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LIVESTOCK NEWS

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

4-H NEWS

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

WHAT’S INSIDE:

JULY 1 – ALL RABBITS MUST BE IDENTIFIED IN 4-H ONLINE JULY 1 – ALL IOWA STATE FAIR LIVESTOCK ENTRIES DUE ONLINE JULY 17 – PLYMOUTH CO FAIR LIVESTOCK & COMM. ENTRIES DUE Two items to clarify in the Fairbook:

1. All livestock are released on Monday, August 3 2. Bottle Lambs will check in at 8:00 a.m. and begin the sheep show at 8:30 a.m.

It is correct in the bottle lamb section, but incorrect in the front schedule. The countdown is on! As you are working on exhibits don’t forget to refer to your fairbook to make sure you include everything. Fair forms can be found on our website! Please make sure you make a fair entry for all animals and communication exhibits . They are due on Friday, July 17! No late entries accepted. Static exhibits can be entered up until Monday of check in or we will do it for you that day! Step by step instructions are available on our website and leaders have a paper copy! We have over 200 entries in already! If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to call or stop in our office. This newsletter includes lots of information pertaining to the Plymouth County Fair so please read carefully! Sincerely,

CLOVER CONNECTION – JULY 2015

ANN SCHOENROCK

PLYMOUTH COUNTY EXTENSION

County Program & Youth Coordinator

schoenro@iastate.edu

PHONE: 712-546-7835 FAX: 712-546-7837

4-H & YOUTH COMMITTEE Angie Laughton Angie Schnepf David Becker Jim Jauer Dawn Kessenich Ben Vondrak Yvette Bowen Randi Anstine Andy Bainbridge Brian Lang Kristin Koerselman Jill Feuerhelm Andy Schroeder Kayla Ruhland Jacob Holck

Clovers To…

State 4-H Conference delegates! Fair volunteers, leaders, and parents that are

working diligently to make the fair happen for all of the members in Plymouth County! Don’t forget to thank them!

Rabbit tattooing volunteers

7 clubs that donated to the 4-H’ers for 4-H Campaign…a total of $440!

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4-H LIVESTOCK NEWS

Fair Entry Deadline for ALL ANIMALS! *All entries are due by Friday, July 17 at https://plymouthiowa.fairentry.com! *Absolutely NO late entries accepted! *DO NOT USE INTERNET EXPLORER FOR ANYTHING AND NO WWW IN FRONT OF THE LINK

4-H Dog Project Clinics Continue

All animals must be entered for the fair at https://plymouthiowa.fairentry.com! FFA members should turn in paper entry forms by July 17th or those animals will not be able to exhibit. You will only be able to enter the maximum number allowed. At check-in you can substitute a different identified animal or move to a different class within that division (Ex. Market to Carcass). You can’t however bring more animals and you can’t go between a breeding class and a market class. The class must be determined on the July 17th entry as well

as if you are showing an animal as a crossbred or purebred. Entries tell us how many animals you will be bringing that we need stall assignments for! Entry instructions can be found on our website! Remember that once you submit an invoice for entry you can’t log in and create another invoice until I approve the previous entry. I’ve been doing that daily…we have in 200 entries already! If something doesn’t seem to be working properly please contact the Extension Office and let us know.

4-H Horse Project Clinics Continue

All dog project members are encouraged to attend the dog project clinics that will help them prepare for the fair. Clinics are on Monday nights beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Fairgrounds. If it’s raining in Le Mars there will be no dog class. Listen to KLEM 1410 for weather related announcements. Remember to not feed your dog before coming to class, bring water for both you and your dog, dress appropriately (no flip-flops), and parents are

welcome to stay so bring your lawn chair but don’t park under the trees as that’s where the kids and dogs will work! Be sure to attend the July 13th class as Kate will assist you in which dog classes to enter in. Don’t forget she has also set up a Facebook page as a place to communicate better, especially for weather announcements. Search for Plymouth County 4-H Dog Project!

4-H Horse Clinics are held on Thursday nights at the LeMars Fairgrounds Arena. They start at 7:00 p.m. and finish around 8:30 p.m. In case of inclement weather, a decision will be made by 6 pm. Contact Jenny 712-490-9211 or Sheila 712-239-6115 with weather related questions. Members should bring their horses to each clinic if possible! No minimum attendance is required. Helmets need to be worn at all times! If you missed the Horse Project meeting we have that information available at the Extension Office! Also, please keep in mind that the fairgrounds arena is not for personal riding use. 4-H insurance only covers you during scheduled 4-H sponsored events, Saddle Club insurance only covers during those sponsored events and the Fairboard insurance is for other scheduled events. None of these organizations are responsible for you on your personal time so they are asking that you not use the arena outside of these scheduled events. So on 4-H Horse clinic nights, you cannot come early to ride on your own, you may begin warming up when the approved 4-H volunteers arrive. Clinic Schedule: July 9: Western Riding (Specific Patterns & Lead changes) July 16: Reining July 23: Trail (Obstacles set up in arena )

MISSION STATEMENT 4-H EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WORKING

AND LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CARING ADULTS

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OUR VISION A WORLD IN WHICH YOUTH AND ADULTS LEARN, GROW, AND WORK TOGETHER AS CATALYSTS FOR POSTIVE CHANGE

4-H LIVESTOCK NEWS CONTINUED…

Herdsmanship

4-H and FFA members are reminded that there are judges that come through the livestock buildings daily. They will be scoring clubs in cleanliness of the animals, how well organized the stalls are, and if there are members present to greet fairgoers.

Please do your part to make sure your animals and stalls are in good shape. If your animals have water buckets in the pens/cages, please make sure they stay filled especially on really hot days.

Clay Co. Livestock Entry Deadline BEFORE OUR FAIR! This year you must make your Clay County Fair livestock entry with our office by Friday, July 24 before 4:30 p.m. as they need to be at the Clay County office during our fair! We will be moving the Extension office to the Fairgrounds on Thursday afternoon and will be open at the Fair Office from

8:00-4:30 on Friday to complete your entry.

ENTRIES DUE FRIDAY, JULY 24 BY 4:30 P.M.

Fairs & Care of Livestock Exhibitors are reminded that providing adequate care and proper handling for their animals at the upcoming fair is very important. We have discussed this at FSQA training and now is the time to put those practices in place. Exhibitors are reminded to provide adequate feed and water for all animals at all times, fans as needed, clean bedding and proper removal of manure as advised by the Plymouth County Fairboard. Also read the 2015 Health Requirements for Exhibition of Livestock, Poultry and Birds at a County 4-H/FFA Show. Youth exhibitors are advised by the Fairboard and

Extension staff to answer basic questions about their animal project from a fair attendee they do not know, but if they feel the questioning is not normal and they feel threatened by the level of questioning they should find an adult (department superintendent, fairboard member, 4-H leader, or Extension staff) to help provide answers to the individual asking the questions. 4-H & FFA youth are advised to not talk to the media unless an adult is also present. If you have any questions about your animals’ care prior to the fair, please talk to the superintendent, or the Extension staff.

Fair Ribbon Auction Exhibitors that have market beef, market sheep,

market swine, meat goats, market broilers or fryer rabbits may sign up one animal to go through the ribbon auction that is held on

Monday, August 3 beginning at 9:00 a.m. You must sign up at the fair office no later than Saturday, August 1, 6:00 p.m.

Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock Entry Deadline

The deadline to sign up for Ak-Sar-Ben is Monday, August 10th. Those entries can be made at the Fair Office on that Monday after the fair or at

the Extension Office after the office is moved back to the Extension Office location.

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Lost 4-H Tags If your animal loses their 4-H ear tag, please contact the Extension Office at 546-7835. A 4-H & Youth member will be contacted to go to your farm and replace the tag. When you call to report a lost tag,

please let us know if the animal that lost the tag was verified at weigh-in for the Iowa State Fair or Ak-Sar-Ben.

If you will be in grades 10-12 in the fall please consider joining the County Council. If you missed the June meeting, there is still time to join! We will be having a fun outing to Karttrax Family Fun Park in Yankton on Monday, July 13. Transportation will be provided and we are looking for adult chaperones to assist with this. We will meet in the Extension Office parking lot and leave at 3:00 p.m. After all the fun is had we will enjoy a cookout in Vermillion on the way home. It’s a great

way to meet 4-H’ers from across the county and be a leader in Plymouth County 4-H! We will need to get a head count so call the Extension Office (712-546-7835) or email Ann at schoenro@iastate.edu by July 8. The event is free to all! I hope to see lots of new faces! New members must complete an Interest form (found on our website) and must commit by July 17. No members will join after this date! If you can’t make it to the outing and want to join, please contact Ann and let her know!

Come Check out the County Council Sneak Peek

4-H NEWS

Fair King & Queen Contest Congratulations to all the new royalty candidates.

Please save the following dates: July 21: Queen judging evening July 29: Crowning

Candidates should contact one of the members of the Queen or King Committee if they have questions regarding these events.

Fair Passes All 4-H and FFA families will be eligible to purchase

a fair pass package. Families will be able to purchase one pass at full price and receive a second pass at reduced price. These passes can be purchased at the Fair Office on Monday, July 27 from 9:00-11:00 a.m and 2:00-6:00 p.m. or Tuesday, July 28 from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. No

packages will be sold after this time. All passes must be in place when you enter the fairgrounds beginning at 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29. If you cannot make it to purchase the passes during this time another parent or leader may purchase those for you!

Poultry Show (4-H/FFA and Clover Buddies) We have come up with lots of great ideas for

youth to still be involved with the Poultry project during the fair. They will still have opportunities to earn ribbons and premium money! Please see the enclosed flyer so you can see what classes you would like to enter! We

ask that you enter these classes on Fair Entry by July 17th so enough materials can be on hand! Clover Buddies also have a couple of classes they can take part in as well as many games during the show time on Saturday, August 1 beginning at 9:00 a.m.

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4-H NEWS

4-H Pride of Iowa Contest

4-H Clothing Event Those of you that turned in Clothing Event forms will receive a letter in the mail that includes all the details for judging day! Don’t forget that judging day is Tuesday, July 14 at the Extension Office. You will then need to take part in the style show at the fair on Wednesday, July

29 at 12:00 p.m. We can help make arrangements for those rabbit exhibitors to go out of order or we can get you your ribbon after the show if you can’t make it to the style show.

It is so good to see so many Pride of Iowa entries turned in. Don’t forget that we get those recipes reviewed by our ISU Food Specialist and then we will send those comments back you. Pride of Iowa will be held after Bill Riley Show on Sunday again so we will be able to be better organized and have more room to spread out. A schedule will be mailed to you when we get your recipes

back from the Food Specialist! Please note the change in the schedule for the event this year! We are trying to make it less chaotic! 2:45-3:00 p.m. – Everyone sets up 3:00-3:45 p.m. – Judging (no parents or public present) 3:45-4:15 p.m. – Public served (one door in and one out) 4:15 p.m. - Awards

Fairgrounds Clean Up and Mud Volleyball! Each year our 4-H’ers help prepare the grounds for

the fair or help tear down after the fair. Half of the clubs are assigned to clean up before the fair on Monday, July 27 beginning at 9:00 a.m. The other half will come on Wednesday, August 5 beginning at 5:30 p.m. to clean up. Members are asked to sign in on the sheet at the water fountain. Ice cream treats are served up when all the work is done. Club leaders have your assigned time. It would be a good idea to bring brooms, gloves, buckets, rags, etc. to help get

the job done! If you can’t help at your club’s assigned time, please consider helping on the opposite day.

We will be playing mud volleyball after fair clean up on Wednesday. One stipulation is that if you want to play you must be a 4-H or FFA member or volunteer & must have helped with clean up! We’ll even serve up some treats while you are playing! If you don’t want to play it is entertaining to watch! Nobody gets in until staff are present and have okayed it!

Blair House

Don’t forget that the Kingsley Patriots and Plywood Busters will each be featured clubs in the Blair House this year. You will need to put together a small display about your club. Maybe you have a

community service project you would like to display. You may set this up anytime Monday or Tuesday of fair week. Just let Jill know so the doors can be unlocked.

Foodstand Information

Your leader has your club’s assigned time to work in the food stand. If you cannot work your club’s time please let your leader know as there are other clubs that could use your help. We will have three managers and the stand will stay open until 11:00 p.m. each night unless there’s no one left on the grounds! Your leader will have more details for you. All families are expected to work! Please come in clean clothes and clean ball caps!

No one under 14 is allowed to work inside the stand! Pies must be at least 8 inches and no cream pies! You will not be able to hold whole pies back to purchase at the end of your shift. Remember our entire 4-H program is run on funds made in the Food Stand. Scholarships for trips and the $30 fee/member is paid for in part by the 4-H Food Stand, Extension Council, and Fairboard. We need every family to do their part to help!

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Entering 4-H Exhibits at the Fair *DON’T USE INTERNET EXPLORER AND NO WWW IN FRONT OF THE LINK

All static exhibits will be entered on https://plymouthiowa.fairentry.com. We want you to enter only the exhibits you are bringing. When it asks for a description we need a specific description of what the exhibit looks like so an entry tag can be directly matched to the exhibit. We encourage members to have static exhibits entered online by noon on Friday, July 24. This will make check in faster for you. All of your entry tags will be printed and you can pick them up at the check in table. If you have other exhibits that you complete over the weekend, just wait to enter those with staff when you arrive on Monday! Those entry tags will then be printed that evening and available for you to pick up on Tuesday before you judge. All 4-H exhibits MUST be checked in, in the 4-H

building from 2:00-6:00 p.m. on Monday, July 27! Please bring your goal sheets attached and completed. It is best to put goal sheets and other papers in a plastic sleeve and attach with a safety pin or binder ring. The 4-H Building will be closed at 6:00 p.m. so you need to have them entered by then. Horticulture and Baked goods may be brought in on Tuesday, but goal sheets must be checked in on Monday. The entry committee will be set up in the north end of the 4-H Building.

*Please note that Photography exhibits are displayed in a separate display area. Leave your photos in your club booth on Monday. Then after you have them judged leave in the tote at your booth. *Please do not tack, tape or staple anything to the walls in the 4-H Building!

*If a member has a large exhibit they need to contact Ann at the Extension Office prior to the fair. No large exhibits will be unloaded in the 4-H Building without a staff member present so that it gets displayed in the correct area.

Judging 4-H Exhibits Judging day for 4-H exhibits will take place on Tuesday,

July 28 beginning at 8:00 a.m. Club leaders have your assigned judging time. If you have more than five exhibits, please start judging first thing in the morning. Judges will not wait for someone once their area is completed. Don’t forget to stop at the Entry table to pick up the master list of your exhibits. This will be taken to the judge so a ribbon can be recorded. These need to be turned back in when you are finished judging. Parents may help carry exhibits to Century Hall but cannot go in. County Council members will be available to help carry

exhibits. Also bring several exhibits to Century Hall with you...we have a holding area. It will save time going back and forth. Parents and leaders may stay in the 4-H Building during conference judging. They are not allowed in Century Hall at all! When the judges come over to the 4-H Building to begin making their State Fair selections, ALL PARENTS AND LEADERS NOT ON THE COMMITTEE MUST LEAVE THE BUILDING. YOU MAY FINISH ORGANIZING YOUR BOOTH ON WEDNESDAY. Once an exhibit is judged, stop at the table in the 4-H Building to get the ribbon scanned!

Bucket of Flowers Clubs are encouraged to enter a bucket of flowers for competition at the 2015 Plymouth County Fair. You must use a 5 gallon bucket. A complete set of rules are listed in the fairbook. Entries should be brought to the 4-H Building on Monday from 2-6 p.m. or on Tuesday during judging by noon. A horticulture judge

will choose the top three. These three clubs will receive a premium. All buckets will be distributed throughout the fairgrounds for the duration of the fair. We ask that someone from your club be responsible for WATERING YOUR DISPLAY AND PICKING UP your bucket on Monday, August 2.

Ag Quiz Bowl

The Iowa Corn Growers will be hosting an Ag Quiz Bowl at the fair this year! There will be NICE cash prizes awarded! Only three teams will get to compete so get a team organized and signed up fast! Teams must consist of five teammates. Four of them must be members that are 8th-12th grade and the fifth must be an adult from a local business! It will take place on

Friday at the fair in Century Hall (time TBD-late morning). There will be multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions! Teams may go to different commodity websites to study facts. Examples would be the Iowa Pork Producers, Iowa Cattleman’s, Iowa Soybean, Turkey Association, Egg Council, etc. Call the Extension Office to sign your team up now!

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Crop Project

Members that are enrolled in the Crop Project need to contact Joel DeJong at our office to schedule a time he will meet with you in your field to do a conference judging. The main emphasis will be to learn what is involved in preparing a seed bed, planting, growing,

and harvesting a crop. Members need not do all the work, but are expected to have an active role. If you haven’t already, go to our website and there is a worksheet you will need to complete for the judging.

Communications Entries

As you are preparing exhibits take note to the fairbook to make sure you meet all the requirements! Your food recipes are surely amazing, but are they safe in a fair environment? Call the Answerline number in the fairbook with your recipe and they will tell you! Did you use Pinterest to get an idea? Make sure you state the source…do NOT put Pinterest! Go to our website to see the three simple steps in locating the

original source of that idea! Remember when using quotes, logos, etc. if they are not your original work, you must give credit where credit is due! In some cases you must get permission to use certain items! If you are unsure, please check with the Extension Office or our Youth Specialist, Brenda Welch and she’ll help you figure it out! Email her at bwelch@iastate.edu.

Copyright, Pinterest, and Foods!

Any 4-H members interested in participating in Working Exhibits, Educational Presentations, Share-the-Fun, or Extemporaneous Speaking at the Plymouth County Fair need to make an entry at https://plymouthiowa.fairentry.com by Friday, July 17! After entries are processed a letter will be mailed

to participants regarding details of when to check in at the event at the fair and a full schedule! We have lots of resources to help you prepare, like a sample of the evaluation form! We get to send participants on to the Iowa State Fair and Clay County Fair to represent our county!

Farm Olympics

4-H Foundation Fundraiser ~ Celebrity Dunk Tank @ the Fair!

Be sure to join us at the Fair and help support the Plymouth County 4-H Foundation! Celebrities from your community will be sitting in the tank to help us raise funds that support the Plymouth County 4-H Program. You will be able to throw a ball for $1/throw! The schedule is as follows:

Friday, July 31 4-5 p.m. – Akron/Westfield 5-6 p.m. – Hinton 7-8 p.m. – Kingsley Saturday, August 1 4-5 p.m. – Remsen 5-6 p.m. – Le Mars 6-7 p.m. – 4-H/Fairboard

Explorations in Vet Science If you like animals and science, you might want to be a veterinarian. Youth explore the basics of animal behavior and health and visit with a local veterinarian about a vet science career. Class size limited to 20 per day. Scholarships available.

Back by popular demand is the Farm Olympics! It will take place under the covered show arena on Thursday, July 30th at 6:30 p.m. Teams must pre-enter by calling the Extension Office ahead of the fair or notifying Jill in the Fair Office during the fair. A maximum of 15 teams will compete! There will be five chores to complete in the fastest amount of time. Any chore not completed properly will have 5 second penalty added to the final time! Teams will learn about the chores at the start of the event! Prizes will be awarded to top 3 fastest teams, and the most creative outfits! Teams will consist of five members. There must be at least one junior member (completed 4-6), at least one intermediate member (completed 7-9), at least one senior member (10-12), and at least one adult volunteer (anyone that serves as a leader or fair/4-H committee member. At least one of these members must be a female and one a male!

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Calendar of 4-H Events

JULY 2015

AUGUST 2015

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 ISF Entries due

Rabbit ID due

2

3 Office

Closed

4

5

6

Dog Class 7

8 9 Horse Clinic

10

11

12

13 Dog Class

14

Clothing Event

Judging

15 16 Horse Clinic

17 Fair entry due

18

19

20

Dog Class

21

Queen Judging

22 23 Horse Clinic

24

Clay Co.

deadline @

4:30

25

26

27

Fair Set up

Exhibits entry Horse Timed

28

Static Exhibit

judging

29

30 31 AUG. 1

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

2 Fair Ends

3 Projects and

Livestock released

4

5

Fair clean up

Mud Volleyball

6 7 8

9

10 Ak-sar-ben

due

11 12 13

Iowa State

Fair Begins

14 15

16

17

18 19 20

21

22

23 Iowa State

Fair Ends

24 25 26 27

28 29

30

31

PLYMOUTH COUNTY EXTENSION STAFF ANN SCHOENROCK COUNTY PROGRAM & YOUTH COORDINATOR schoenro@iastate.edu JANELLE JOHNSON COUNTY PROGRAM COORDINATOR janelle@iastate.edu JILL LENERS OFFICE/ PROGRAM ASSISTANT jleners@iastate.edu JODI FISHER PROGRAM ASSISTANT jlfisher@iastate.edu JOEL DEJONG CROP FIELD AGRONOMIST jldejong@iastate.edu BRENDA WELCH REGION 5 YOUTH PROGRAM SPECIALIST bwelch@iastate.edu

JULY 2015

1: Iowa State Fair

livestock entries due

1: Rabbit ID due

3: Office Closed

14: Clothing Event

Judging

17: Fair entry due

21: Fair Queen Judging

24: Clay County Fair

livestock entry deadline

27: Fair Set up

Exhibit entry Horse Timed Events

28: Static Exhibit judging

29-Aug. 2: Plymouth County Fair

PLYMOUTH COUNTY FAIR JULY 29-AUG. 2

AUGUST 2015

3: Projects and Livestock released

5: Fair Clean up and mud volleyball to follow

10: Ak-Sar-Ben Entries Due

13-23: Iowa State Fair

INTRODUCING THE 2015 POULTRY SHOW These classes will all be listed in Fair Entry. It will be most helpful to sign up for them by the July 17 livestock deadline so enough materials and space can be determined! Since you were able to previously enter 15 birds, we have come up with 10 classes and 5 games you could enter and earn ribbons and awards! Any of the projects you complete for these classes must be checked in on Wednesday, July 29 between 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and you can sign up for the games on Wednesday until 7:00 p.m. Starting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 1, during the normal Poultry Show time, members and Clover Buddies should be present in the Poultry barn. A judge will be present to conduct the showmanship portion as well as award ribbons and trophies to the other classes! 4-H/FFA CLASSES: 100: Cage Decorating

Exhibitors will be assigned a two-hole cage. The entire unit should be decorated which may include stuffed poultry animals in one of the holes. A 15” x 22”poster will need to be created to hang over the other hole. It must include at least one photo of your flock with you in the photo, information on how you care for your flock and what you feed them, what breeds you have, and some facts about that breed. Each exhibitor will earn a ribbon after the judge reviews the display. Exhibitors will be grouped by club. An overall “herdsmanship” award will be given to the club with the most creative display determined by the judge.

110: Showmanship Showmanship will be done by a paper quiz during the show time. The judge may ask additional questions to determine a champion showman. Trophies will be awarded to the Champion and Reserve in each of the three levels. 110.1: Senior Showmanship; 110.2: Intermediate Showmanship; 110.3 Junior Showmanship

120: Educational Poster Exhibitors may enter up to two posters on any poultry related topic. The poster needs to be 15’ x 22” and references/resources for where you got your information needs to be sited on the poster.

130: Costume Contest Exhibitors will design a costume as they have in the past. Exhibitors will submit and 8 x 10 photo of the bird/exhibitor and the costume.

140: Recipe Contest Exhibitors may enter one recipe that includes eggs or chicken. The recipe should be typed on and 8 ½ x 11 page and then include a photo of the finished product.

150: Wooden Chicken Painting Exhibitors will be given a wooden chicken to paint in the poultry barn on Wednesday and Thursday. Exhibitors may work on this anytime during these two days. Chickens will then be displayed and ribbons will be awarded on Saturday during the show.

160: Egg Contest Exhibitors may enter 1 carton (one dozen) eggs. Exhibit will be judged based on: Cartoning: All domes (broad ends) up, uniform size and color, Cleanliness, Shell texture, and Shape.

170: Crowing Contest Exhibitor must act and sound like a chicken for at least 15 seconds and be heard across the poultry barn!

180: Chicken Breed/Name Match Exhibitors will be given a picture of a chicken and will need to match the picture up with the breed/name

190: Games 190.1: Egg Blowing – Each participant is given an egg with holes in both ends. At a signal from the judge, all the kids try to blow the egg out. The first one done is the winner. 190.2: Egg Rolling – Each participant will have a hard-boiled egg. There will be a starting line and a finish line. The

participants will line up on their hands and knees at the start line and roll their egg from start to finish using only their noses.

The winner is the one to reach the end first without touching the egg with their hands.

190.3: Pin the Tail on the Rooster –Blind fold the participants and spin, then stick tail to a rooster on poster. In the event of

a tie, they will have a “pin off”.

190.4: Egg Toss – There will be one “tosser” and one “catcher”. The tosser will be blindfolded and spun around and then

faced away from the catcher. The catcher will have different sized buckets/cups. The tosser will toss an egg (uncooked)

backward over his/her head toward the catcher who starts with the largest bucket. Each catcher has to attempt to catch

one egg in each size of bucket/cup. The team to catch the most eggs wins.

190.5: Relay Race – Each participant is given a plastic spoon and an uncooked egg. There is a start line and a finish line with obstacles between. The first participant to cross the finish line without dropping their egg wins. Participants have to hold the egg on their spoon and not use anything to help the egg stay on.

CLOVER BUDDIES CLASSES (check-in at 9:00 a.m. in the Poultry barn on Saturday): *Poster of their poultry project including a photo of the Clover Buddies with the birds and information about the birds. *Chicken walk/crow contest – Clover Buddies dress like a bird (poultry) and walk and crow like a bird (poultry).

4-H Copyright Guidelines

Is the work in the public domain? (Is this

something older than 1923 or of unknown origin?)

Learn about Creative Commons and search for works at:

creativecommons.org/

Does the use of the copyrighted work change it so that it does not resemble the

original? Were major changes made?

Learn about major changes under Question #3 on p. 2 in "Use of

Copyrighted/ Trademarked Material in 4-H Fair Exhibits and Activities"

Is this work covered by a Creative Commons license?

Are you creating a 4-H exhibit or project for display at the fair?

If this exhibit or project is not a 4-H project for public display at

the fair, you will want to visit http://www.copyright.gov/ for the

guidelines you must follow.

Learn about public domain at U.S. Copyright. A checklist for determining

public domain can be found at: Copyright Term and the Public

Use it. Make sure give credit to the original source.

Use it. Make sure you follow license

restrictions.

Is this an item that I purchased or photographed and I am using it as

is without altering it? (Fabric, stickers, box, etc.)

Learn about purchased items under Questions #5, 8, and 9 in "Use of

Copyrighted/ Trademarked Material in 4-H Fair Exhibits and Activities"

Have you received permission from the creator/artist/

photographer, etc. to use their work in your 4-H exhibt/project?

Learn more about copyright permission on p.6-7 in the "Use of

Copyrighted/ Trademarked Material in 4-H Fair Exhibits and Activities".

Do not bring the exhibit/ project to be displayed at the fair. It does not meet our copyright guidelines.

Use it. By purchasing the item, you have purchased the right to use it.

Use it. Make sure that you include the

original item to highlight the changes

that you made.

Use it. Make sure you include the

permission letter with your exhibit.

Created by Brenda Welch, ISU Extension and Outreach Youth

Program Specialist March 2015. Inspired by: "Copyright & Fair Use for Teaching and Learning" by Dr.

Larysa Nadolny.

Please contact your local County Extension and Outreach Office for more specific questions related to copyright

and fair exhibits.

No

Yes

Yes

What does this mean?

What does this mean?

Yes

What does this mean?

YesWhat

does this mean?

No

No

Yes

What does this mean?

No

No

No

Yes