Informative Essay On Tulsa State Fair

The Fair
When the Tulsa State Fair is taking over the city people go to ride rides, play games, and see what new weird food they have introduced this year. There is a part of the fair many people don't notice and if they do it's the smell the barns put off which often overpowers the smell of funnel cake, what I am talking about is the stock show. The stock show is where people from any age can come and show off their best animal, this ranges from your most fluffy rabbit to your fastest steer. The people who participate in these events spend countless hours training and preparing their animal for their ten minutes in the ring to see if the judges like their animal as much as they do. I personally showed beef cattle and I'm going to walk you through the steps of preparing one of these animals to show.
The first step is picking out a calf. There are many things to consider when doing this. You want a calf that is big boned and has the ability to cover its tracks this means that when it walks the back foot lands where the front foot just was, so when it weighs 2000 lbs it
personally, I usually start at about 10lbs a feeding and all the hay and grass they can eat. the process of halter breaking can be rather interesting because you are putting your trust in an animal 2 to 3 times your weight. During halter breaking the calves are usually nervous between getting used to being on a halter and having humans that close to them often they pull back and run in the other direction. this being said I have found if you put a halter on them for about a week before you plan on starting trying to lead them if you put the halter on and let them drag it around they will get used to having the halter on them. also, if you put plastic sacks around the pen the calf is in they tend to be calmer when they are in loud