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Below you will find all the manuals available. Most you can print or download for free, but there are some that will need to be purchased from other websites. If you are taken to another website when clicking on the project, you will need to purchase that manual.

Animals and Livestock Manuals

Beef
Cat – Level 1
Cat – Level 2
Cat – Leaders Guide
Dairy Cattle
Dog – Shomanship
Dog – Rally Obedience Rules & Regulations
Dog – Obedience
Goat

Horse – General Manual
Horse – Beginning Judging
Horse – Competitive Judging
Horse – Gymkhana Guide
Horse – Every Time… Every Ride (DVD)

Poultry – Poultry Resource Book
Poultry – Raising Boilers
Poultry – Ducks or Goose
Poultry – Raising Pullets
Poultry – Raising Turkeys
Poultry – Raising Fancy Poultry
Rabbit
Sheep
Swine

MQA Study Guides
4-H Humane Animal Care Guidelines
Decision Making
Feed Mixing
Injection Site Lesions
Medication Label Handout
Moving Livestock
MQA Ethics
Understanding Medication Labels

General Project Manuals

Artistic Clothing – Upcycle Your Style
Artistic Clothing – Recycled Clothing
Artistic Clothing – Creative Sewing
Artistic Clothing – Create Your Own
Artistic Clothing – Buymanship

Beekeeping – Unit 1
Beekeeping – Unit 2
Beekeeping – Unit 3
Beekeeping – Leaders Guide

Cake Decorating – Unit 1-3
Cake Decorating – Unit 4-6
Cake Decorating – Unit 7-9
Cake Decorating – Unit 10-12

Ceramics – All Units
Clothing Construction – STEAM 1
Clothing Construction – STEAM 2
Clothing Construction – STEAM 3
Clothing Construction – Sewing for Others

Computers – Level 1 – Student Notebook
Computers – Level 1 (Digital Download)
Computers – Level 1 – Leaders Guide
Computers – Level 2 – Student Notebook
Computers – Level 2 (Digital Download)
Computers – Level 2 – Leaders Guide
Computers – Level 3 – Student Notebook
Computers – Level 3 (Digital Download)
Computers – Level 3 – Leaders Guide

Electricity – Unit 1 Magic of Electricity
Electricity – Unit 2 Investigating Electricity
Electricity – Unit 3 Wired for Power
Electricity – Unit 4 Entering Electronics – Advanced
Electricity – Leaders Guide

Entomology – Level 1 (Grades 3-5)
Entomology – Level 2 (Grades 6-8)
Entomology – Level 3 (Grades 9-12)
Entomology – Leaders Guide

Filmmaking – 4-H Filmmaking (DVD)
Food & Nutrition – Cooking 101
Food & Nutrition – Cooking 201
Food & Nutrition – Cooking 301
Food & Nutrition – Cooking 401
Food & Nutrition – Outdoor Cooking
Food & Nutrition – Culture & Ethnic Foods
Food & Nutrition – Passport to Foreign Cookery
Food & Nutrition – Leaders Guide

Food Preservation – Drying Foods
Food Preservation – Freezing Foods
Food Preservation – Boiling Water Canning
Food Preservation – Pressure Canning

Gardening – Unit 1 See Them Sprout
Gardening – Unit 2 Let’s Get Growing
Gardening – Unit 3 Take Your Pick
Gardening – Unit 4 Growing Profits
Gardening – Leaders Guide


General Project Manuals Continued

Global Citizenship – All Units
Heritage Arts – Crochet Units 1-3
Heritage Arts – Ethnic Arts
Heritage Arts – Knitting Units 1-3
Heritage Arts – Quilting Unit 1
Heritage Arts – Quilting Units 2-6
Heritage Arts – Macrame
Heritage Arts – Needle Arts
Heritage Arts – Rug Making
Heritage Arts – Spinning
Heritage Arts – Weaving

Home Design & Decor – Unit1
Home Design & Decor – Unit 2
Home Design & Decor – Unit 3
Home Design & Decor – Unit 4

Horseless Horse – Member Manual
Horseless Horse – Unit 1 Making Horse Sense
Horseless Horse – Unit 2 Hooves, Health, and Horsemanship
Horseless Horse – Unit 3 Breaking Guide
Horseless Horse – Unit 4 Brushing Up On Horses

Leadership – Leadership Skills You Never Outgrow
Leadership – Leadership Road Trip
Leadership – Put Leadership to Practice
Leadership – Refining Leadership Skills
Leadership – Community Service Project Hands to Larger Service

Leathercraft – All Units
Leathercraft – Instructional Videos

Metalworking – Unit 1-4 Arcs & Sparks
Metalworking – Example Videos

Model Rocketry – Unit 1
Model Rocketry – Unit 2
Model Rocketry – Unit 3
Model Rocketry – Unit 4
Model Rocketry – Unit 6
Model Rocketry – Leaders Guide

Outdoor Adventures – Unit 1
Outdoor Adventures – Unit 2
Outdoor Adventures – Unit 3
Outdoor Adventures – Leaders Guide

Photography – Unit 1 Basics
Photography – Unit 2 Basics Continued
Photography – Unit 3 Next Level
Photography – Unit 4 Mastering Photography
Photography – Unit 5 Low Light Photography
Photography – Unit 6 Advanced Photography

Robotics & Engineering – Youth Robotic Notebook
Robotics & Engineering – Level 1
Robotics & Engineering – Level 2
Robotics & Engineering – Level 3
Robotics with EV3 – Platform Beginners
Robots with EV3 – Platform Intermediate
Robots with EV3- Platform Advanced
Robots with EV3 – Teams

Scrapbooking – All Units
Shooting Sports – Basic Archery
Shooting Sports – Safe Use of Guns
Shooting Sports – Rifle
Shooting Sports – Pistol
Shooting Sports – Shotgun
Shooting Sports – Western Heritage

Small Engines – Unit 1
Small Engines – Unit 2
Small Engines – Unit 3
Small Engines – Leaders Guide

Sportfishing – Unit1
Sportfishing – Unit 2
Sportfishing – Unit 3
Sportfishing – Leaders Guide

Vet Science – Unit 1
Vet Science – Unit 2
Vet Science – Unit 3
Vet Science – Leaders Guide

Visual Arts – Portfolio Pathways (Painting, Printing, Graphic Design)
Visual Arts – Sketchbook Crossroads (Drawing, Fiber, Sculpture)

Wildlife – Unit 1
Wildlife – Unit 2
Wildlife – Unit 3

Woodworking – Unit 1
Woodworking – Unit 2
Woodworking – Unit 3
Woodworking – Unit 4
Woodworking – Leaders Guide

    Keeping ahead of COVID-19

    This rapidly evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) has imposed an unsettling, fluid situation upon our community and its businesses. While the team here still aims to maintain a “business as usual” approach, we are making a number of significant changes to our operations to account for a situation that is far from normal.