The County Fair - Homemakers Clubs

That's another main stay of the fair. The homemakers clubs. Everyone works all year for the blue ribbons and the bragging rights that accompany them.
Christmas decorations--the best, the most unusual, knitted items, stockings, tree skirts, ornaments. Best crocheted afgan, best quilt, best cut flower, best garden display (veggies or fruit on a plate or in a basket). Pickles, peppers, jams, and jellies.

One lady had 52 blue ribbons and another had 135 entries. (it's like the fair is their full time job)

That area of the fair has expanded to include a men's corner, as well as a special catagory for children under 12.
All the children get participant ribbons, as well as 1,2 and 3rd place ribbons.
There were lots of wood working projects which were so intricate and beautiful, you'd expect to see them in exclusive boutiques--not in a tin barn in the middle of a field.
That's another part of the fair that takes forever to look at--simply because there is so much stuff that you don't want to miss. The pattern of stitching on this pair of pillowcases, the yarn used in this afgan, does this jar of pickles look as good as mine....etc, etc.