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Video: What’s it like to show cattle at the Great Jones County Fair?
Follow Cole Jamison of Anamosa as he takes his beef cattle from the family farm to the Great Jones County Fair for weigh-in in this video by Gazette photojournalist Stephen Mally. Jamison, 18, has been in 4-H for 9 years and FFA for 4 years. He has been showing animals at the Great Jones County Fair for the past 9 years. This year he is showing 6 beef cattle in the 4-H/FFA Beef Show. He will be attending Iowa State University this fall to major in animal science.
Cole Jamison (right), 18, of Anamosa leads one of his beef cattle from the barn to the trailer as his sister, Katelyn Hammer of Harper follows at their farm in Amber on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Cole has been in 4-H for 9 years and FFA for 4 years and has been showing animals at the Great Jones County Fair for 9 years. This year he is showing 6 beef cattle in the 4-H/FFA Beef Show. He will be attending Iowa State University this fall to major in animal science. Visit www.thegazette.com to see a video of his day loading up his animals to get them to the beef weigh-in on Tuesday. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Cole Jamison, 18, of Anamosa ties up his beef cattle in the cattle barn at the Great Jones County Fair in Monticello on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Cole has been in 4-H for 9 years and FFA for 4 years and has been showing animals at the Great Jones County Fair for 9 years. This year he is showing 6 beef cattle in the 4-H/FFA Beef Show. He will be attending Iowa State University this fall to major in animal science. Visit www.thegazette.com to see a video of his day loading up his animals to get them to the beef weigh-in on Tuesday. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Cole Jamison (from left), 18, of Anamosa hangs fans with the help of his sister, Katelyn Hammer of Harper, to keep his beef cattle cool in the cattle barn at the Great Jones County Fair in Monticello on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Cole has been in 4-H for 9 years and FFA for 4 years and has been showing animals at the Great Jones County Fair for 9 years. This year he is showing 6 beef cattle in the 4-H/FFA Beef Show. He will be attending Iowa State University this fall to major in animal science. Visit www.thegazette.com to see a video of his day loading up his animals to get them to the beef weigh-in on Tuesday. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
One of the beef cattle of Cole Jamison in the cattle barn at the Great Jones County Fair in Monticello on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Cole has been in 4-H for 9 years and FFA for 4 years and has been showing animals at the Great Jones County Fair for 9 years. This year he is showing 6 beef cattle in the 4-H/FFA Beef Show. He will be attending Iowa State University this fall to major in animal science. Visit www.thegazette.com to see a video of his day loading up his animals to get them to the beef weigh-in on Tuesday. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Cole Jamison (in red shirt), 18, of Anamosa talks with family members and friends at the Great Jones County Fair in Monticello on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Cole has been in 4-H for 9 years and FFA for 4 years and has been showing animals at the Great Jones County Fair for 9 years. This year he is showing 6 beef cattle in the 4-H/FFA Beef Show. He will be attending Iowa State University this fall to major in animal science. Visit www.thegazette.com to see a video of his day loading up his animals to get them to the beef weigh-in on Tuesday. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Cole Jamison, 18, of Anamosa leads one of his beef cattle to the beef weigh-in at the Great Jones County Fair in Monticello on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Cole has been in 4-H for 9 years and FFA for 4 years and has been showing animals at the Great Jones County Fair for 9 years. This year he is showing 6 beef cattle in the 4-H/FFA Beef Show. He will be attending Iowa State University this fall to major in animal science. Visit www.thegazette.com to see a video of his day loading up his animals to get them to the beef weigh-in on Tuesday. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
One of the beef cattle of Cole Jamison is weighed at the Great Jones County Fair in Monticello on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Cole has been in 4-H for 9 years and FFA for 4 years and has been showing animals at the Great Jones County Fair for 9 years. This year he is showing 6 beef cattle in the 4-H/FFA Beef Show. He will be attending Iowa State University this fall to major in animal science. Visit www.thegazette.com to see a video of his day loading up his animals to get them to the beef weigh-in on Tuesday. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
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