4-H Crops Project

  • Grow a plate of each crop in which you are enrolled
  • Attend workshops and complete the Crops Record Sheet as prescribed by the project leader for each
    category and turn the record sheet in with the project exhibit at check-in time, even if a member elects not to exhibit at the fair
  • Classes will be provided as follows:
    • Corn - three corn stalks for judging
      • one corn stalk with washed roots (no dirt)
      • two corn stalks cut off at top of ground
      • exhibit corn stalk with roots in white five gallon bucket
    • Hay -  Make wooden display box out of 1" x 6" material with a 1/4" bottom. Box dimensions should be 20" x 15" x 6". 4-H’er required to bring 1 square bale to judging. Bale will be broken at time of judging. One (1) flake will be exhibited in box.
    • Soybeans - five green plants including roots free of soil
    • Wheat - one gallon of wheat in clear one gallon container.
      • After the Fair, the wheat exhibits become the property of the Boone County 4-H Club, Inc.
  • An information sheet will be provided for each crop exhibitor, to complete and place with exhibit. (Hay and wheat omit no width of rows or population planted per acre)
    • Variety or hybrid and number
    • Date of planting
    • Maturity (early, medium, late)
    • Kind and amount of fertilizer applied
    • Width of rows
    • Approximate population planted per acre

Exhibits will be judged in accordance with the following criteria:

  • CORN SCORE CARD
    • Freedom from nutritional deficiency - 25 points
    • Root and stalk development - 25 points
    • Freedom from disease and insect damage - 25 points
    • General appearance and uniformity - 25 points
  • HAY SCORE CARD
    • Correct identification - 10 points
    • Quality - 20 points
    • Freedom from weeds - 20 points
    • Color - 10 points
    • Moisture - 15 points
    • Odor - 15 points
    • Neatness of total exhibit - 10 points
  • WHEAT SCORE CARD
    • Freedom from disease - 20 points
    • Freedom from insect damage - 20 points
    • Freedom from foreign material - 15 points
    • Mechanical damage - 10 points
    • Freedom from weed seed - 20 points
    • General appearance and uniformity - 15 points
  • SOYBEAN SCORE CARD
    • Freedom from disease - 15 points
    • Freedom from insect damage - 15 points
    • Freedom from nutritional deficiency - 15 points
    • Pod formation - 15 points
    • Nodule formation - 15 points
    • General appearance and uniformity - 25 points