1. All exhibits must have been grown in 2022 by the exhibitor and must have been exhibited at a county or district Seed Show in 2023, 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 entries must be submitted via AssistExpo, only by the local County Seed Show before 4:00 pm Thursday, March 9, 2023. Alternatively, they may be forwarded to:

Arlene Ross, Secretary-Treasurer
Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association
Box 411
Russell, ON  K4R 1E2
Email: arlene@ottawafarmshow.com.
Phone: 613-791-3900

5. All exhibits must arrive before 9:30 am Saturday, March 11, 2023 at the Greely Community Centre, 1448 Meadow Drive, Greely, Ontario. Once judging commences, a late entry will be deemed disqualified.

6. All field crop exhibits (except sheaves) become property of the Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association.

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

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

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

12. Sub-committee Chairpeople will make final decision of eligibility of samples.

13. In the opinion of the judge, if 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. Variety is not to be named.
3. A hay or straw exhibit must consist of one 4″ flake, machine baled, 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 22 to 36, 42, 43, 108 and 109.

Class 1            Oats                                        –           2.5 kg

Class 2            Hulless Oats                           –           2.5 kg

Class 3            Barley                                      –           2 row, 2.5 kg

Class 4            Barley                                      –           6 row, 2.5 kg

Class 5            Malt Barley                              –           2.5 kg – provide Verified Malt Quality Certification

Class 6            Spring Wheat                          –           2.5 kg

Class 7            Soft Winter Wheat                  –           2.5 kg

Class 8            Hard Winter Wheat                 –           2.5 kg

Class 9            Sunflowers                              –           2.5 kg

Class 10          Rye                                         –           2.5 kg

Class 11          Buckwheat                              –           2.5 kg

Class 12          Field Peas                               –           2.5 kg

Class 13          Forage Peas                           –           2.5 kg

Class 14          Soybeans                                –           2.5 kg

Class 15          White Field Beans                  –           2.5 kg

 

Class 16          Coloured Field Beans             –           2.5 kg

Class 17          Canola                                    –           2.5 kg

Class 18          Red Clover                              –           2.5 kg

Class 19          Birdsfoot Trefoil                      –           2.5 kg

Class 20          Timothy                                   –           2.5 kg

Class 21          Alfalfa                                      –           2.5 kg

Class 22          First Cut Alfalfa                       –           85% or more alfalfa

Class 23          First Cut Legume other than alfalfa 85% or more legume

Class 24          First Cut Legume and Grass 70% and 30% either way.

Class 25          First Cut Grass 85% or more grass

Class 26          Second Cut Alfalfa or other Legume 85% or more legume

Class 27          Second Cut Mixed Legume and Grass 80% and 20% either way.

Class 28          Round Bale Hay 1st Cut

Class 29          Round Bale Hay 2nd Cut

Class 31           Flake of Straw

Class 32          Chopped Straw

Class 33       Haylage 1^st cut                        –           2.5 kg

Class 34       Haylage 2^nd, 3^rd or 4^th cut        –           2.5kg (cut to be identified on tag)

Class 35          Baled Haylage 1st cut            –           2.5 kg

 

Class 36          Baled Haylage 2^nd, 3rd or 4^th cut –      2.5 kg (Cut to be indicated on tag)

Class 37       Oat, Barley and/or Rye Silage –         2.5 kg

Class 38       Forage Soybeans                   –           2.5 kg

Class 39          Corn Silage, Processed          –           2.5 kg

Class 40          Corn Silage, Not Processed   –           2.5 kg

Class 41          Grain Corn                              –           10 ears

Class 42          Shelled Corn                           –           2.5 kg

Class 43          Potatoes                                  –           10 tubers, table stock

Class 44          Special Shelled Corn Bin Class –       2.5 kg random unaltered bin sample

 

Organic Classes – proof of organic certification must be submitted with entries

Class 45 Soybeans – Organic – 2.5 kg

Class 46 Shelled Corn – Organic – 2.5 kg

 

Maple Syrup Classes – each class entry must include 2 of 250 ml glass container

Class 47 Maple Syrup – Golden/Delicate Taste

Class 48 Maple Syrup – Amber/Rich Taste

Class 49 Maple Syrup – Dark/Robust Taste

Class 50 Maple Syrup – Very Dark/Strong Taste

Class 51          Best Sheaf of Cereal Grain

• Sheaf may be constructed of Oat, Barley, Wheat or Rye plants.
• Sheaf must be mounted to be self-standing.
• No exhibitor may make more than one entry per kind, ie. one sheaf of Oats and one sheaf of Barley, but not two sheaves of Oats.

Class 52          OTTAWA VALLEY HAY AND HAYLAGE QUALITY CLASSES

• Two Classes
  – 52A – Hay
  – 52B – Haylage

• Competition open to two exhibits maximum, one exhibit per exhibitor/farm entity, per county, in the Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association region.
• An exhibit for competition consists of one machine baled flake of hay, or 2.5 kg sample of haylage, with the cut indicated – 1st, 2nd, or 3rd.
• All entries must be made only by your county SCIA appointed Director.
• Samples will be tested by the Ottawa Valley Harvestore testing machine and ready for display on Tuesday, March 15, 2022.
• Prize money will be awarded according to points on an official score card.

 

Class 53          SPECIAL EXPORT HAY COMPETITION

• Two classes
  – 53A – 1^st cut square bale
  – 53B – 2^nd cut square bale

• Competition open to maximum 4 bales per county in the Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Region, ie. maximum of two exhibits in 43A-1^st cut and two exhibits in 43B-2^nd cut per county.
• Samples will be judged for export by weight and quality.
• An exhibit for competition consists of one complete small square bale of hay
• The ideal bale will be 36” long and weigh between 50 and 55 pounds.

We always welcome ideas for new classes and opportunities. Should your local county show have additional classes you would like to see added to the Championship Show, please let us know.

1. Open to any 2022 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 100 to 109 inclusive must be sampled and prepared by the 4-H member and must be grown in 2022.
3. Each exhibit in classes 110 to 127 inclusive must represent work done in the 2022 4-H year.
4. A 4-H member may enter only one exhibit per class.
5. A 4-H member may exhibit from either the county in which the member paid their 2022 4-H Ontario or 4-H Quebec membership fee or from the county where the project was completed.
6. The Canadian 4-H emblem (at least 2”x2” in 4-H green) must be located on the front of posters and exhibits. A copy can be down-loaded from the 4-H Ontario web site at 4-Hontario.ca.
7. All posters and exhibits must have the exhibitor’s name, age (as of January 1, 2022), club, and county printed on the back of the poster. All posters must have a title.
8. If, in the opinion of the judge, an exhibit is not worthy of first place, a prize worthy of the entry will be awarded.
9. No variety names are to be stated on any entries shown in classes 100-109.
10. All identification from previous competitions must be removed.
11. Exhibits must have completed OVSGA tags attached.
12. Display of 4-H lifeskills exhibits at the Ottawa Valley Farm Show will be based on available space and exhibit quality, and at the discretion of the Championship Show Committee.

4-H members are eligible for keeper plaques and additional cash awards for:

John Posthumus 4-H Award  ~  Hudson Family 4-H Award  ~  Ken Paul Memorial 4-H Award

Class 100        Potatoes                      –           10 tubers

Class 101        Oats                            –           2 kg

Class 102        Beans (any variety)                2 kg

Class 103        Barley                          –           6 row, 2 kg

Class 104        Spring Wheat              –           2 kg

Class 105        Winter Wheat              –           2 kg

Class 106        Soybeans                    –           2 kg

Class 107        Grain Corn                  –           10 ears

Class 108        1st Cut Legume and Grass 4″ flake. 70 percent and 30 percent either way.

Class 109        2nd Cut Mixed Legume and Grass 4″ flake.  80 percent and 20 percent either way.

Class 110        Poster, size approx 22″ x 28″ relating to a specific 4-H project completed in 2022

Class 111        “ME” poster – a collection of photos/pictures and a hand or type-written one page (8.5” x 11”) article telling about yourself, mounted on bristol board (size approx 22″ x 28)

Class 112        Poster of Photography – a collection of 8 – 10 photos, of “Your Club in Action”. Mounted and labelled (approx 22″ x 28″)

Class 113        Collection of 10 actual weed specimens pressed, labelled and identified – in a book (standard 1” binder) or duotang, or as a poster (approx 22″ x 28″).  Weeds as identified in the Canadian Weed Seed Order.

Class 114        Collection of 10 actual crop seeds labelled and identified – in a book (standard 1” binder) or duotang, or as a poster (approx 22″ x 28″)

Class 115        Any item – Something NEW from Something OLD

Class 116        Any article of woodworking – not from a kit

Class 117        Any article of sewing ie. face mask, apron, etc.

Class 118        Any craft item ie. barn quilt, etc.

Class 119        Any item of Stitchery ie. knitting, crocheting, cross-stitching, etc.

Class 120        Any item of Quilting

Class 121        One Page from a Scrapbook

Class 122        A 4-H Project Book or Recipe Book (standard size 1” binder or duo-tang) related to any 4-H project completed during the 2022 Club Year

Class 123        Artistic Display

• Two divisions
  – Junior 9 to 14 years of age (as of January 1, 2022)
  – Senior 15 years of age and over (as of January 1, 2022)

• Depict a topic related to 4-H using seeds, grains and field crop materials.
• Display must be mounted on plywood with size not to exceed 15” by 15” (37cm by 37cm) by 1.5” (4cm). Oversize exhibits will be disqualified.
• The materials used do not have to be produced by the exhibitor but must be produced in Ontario. Entries in this class do not have to be shown at an achievement day before coming to this Championship Show.
• Will be scored on: Creativity = 50%, Materials = 35%, Neatness = 15%

Class 124        4-H Club Exhibit

• Open to any 4-H Club.
• Table space of 36″ x 30″ will be provided for the exhibit.
• Exhibit not to exceed 42 inches in height and should be free standing.
• The exhibit is to be educational in nature.
• The exhibit must be prepared by two or more members of the same club.

Class 125        4-H Member Exhibit

• Topic related to 4-H project completed in 2021.
• Table space of 36″ x 30″ will be provided for the exhibit.
• Exhibit should not exceed 42 inches in height and should be free standing.

 

Class 126        4-H Presentation – Video or Powerpoint

• As per the guidelines of your 4-H Association
• To be submitted on a portable usb drive

Class 127        Best Sheaf of Cereal Grain

• Sheaf may be constructed of Oat, Barley, Wheat or Rye plants.
• Sheaf must be mounted to be self-standing.
• No exhibitor may make more than one entry per kind, ie. one sheaf of Oats and one sheaf of Barley, but not two sheaves of Oats.