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August 30, 2010

4-H at the State Fair

Photos by Nikki Tundel
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Over 2,700 4-H youth are competing in the 2010 Minnesota State Fair, showing everything from cattle to needlepoint.

4-H at the fair

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St. Paul, Minnesota — At the 2010 Minnesota State Fair, Jonathon Schmitt and his Holstein have different ideas about which direction to move around the ring during the 4-H Dairy Show. (MPR News Photo / Nikki Tundel) link to this photo

4-H at the fair

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St. Paul, Minnesota — Over 2,700 4-H youth are competing in the 2010 Minnesota State Fair, showing everything from cattle to needlepoint. (MPR News Photo / Nikki Tundel) link to this photo

4-H at the fair

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St. Paul, Minnesota — Competitors in the Minnesota State Fair's 4-H Breeding Beef Show anxiously await the judge's rankings. (MPR News Photo / Nikki Tundel) link to this photo

4-H at the fair

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St. Paul, Minnesota — Dakota County's Linea Haler waits for her turn in front of the judge at the 4-H Dairy Show at the 2010 Minnesota State Fair. (MPR News Photo / Nikki Tundel) link to this photo

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St. Paul, Minnesota — Rosemary Ash and her Shorthorn cow receive compliments from young fairgoers at the 4-H Dairy Show at the 2010 Minnesota State Fair. (MPR News Photo / Nikki Tundel) link to this photo

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