MODERN BREEDS OF PIG TRADITIONAL BREEDS OF PIG BPA PIG OF THE YEAR COMPETITIONS PIG INTER BREED CLASS BACON CARCASE COMPETITION

PIGS The general conditions and regulations of the Show also apply to this section. PIG ENTRIES will be accepted on the following basis: Payment will be per PEN (Space approx. 8' x 6' in covered accommodation), and per PIG. A maximum of 2 pigs are allowed per pen. Entries are required to arrive on the Showground not later than 6 pm on Tuesday 18th June, and must remain until 5pm on Thursday 20th June. Before entering, do read the Special Conditions below and class description. DRESS CODE: Smart Dress and White Smocks MUST be worn by exhibitors during judging and parades. ENTRY FEES FOR PIGS (All fees are VAT inclusive.) Members Non-Members Per PEN £7 £14 Per PIG £3 £6 PRIZES in the PIG Section: will be awarded as below according to the number of entries forward at the time of judging. No. of Entries 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 1 to 5 £30 £20 £15 6 to 9 £30 £20 £15 £10 10 and over £30 £20 £15 £10 £5 B.P.A. Rosettes will be awarded only to members of the British Pig Association. The Entries must fulfil the Conditions relating to those pigs. SPECIAL CONDITIONS for ALL Pig Exhibitors (Modern and Traditional Breeds) to Agricultural Show Societies 2013 1. Pigs to have been registered in a published volume or accepted for entry in a forthcoming volume of the British Pig Association or the British Lop Society's Herd Book. (It is not sufficient for an animal to be "eligible for registration"). Animals registered in a Grading Register of a Herd Book are not eligible for entry in Agricultural Show Classes. The ear number, registered name, Herd Book number and date of birth of each pig, also the name and Herd Book number of sire and dam, must be supplied for printing in the catalogue together with the name of the breeder in cases where the exhibitor is not also the breeder. Any pig whose ear number cannot be read or whose ear number does not correspond to that in the Show Catalogue will not be allowed to compete in any of the classes. 2. At all Shows in 2013, female pigs (all breeds) born before 1st January 2012 shall be eligible to compete only if in the six calendar months prior to the Show or on or after 1st January 2013 they have farrowed, suckled and reared to three weeks of age, a litter of pigs. 3. Female pigs born on or after 1st January 2012 and before 1st July 2012 (BERKSHIRE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE OLD SPOTS, HAMPSHIRE, LANDRACE, LARGE WHITE and MIDDLE WHITE breeds ONLY), shall have either produced and reared a litter of pigs within six months prior to the show or produced a LIVE litter within twelve weeks of the first day of the Show. Female pigs of the BRITISH SADDLEBACK, DUROC and LARGE BLACK breeds born on or after 1st January 2012 and before 1st March 2012 shall have farrowed and suckled a litter of pigs prior to the Show. Females born on or after 1st March and before 1st July 2012 shall farrow within twelve weeks of the first day of the Show. Female pigs of the TAMWORTH breed only born on or after 1st January 2012 and before 1st July 2012 shall either have farrowed, suckled and reared a litter prior to the Show or produce a live litter within six weeks of the 1st of July. Female pigs of the WELSH breed born on or after 1st January 2012 and before 1st March 2012 shall have farrowed and suckled a litter of pigs prior to the Show. Females born on or after 1st March and before 1st July 2012 shall farrow before, or within eight weeks after the first day of the Show. 4. Boars of two years of age and over (all breeds) are to be certified as having sired at least three live litters within the twelve months preceding the date on which entries for the Show close. The pigs comprising such litters are to have been litter notified in the British Pig Association's Herd Book or proof of their birth must have been given to the Association. 5. Boars aged twelve months or more at the time of exhibition, must have their tusks cut prior to the Show. 6. All boars must be shown by two competent adult handlers who are equipped with protective boards. 7. The use of artificial colouring, whitening and/or powder on pigs as well as the removal or addition of spots by artificial means is prohibited (white woodflour is permitted).