The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office – Bosque County will be collecting hay samples for the 41^st Annual Bosque County Hay Show & Scholarship Auction. If you are interested in submitting hay sample(s) into this year’s contest, entries may be dropped off at the Bosque County Extension Office (located at 104 S Fuller in Meridian) between 9AM and 11AM on Friday, September 13, 2019.  Sampling will close on September 13, but you may also drop samples at your local FFA Chapter by Thursday, September 12^th.  Samples will be taken from the conventional bales and/or round bales on the 13^th so that the protein analysis can be made. Total cost to enter is only $10 with no limit to the number of bales submitted for analysis. Only hay grown in Bosque County and/or adjoining counties will be eligible for the show and awards. Each entry fee will come with two complimentary tickets to the Barbeque Dinner (sponsored by the Bosque County “Go-Texan” Committee), Hay Show, Awards Program and Scholarship Auction that will be held on October 21^st at the Meridian Civic Center in Meridian.  If you have any questions about the Hay Show, how to enter or sponsor the event, feel free to call the Extension Office at 254-435-2331 or email bosque-tx@tamu.edu