New Jersey State Fair opens
| 09 Aug 2017 | 11:11

A baby checks out a chicken at the fair.

Rides are shown from the parking lot at the New Jersey State Fair.

Fair visitors walk down the midway at the New Jersey State Fair.

Alexia Bohm, 14, of Milford NJ grooms her sheep in preparation for judging at the 2017 Sussex County fair.

Laura Camp of the Lafayette Preservation Committee demonstrates how to weave on a 100-year-old loom.

Nine year old Douglas DeMarco, left, 14 year old Grace Gandolfo, and six year old Amelia Giordano run the Kickin’ Chickens 4-H club chicken kissing booth.

A tractor is driven at the fair.
AUGUSTA — The New Jersey State Fair and Sussex County Farm & Horse Show opened for the seaoson on Friday, Aug. 4.
The fair will continue until Sunday, Aug. 13.
— Photos by Mark Lichtenwalner