show and sale is open to everyone and the entry fee is $20 per head. Entry limits are 2 boars and 4 gilts per breed and 4 crossbred gilts per exhibitor. Crossbred gilt entries will be accepted if the exhibitor also enters a purebred animal. All entries must be farrowed between June 1 and September 30, 2010. All registerable animals must be registered in the name of the exhibitor.
Entries should be postmarked by December 31, 2010 and can be sent to:
Steve Knight
THBA Secretary - Treasurer
6327 FM 1226 South
Hawley, Texas 79525
(325) 537-9248 or (325) 669-8982
Be sure to include how many boars and gilts in each breed you are entering.
For information about the Bill Scott Scholarship to be awarded to a junior exhibitor, email to: kccorse@nts-online.net.
The Champion Hampshire Boar from 2010 is currently standing for service at DL Show Pigs in Lamesa, Texas. Contact Josh Krohn at (806) 759-7735 or 497-6494 or look at www.DLShowPigs.com.
We will have ads in the Purple Circle, NSR, CPS and updates will be made regularly to this website.
A board meeting will be held via conference call in September. If you are a board member, you will receive a call in number in the mail.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
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