4-H Record Keeping & Awards 

All record forms and award applications are DUE OCTOBER 1st, 2021

Awards Night: Location & Date: TBD

 Record Book Guide 

Record Book Forms:

Yearly Summary (must accompany all record books.)

Project Area Forms

Basic 4-H Project Record  (grades 4-6)
Experienced 4-H Project Record  (grades 7-9) 
Advanced 4-H Project Record  (grades 10-12)
Project Research Award Application 

Livestock Project Record Sheets

Breeding Animals

• Breeding Worksheet Basic (4H 0229JR)
• Breeding Worksheet Experienced (4H 0229WS)

Dairy and Dairy Goat

• Dairy Worksheet (4H 0392WS)

Dog

• Dog Lifetime Record (4H 0402WS)

Horse and Pony

• Horse/Pony Worksheet (4H 0512WS)

Market Animals

• Market Worksheet Basic (4H 0228 JR)
• Market Worksheet Experienced (4H 0228 WS)
• 4-H Poultry Project Worksheet (4H 0371) 
• Laying Flock Worksheet (4H 0653WS)

Rabbit

• 4-H Rabbit Project Worksheet (4H 0372)

Safety and Education in Shooting Sports (SESS)

• Shooting Sports Project Record

Award Applications: 

• Junior & Intermediate (4-9)
• Senior  (10-12)
• Make a Difference Award
• Club Awards:
  • Club Service Award 
  • Friend of 4-H Award 
  • Poweshiek Pride Award

Why Should We Do Record Books: 

• To learn how to set goals, how to make plans for action and how to evaluated yourself 
• To learn skills of organization that can be used now and in the future
• To learn to communicate and summarize 
• To learn responsibilty by completing a task
• This is a great way to look back on all you have done through out 4-H! We promise one day you will be glad you pushed through and completed these books! 

Record Keeping Tips

• As you work on your record books, particularly your project records, you need to keep in mind the difference between a project and an exhibit.
  • Project Areas: This is a specific project area you would like to learn more about throughout your year in 4-H. Therre are 42 different project areas to chose from. They are: Beef, Dairy Cattle, Dairy Goats, Dog, Bottle Calf, Horse & Pony, Meat Goats, Pets, Poultry, Rabbit, Sheep, Swine, Veterinary Sciece, Music, Photography, Visual Arts, Horticulture, Crop Production, Child Development, Clothing, Food & Nutrition, Consumer Management, Health, Home Improvement, Sewing, Citizenship, Communication, Digital Storytelling, Leadership, Self Determined, Mechanics & Design, Woodworking, Science, Engineering and Technology, Outdoor Adventures, Safety & Education in Shooting Sports, Environment and Sustainablity
  • Exhibits: This is an outgrowth of what you learned in your project area. This is what you bring to the County Fair to have evaluated by a judge such as a photograph or a market steer.
    • You do NOT have to complete a Project Record for each of your fair exhibits. For example: You may have taken three photographs  and a visual arts project to the County Fair with four different Indoor Judging Day Write-Ups. For your record book, however, you only need to complete one Project Record for Creative Arts.