PREMIUMS
(Subject to funding by State of Illinois General Assembly)
"The Department of Agriculture shall use its best efforts to secure sufficient
appropriations to fund premiums. In any year for which the General Assembly of the State
of Illinois fails to make an appropriation sufficient to pay such premiums, premium amounts
may not be accurately reflected in this Premium Book."
Premiums will be paid on the "X" factor basis. Below is an explanation of why we
are using the "X" factor; how it works; and a listing of projects. Premiums will not be
listed throughout the Show book.
By utilizing the "X-factor" for County 4-H premiums, 4-H is assuring itself of using
all money allocated to premiums without giving out more money than 4-H has.
Premiums may be capped at $100 maximum per exhibitor.
Basically, the "X-factor" system means: # of 4-H members eligible for premiums
times the amount allowed for members by the State, divided by the total number of "X's"
accumulated from the county shows and guesstimated for fall crop projects. For
example: if Steer Project was paid $7 for blue, $6 for red, and $5 for white ratings, the
ratings now are 7x, 6x, and 5x.
7, 6, 5x
Beef & Steers
Dairy
Hogs
Horse/Pony
6, 5, 4x
Entering Electronics
Goats
Sewing & Textiles I, II, III
Constructed Garment
Sheep
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5, 4, 3x
Clothing Decisions I & II
Clover Challenges (All areas)
Crops
Cooking 301/Cooking 401
Design Decisions/Advanced
Dog Obedience Y-51 A-E
Food Preservation
Meat & Other Proteins
Photography 3
Public Presentations
Robotics Platform
Sewing & Textiles I, II
Non-Garment Construction
Visual Arts (Original) 52B61B, 62 - 63
Wired for Power
Woodworking III & IV
4, 3, 2x
Child Development II (Toys)
Child Development III
Cats
Chickens
Communications
Design
Decisions/Intermediate
Dog Care Y-50A
Ducks
Entomology - Level III/Other
Floriculture A - D
Flowers W 1-11
Geese
Geospatial
Horticulture Displays
House Plants
Investigating Electricity
Keeping Fit & Healthy II & III
Outdoor Meals
Photo Editing
Photography 2 (W-74)
Rabbits (not wildlife)
Robotics (Virtual)
Rock Hounds I & II
Turkey (not wildlife)
Vegetable Gardening
Microwave Magic C & D
Video/Filmmaking
Welding
Woodworking II
3, 2, 1x
Aerospace displays
All other Miscellaneous W-139
Animal Science
Bicycle
Child Development II (Items for
Child)
Citizenship
Computer Science
Cooking 101
Cooking 201
Consumer Savvy
Design Decisions/Beginning
Entomology Level I & II
Entrepreneurship
Financial Champions
Forestry
Intercultural
Intergenerational (Walk in My
Shoes)
Journalism
Keeping Fit & Healthy I
Leadership
Magic of Electricity
Microwave Magic A & B
Natural Resources
Outdoor Adventures
Pebble Pups I & II
Photography 1 (W-73)
Plant & Soil Science
Robotics (Junkdrawer)
Service Learning
Small Engines
Sportfishing
Sports Nutrition
Tractor A-D
Visual Arts (non-original) 52A60A
Wildlife
Woodworking I
All Others Not Already Listed
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