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available at the Woodbury County Extension Office.
7.
4-H exhibitors must purchase a $2.00 youth exhibitor ticket.
8.
Each exhibitor is responsible for providing his or her animal’s bedding, watering and
feeding equipment and for cleaning stalls/pens daily. Pens/stalls must be cleaned out
at the end of the fair.
9.
All haltered large animals must be double tied. All gates for livestock in pens should
be double fastened. Examples: wired shut along with gate latch or a nail above the
latch.
10. 4-H'ers must exhibit their own animals. A substitute show person may be approved in
the event: A. Exhibitor has multiple entries showing in the same class or B. Injury or
illness of exhibitor. A substitute show person must be an active 4-H/FFA member. It
is expected in such cases the substitute show person needs to be brought to the
attention of the clerk checking animals into the show ring.
11. All exhibits and tack will be released at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. Early releases must be
cleared by the superintendent of the department, overall superintendent, and a
veterinarian. Penalties for unexcused removal of exhibits from the fairgrounds include
ineligibility to show at any shows during the remainder of this fair and ineligibility to
exhibit in the county fair next year. This is a violation of the Code of Ethics and
applies to all the 4-Hers entries.
12. 4-H and FFA premiums at the Woodbury County Fair are as follows: Blue $3.00; Red
$2.00; White $1.00. No premiums are paid for Grand Champion and Reserve Grand
Champion or for showmanship classes. Club groups will be paid the following
premiums: First $7.00; Second $6.00; Third $5.00; Fourth $4.00.
13. Showmanship classes will be determined by the grade the member has completed.
The grade breakdown is: Junior Showmanship: 4th – 6th grades, Intermediate
showmanship: 7th - 9th grades, Senior showmanship: 10th – 12 grades.
14. FFA students who are no longer in high school after their senior year are ineligible to
compete in showmanship classes.
15. Individuals who are members of a 4-H club and a FFA chapter at the same time are
allowed to show only the maximum number of livestock at the Woodbury County Fair
as someone who is a 4-H member only (or a FFA member only). Individual animals
can be identified as a 4-H or FFA exhibit, but not both. FFA students must fill out
livestock identification forms for the animals they are planning on exhibiting. Only 4H members are able to identify their animals in 4-H Online.
16. Decisions by Judges, Superintendents and Extension Staff are final. Classes can be
deleted or added and premiums and bonuses can be forfeited at their discretion. Each
situation, because of particular and specific circumstances, must be dealt with
individually and a decision shall be reached after careful study.
17. All new 4-H Fair trophies and 4-H Fair awards need to be approved by the 4-H Fair
Committee by Monday of Fair Week.
18. Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin,
religion, sex, age or disability.
Please Note: Most 4-H county fair forms can now be found on the Woodbury County
Extension & Outreach website. The web address is:
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/woodbury/ select 4-H & Youth on dashboard, the web
address is: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/woodbury/4h. That will bring up the webpage
with 4-H information. As forms are updated they will have the current year in the title
(some forms do not have a year). Information on state fair and some forms are also
available on the Iowa State University Extension & Outreach 4-H website. That web
address is http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/. Forms are also available from your 4-H
leader, some forms are included in the 4-H newsletter and forms are available at the
Woodbury County Extension office.
4-H/FFA Overall Showmanship Contest (36)
Sunday, 12:00 Noon – Show Ring
Austin Hazard – Superintendent – (712) 281-2301
Kalli Weber – Superintendent – Phone (712) 880-2864