These items were included in  "The Best of Kansas building  just inside the main gate.

The last Thursday of the 9-day fair seemed to be quiet on the midway. Still there were rides, food and games.

The poultry were fascinating and I took lots of photos.
Poultry included chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, and turkeys.

The cows, pigs, horses, sheep, goats and llamas were fine.

Exotic animals were also at the fair:  ibex, camel, and a gariffe.

The arts are covered at the fair. Photography, quilting, drawing, painting, woodworking, grain art, and metalwork were displayed.

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Closing Comments: The fair in Hutchinson is about 160 miles from our home in Topeka. Our thanks to Bob Harder, who drove us to Hutchinson and back in his van. Round trip in one day was a full day. To break up the trip home, we stopped for supper at the Hays House in Council Grove. The Hays House offers good food in a true historic setting--the Hays House building was constructed in 1857--probably one of the oldest surviving structures in Kansas.