September

• Enrollments and Re-Enrollments begin 
• Record book workshops will be offered
• Record book achievement conferences and reviews
• Applications for awards open

October

• Award applications due
• Clover Kids After-School begins
• Nature Club begins

November

• 4-H Awards Night
• Re-Enrollments due

December

• Market beef weigh-in

January

• New member enrollment due

February

• Area and State recognition applications due
• 4-H scholarship applications due

March

• Market swine weigh-in

April

• Coming Soon

May

• County Fair entries due!
• Market meat goat and sheep weigh-in
• Livestock ID's due for county and state fairs

June

• State 4-H Youth Conference in Ames
• Event Day (Saturday)

July

• Indoor judging day (static exhibits)
• Poweshiek County Fair

August

• Iowa State Fair
• Record book workshops

All Record Books must include a 4-H Yearly Member Summary Worksheet and a Poweshiek County Yearly Member Summary Worksheet

Project Area Forms

Clover Kids Project Area Worksheet for grades K-3rd 
Basic 4-H Project Area Worksheet for grades 4th-6th 
Experienced 4-H Project Area Worksheet for grades 7th-9th
Advanced 4-H Project Area Worksheet for grades 10th-12th
4-H Project Area Research Award Application

Livestock Project Record Sheets

Clover Kids 

Clover Kids Animal Worksheet for grades K-3rd 

Breeding Animals

• Basic Breeding Worksheet for grades 4th-8th 
• Experienced Breeding Worksheet for grades 9th-12th 

Dairy Cow & Dairy Goat

• Dairy Worksheet
• Dairy Cow Lifetime Record
• Dairy Goat Lifetime Record

Dog

• Dog Lifetime Record

Horse & Pony

• Horse/Pony Worksheet

Market Animals

• Basic Market Worksheet for grades 4th-8th 
• Experienced Market Worksheet for grades 9th-12th 
• Beef Lifetime Record
• Swine Lifetime Record

Poultry

• Poultry Worksheet
• Laying Flock Worksheet

Rabbit

• Rabbit Worksheet

Safety and Education in Shooting Sports (SESS)

• Shooting Sports Project Worksheet

Why Should We Do Record Books?

Record keeping is an important life skill that can be used in our every day lives. It is an ongoing life skill that a 4-H member can use after their 4-H years end. This process allows members to get hands on experience with record keeping, and it allows them to accurately keep their track of their participation, goals, achievements, and reflections. Members are encouraged to use their record books to look back on their 4-H career throughout the years. 

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. There 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 Science, 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 Sustainability
• 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.