Photo gallery: Scenes from the 20212 Rock County 4-H Fair.
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A slow camera shutter emphasizes the movement of riders on the chair swing ride at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Saturday night.
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The setting sun pours light into the stock pavilion during the beef showmanship judging during the Rock County 4-H Fair on Saturday.
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A carnival worker wears an umbrella hat during the Rock County 4-H Fair on July 30.
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Lines for fair food fill the foreground while people sitting in the grandstand wait for the start of the Charlie Berens performance Saturday evening at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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The grandstand fills up as fairgoers wait for the start of the Charlie Berens performance Saturday evening at the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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People continue to walk about the fairgrounds as the sun sets at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Saturday evening.
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Cousins of Charlie Gunn helps hold up signs and awards as he displays his reserve grand champion barrow during the Meat Animal Sale at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Friday.
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Evansville 4-H member Baylin Crull walks his grand champion barrow as it is auctioned off during the meat animal sale at the 2022 Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Janesville Craig FFA member Bella Ruosch smiles as her crossbred pig is auctioned off during the Meat Animal Sale at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Friday.
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Charlie Gunn displays his reserve grand champion barrow as it’s auctioned off during the Meat Animal Sale at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Friday.
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Lee Twist with George Auction Service, right, looks to call out the next bidder for Connor Raupp’s duroc barrow during the meat animal sale at the 2022 Rock County 4-H Fair.
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People mill around the carnival rides on the Rock County 4-H Fairgrounds in Janesville on Thursday. Pleasant summer weather is expected to stick around through the end of the fair Sunday night.
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Riders are spun around while traveling from left to right to his heights on a pendulum during the Rock County 4-H Fair on Thursday, July 28.
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Fairgoers enjoy a ride on the swings during the carnival at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Thursday, July 28.
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August Nunn and her brother Kais enjoy their time on a carnival ride during the Rock County 4-H Fair on Thursday.
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Fairgoers take on the Pharaoh’s Fury ride at the Rock County 4-H Fair in Janesville on Thursday.
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Marley Jagodinski shows off a fresh face-paint job at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Thursday.
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Emmet Reilly competes in the sheep show judging at the Rock County 4-H Fairgrounds on Thursday.
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Tucker Farley kneels down to feed his roaster chickens while inside the poultry barn at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday, July 27.
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Will Fellows walks his winter heifer calf named Buttercup during the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday, July 27.
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Garrett Barber holds hid rabbit shortly before the showmanship judging at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday, July 27.
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Artwork made by local 4-H members is judged out loud for the audience during the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday, July 27.
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Pigs are washed before the swine judging at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday morning.
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Averie Stricker spends time petting her rabbit before the showmanship judging at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday, July 27.
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Garrett Barber holds hid rabbit shortly before the showmanship judging at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday, July 27.
A moment to relax
Tyler Butts relaxes midmorning with a snack between his Jersey yearlings named Ethel, left, and Petra during the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday.
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Rock County 4-H Fair exhibitors hose down their pigs before the swine judging competition Wednesday morning.
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Josie Farrey responds to a question from judge Kyle Adams about her rabbit during showmanship judging at the Rock County 4-H Fair on Wednesday.
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Swine show judging Wednesday morning during the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Evansville 4-H member Kaden Butts guides his pig around the stock pavilion during the swine showmanship judging on the first day of the Rock County 4-H Fair in Janesville on Tuesday. Butts was the champion senior showman and will compete Sunday in the master showman competition.
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Tyler Kersten, 18, enters the show ring with his 260-pound spring pig named Knauf during the showmanship judging on the first day of the Rock County 4-H Fair on Tuesday. The Parkview Junior/Senior High School senior has been showing at the fair for 10 years.
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Mallory Nifong cleans up after here animals during the first day of the Rock County 4-H Fair on Tuesday, July 26.
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Clinton FFA member Gracie Blue washes her heifer during the first day of the Rock County 4-H Fair on Tuesday, July 26.
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Plymouth 4-H member Jordyn Speich helps wrangle a friends pig back into a stall during the first day of the Rock County 4-H Fair on Tuesday, July 26.
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Water goes down to curb any dust inside a dairy barn during the first day of the Rock County 4-H Fair on Tuesday, July 26.
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A youth exhibitor gives water to her poultry birds during the first day of the Rock County 4-H Fair in 2022.
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Ethan Zoemisch spends time with his cross breed steer during the first day of the Rock County 4-H Fair on Tuesday, July 26.
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Plymouth 4-H member Jaydon Tobias washes his dairy cow during the first day of the Rock County 4-H Fair.
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Plymouth 4-H member Lebron Roden tends to one of his pigs during the first day of the Rock County 4-H Fair on Tuesday.
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Ducks race around a sawdust ring to entertain fairgoers at the Rock County 4-H Fairgrounds on Tuesday. In addition to the birds, pigs and goats also ran races at the fair.
Anthony Wahl
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