A pigeon raised by John McGonicgal of Ephrata’s JB’s Lofts. McGonigal raises multiple breeds of pigeon, including squab. He is a member of a small club dedicated to the hobby of raising pigeons.

Diesyl Koehn of Royal Slope brought this Jersey cow named Izzy to the fair for 4-H. The 23-month-old beef entry was bred by Fekkes Feedlot.

Bovines of a feather, Kolby and Annie, rest as the heat at the Grant County Fairgrounds began to churn its way in Tuesday morning. Temperatures were in the triple digits for much of the day.

Exhibitor Cole Rickert displayed this diagram above his stall showing the appropriate locations for injecting cattle with antibiotics. A large part of Future Farmers of America, 4-H and Grange youth programs revolve around educating young people in best practices in agriculture.

Fair participants keep pigs cool with a hose while simultaneously using plastic pallets to keep swine from fighting for attention. Temperatures were quite hight Tuesday with a high of at least 103 in Moses Lake, where the fairgrounds are located. Barns had hoses, misters and fans running in an effort to help attendees and animals stay cool in the extreme temperatures.

Lauren Chamberlain of the Warden Future Farmers of America’s entry, Fancy. The sheep is a Hampshire-Suffolk crossbreed weighing in at about 100 pounds. A second place ribbon was hung with the entry card above Fancy’s pen.

What barn gallery would be complete without a sheep named Barney? Barney is a 126-pound Hampshire-Suffolk mix raised by Gabby Detterrera of the Ephrata Future Farmers of America, and is dressed quite stylishly as many of her fellow lambs were.

Buckwheat is a six-month-old Suffolk-Hampshire mix from GQ’s 4-H out of the Quincy area. He was raised by Klare Gans and weights in at 125 pounds, according to his entry card.

Equestrians await judging results during Tuesday morning's horsemanship competition. See our story in tomorrow's Lifestyle section to learn more about the participants, hooved and booted.