Woodbury County Fair 81 located on the fairgrounds . A conference-judging schedule will be published in the 4-H Scene . Conference judging means that the member takes his / her exhibit to the judge of that department and discusses the exhibit and the member ’ s learning in a twoway conversation . The judge then makes the decision on the ribbon placing . 4-H clubs must be judged at the assigned times . Each club will be given a color wristband for each member and the time for their conference judging on the day of judging . If the 4-H member has a large number of exhibits or will not be able to be judged at the assigned time , that 4-H member will need to contact the General 4-H Building Superintendent before fair judging day . 4-H members who do not come at their assigned time and / or did not have prior approval will have to wait until their judging time or if late will be judged as time allows . All exhibits will be judged . It is important that clubs adhere to the judging schedule so that judging runs smoothly throughout judging day .
13 . Premiums will be awarded to exhibits in the 4-H Building on the basis of Blue - $ 3.00 ; Red - $ 2.00 ; and White - $ 1.00 . 4-H members who receive a merit ribbon in lieu of a blue ribbon will receive a blue ribbon premium . Premiums will not be awarded to Clover Kids . No exhibit will be awarded premium money that is not placed in one of the above groups by the judge . An exhibit may be dropped one ribbon placing by the judge if the class requirements as stated in each class description are not fulfilled . Merit ribbons and grand and reserve champion ribbons do not receive additional premium money . Judges will select exhibits showing good use of resources , including time , energy , skills , and money to receive Resourcefulness Awards ( special stickers ). No additional premium money will be awarded for resourcefulness awards .
14 . Endangered and threatened plants and animals ( includes insects ) must NOT be used in any exhibit . Wildflowers taken from parks must NOT be used . It is illegal to possess songbird feathers or nests . Game animals “ legally taken ”, such as pheasant , goose , duck , or quail are acceptable . Purple loosestife ( Lythrum salicaria ) is a plant that should not be planted in gardens . It has the potential of becoming noxious in Iowa . Other dried established noxious weeds are acceptable to use in exhibits .
15 . Duplication of copyright material or design should not be used in a 4-H exhibit that is presented as original work by the exhibitor . A copyright design cannot be displayed in a public setting ( fair ) without permission being granted from the owner of the copyright . When the owner of the copyright has granted permission , the exhibit will be displayed and labeled appropriately . Those without permission cannot be displayed . 4-H ’ ers must ask for permission before fair or will be dropped one ribbon placing . The 4-H Clover is a protected emblem . 4-H ’ ers can include the 4-H clover , but do not copy / print other material over the clover . 4-H Clover must have “ 18U . S . C . 707 ” in lower right of clover . See Woodbury County Extension website for more information on use of the 4-H Clover at : http :// www . extension . iastate . edu / woodbury / click on the 4-H tab .
16 . 4-H members who are also students of a FFA chapter at the same time are allowed to show only the maximum number of exhibits in 4-H as someone who is a 4-H member only ( or FFA student only ). Example : Only 3 photography exhibits can be exhibited per individual . Exhibits previously entered in an FFA Ag Science Fair or any other FFA event or competition may not be entered in any 4-H exhibit class . Iowa State Fair : Exhibitors in 4-H classes are not eligible to exhibit in a similar department of the FFA divisions or vice-versa .
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 . All exhibits , activities and programs must represent appropriate safety procedures in the development of the exhibit and during the evaluation process . This includes static exhibits and activities revolving around the communications program . Exhibits that do not comply with the class description , size guidelines , copyright restrictions , safety and approved methods will be disqualified and not put on public display .
19 . 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