4-H BASICS
The 4-H clover has this many leaves.
What is four?
The Texas agency that delivers 4-H programs statewide.
What is Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service?
A common 4-H animal project.
What is livestock?
An event where members compete or present projects.
What is a contest or judging event?
When is 4-H Round Up?
June 1st - 5th
The main idea of 4-H learning.
What is “learning by doing”?
The level of Extension work that directly serves counties.
What is County Extension?
The term for evaluating animals based on visual traits without performance data.
What is phenotypic evaluation?
The Texas 4-H event where top teams compete nationally in livestock judging.
What is the National 4-H Livestock Judging Contest?
When is multi-county camp?
June 30th - July 2nd
The original purpose of 4-H when it began in the early 1900s.
What is teaching improved agriculture practices to youth?
The Texas 4-H event where members compete in multiple contests like judging, fashion, and public speaking.
What is Texas 4-H Roundup?
The ideal muscle shape and structure in market steers.
What is expression of muscling with balance and thickness?
This competition evaluates knowledge of meat cuts and carcass quality.
What is meat judging?
How many volunteers does the Mason 4-H have?
25
The year 4-H clubs first began forming in the United States.
What is the early 1900s (around 1902–1912)?
This Texas 4-H governing body is made up of youth representatives who help guide statewide programming.
What is the Texas 4-H Council?
This term describes animals with superior genetics passed to offspring.
What is heritability?
The skill judged in public speaking competitions.
What is communication and clarity of thought?
How many members does the Mason 4-H have?
190
The primary federal agency that oversees 4-H nationally.
What is the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)?
The educational system Texas 4-H is part of that includes research, teaching, and outreach.
What is the Texas A&M University System / land-grant system?
The four primary species commonly used in Texas 4-H livestock judging contests.
What are cattle, swine, sheep, and goats?
This type of contest focuses on real-world agricultural problem solving in teams.
What is agricultural advocacy or livestock skillathon-style contests?
When was Texas 4-H established?
1908