Well, the crop judgers arrived home from their first-ever contest excited to show me their results. Turns out they were the only junior team at the contest, so they actually won awards! Plaques for high team and high individual are awarded; they brought home both. That was quite a shock to their dad and me, who expected this to be a 'get your feet wet' and experience the nerves, timeline, and attention to detail that is part of a crop judging contest.
High Junior Team PlaqueTrue to his name, Dash raced through the different crop classes and was the first to be done in almost every class (according to his dad). He earned an individual blue ribbon.
Dash with his blue individual recognition
He admitted that his sister, Angelina, bettered him ...
While Dash was visiting the Golden Acres grandparents (my parents) the previous week and unable to study crop judging materials, Angelina studied every day. On Thursday and Friday, she had individual attention from Grandma and Grandpa Green Acres (my husband's parents), who were impressed with her good attention skills.
In fact, during the contest, she noticed that one set of sheets was a different color from our practice sheets! It threw her, but not for long. Angelina came home with an individual plaque.
Angelina with the High Individual Plaque
By scores, there is much room for improvement. However, each can increase their scores quite easily. Cards must be filled out correctly and completely - easier to remember after participating in a contest. The next meet is Little I at NDSU. This will be a much bigger meet; I hope they've been inspired to work and learn.
