Dale Merrill of South Paris cleans the stall for his two teams of shorthorn steer during the Oxford Fair on Sunday. “They are just babies,” said Merrill of his 4 1/2-month-old steers, Tony, Doylan, Mark and Anthony. Merrill won the ribbons above while showing his steer during the 2009 Litchfield, Monmouth, Oxford and Windsor fairs. “Been doing it all my life,” said Merrill of his experience training and showing steer and oxen.

Jacob Lyman, 6, of Bryant Pond, chases down the final pig to be caught during the pig scramble at the Oxford Fair on Sunday. Twelve children between the ages of 6 and 7 captured 10 pigs. The two children who did not fill their burlap sack with a pig were given $10 each as a consolation prize. The kids that did catch a pig, got to take their prize home with them. The next pig scramble on Friday at 6 p.m. is for 8- and 9-year-olds.

Tessa Pingree, 11, of Rumford Point, sits inside the pulling pavilion during the Oxford Fair on Sunday. Pingree’s family went home with a pig after a 7-year-old girl captured a pig during the pig scramble and could not keep it. Pingree’s 6-year-old brother, Dalton, had hoped to be one of the 12 children picked to enter the scramble, but his name was not drawn.