1. All exhibits must have been grown in 2015 by the exhibitor and must have been exhibited at a county or district Seed Show in 2016, if one is available to them.

2. This show shall be designated the Championship Show for Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. To qualify for entry, the exhibits must be approved and entered by the Local County Seed Show, or the Ottawa Valley Seed, Feed and Forage Championship Show Committee.

3. Competition is open to those in the following counties: Argenteuil, Carleton, Dundas, Frontenac, Gatineau, Glengarry, Grenville, Hastings, Labelle, Lachute, Lanark, Leeds, Lennox & Addington, Papineau, Pontiac, Prescott, Prince Edward, Renfrew, Russell & Stormont.

4. All Exhibit Forms must be submitted before 4:00 pm Friday, March 4, 2016, only by the local County Seed Show to: Arlene Ross, Secretary/Treasurer Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Box 411 Russell, ON K4R 1E2 Email: [email protected]. Phone: 613-791-3900

5. All exhibits must arrive before 9:30 am Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the Greely Community Centre, 1448 Meadow Drive, Greely, Ontario. Once judging commences, a late entry will be deemed disqualified.

6. All exhibits become the property of the Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association, except small seeds, which shall be the responsibility of the exhibitor or his/her representative at the conclusion of the show. Small seeds will be coloured.

7. Each exhibitor must pay a $5.00 entry fee which will be deducted from the prize money paid. 2016 Championship Seed, Feed and Forage Show – page 2 of 8

8. Polyethylene bags will be supplied by the OVSGA at no cost to local Farm Show Committees or Soil and Crop Improvement Associations. These bags must be used for all seed, hay & silage exhibits.

9. The Show Committee reserves the right to take steps to ensure the identification of any or all exhibits in order to prevent use of fraudulent exhibits for mercenary purposes contrary to the acknowledged aims of seed fairs.

10. The Show Committee will not be responsible for loss or damage to any exhibit or for the return of the containers.

11. Any exhibitor violating any rule of the Show shall forfeit all prize money.

12. Any exhibit not meeting standard specifications and weight will be removed from the show.

13. Sub-committee Chairmen will make final decision of eligibility of samples.

14. If, in the opinion of the judge, an exhibit is not worthy of first place, a prize worthy of the entry will be awarded.

1. Up to two approved exhibits from each county will be accepted.

2. Only one entry per exhibitor/farm entity per class is permitted with exception of cob corn, shelled corn and potatoes where an exhibitor/farm entity may show up to 2 entries per class providing each entry is a separate and distinct variety and named. Variety names are not permitted in other classes.

3. A hay exhibit must consist of one 4″ flake, machine baled, undisturbed, in a polyethylene bag, identified with two entry tags, one on the inside of the bag and one tied securely on the outside of the bag. Samples must be cut to fit in plastic hay bags supplied by Ottawa Valley Seed Growers. Large bale samples must be cut to a similar size.

4. Approved hay and silage exhibitors for the championship show may use new samples to assure freshness.

5. All entries must be untreated in order to display their natural colour. This rule does not apply to hay and silage Classes 21 to 32B, 38, 39, 48 and 49.

1. Open to any 2015 4-H member in Eastern Ontario or Western Quebec within the area outlined in Rule 2 of General Rules & Regulations on page 1.

2. Each exhibit in Classes 40 to 49 inclusive must be sampled and prepared by the 4-H member and must be grown in 2015.

3. A 4-H member may enter only one exhibit per class.

4. A 4-H member may exhibit from either the county in which the member paid their 2015 4-H Ontario membership fee or from the county where the project was completed.

5. The Canadian 4-H emblem (green and white with Canada on the lower bar) must be located on the front of posters and exhibits. A copy is available and can be down-loaded from our web site www.ottawafarmshow.com.

6. All posters and exhibits must have exhibitor’s name, age (as of January 1, 2015), club, and county printed on the back of the poster.

7. No membership fee required. If, in the opinion of the judge, an exhibit is not worthy of first place, a prize worthy of the entry will be awarded.

8. No variety names are to be stated on any entries shown in classes 40-49.

Chair: Bruce Hudson

Vice Chair: Andrew Dawson

Sub-Committee Chairs:

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