Tagged with: youth
Posted on
06/29/2012
at 1:10 PM
Compiled spring of 2012
Introduction
Youth have been learning and developing through the 4-H program in Story County for nearly a century due to the efforts of many volunteers, parents and extension staff. The history below has been written to create a picture of a few of the happenings in each decade....
Posted on
06/28/2012
at 9:32 AM
Dickinson County Extension is located in northwest Iowa in the city of Spirit Lake. 4-H has long been a rich part of history for this county extension office. We can trace programming back to 1916 with W.H. Sawhill serving as the first “county agent.” During the roaring 20’s many 4-H...
Posted on
06/15/2012
at 10:45 AM
In 1918, youth education had a presence in the lives of children and families in Ringgold County. Children from Jefferson, Tingley, Union, Mount Ayr and Rice Townships were involved in Boys and Girls Clubs, a total of 215 youth. Many of the children were in small, rural country schools not...
Posted on
06/11/2012
at 3:23 PM
The 4-H Program in Worth County has a rich history with its roots as deep as four generations. Over the years, young people have learned, experienced and benefited from all 4-H has to offer. Worth County records began in 1924 with around 200 4-H members who gathered as clubs, such...
Posted on
04/16/2012
at 3:48 PM
For most of us, a trip to Washington, D.C. the see our nation’s capital is something pretty special. This is particularly true if the trip is your very first exposure to this historic setting, the impressive national monuments, the halls of Congress and our government, The White House, the national...
Posted on
03/19/2012
at 9:57 AM
In September 2012, Extension in Harrison County will be 100 years old! 4-H helped to spread new ideas by first exposing new methods to the more receptive youth through their 4-H projects. As a result, the parents would often watch their children experiment with new methods and eventually adapt these...
Posted on
03/13/2012
at 8:36 AM
1925 Five original township clothing clubs were: Concord, Table Mound, Vernon, Washington and Prairie Creek. The first team to go to State Fair was Bertha Fitzpatrick and Thelma Quade from the Table Mound Township with their leader Mr. Glen Christman. The first presentation was called “Approved Underwear.” 1926 Every Club...
Posted on
03/12/2012
at 4:30 PM
The earliest records available at the Boone County Extension Office are from 1925. Photographic history shows that one of the first clubs in Boone County was formed in 1922, the HHHH club. Extension records show youth clubs organized in eight townships to learn about baby beef, dairy heifers, sow and...
Posted on
03/08/2012
at 5:00 PM
ISU President William Beardshear’s Place in 4-H’s Past
photos courtesy of Iowa State University Special Collections
When teachers began organizing meetings, contests and clubs for Iowa youth to learn practical skills such as baking and corn growing, they did not call these activities “4-H.” Years passed before people commonly used the...
Posted on
03/08/2012
at 4:53 PM
By Nancy Burright – Former Woodbury County 4-H member and currently a 4-H Volunteer
4-H in Woodbury County, as in all of Iowa, has from the beginning been concerned with teaching youth skills that make everyday life better while developing responsible, productive citizens.
Early records show livestock 4-H clubs organized...
Posted on
03/08/2012
at 4:45 PM
Throughout the year 1919 the ground work for 4-H Clubs in Polk County was laid. In 1920 the organization was official when Don Merrill, the County Extension Agent, began the all important work of forming clubs. Polk County Extension had already expressed an interest by sponsoring many project areas such...
Posted on
03/08/2012
at 12:26 PM
Scott County 4-H History
By Becky Bray, County Extension Education Director
(Editor’s note: 4-H started in Scott County between 1910 and 1920; county records for 4-H start in 1921. Those records and memories were used for additional articles that follow.)
4-H Programs Present and Past
Scott County 4-H held a Farm Youth...
Posted on
03/08/2012
at 12:08 PM
As I research the history of 4-H in Davis County, I am again reminded of the importance of record keeping. Records of project work are important as a learning tool to teach youth a life skill. Records of events surrounding the 4-H clubs in our county are an important tool...
Posted on
03/08/2012
at 11:01 AM
THE 1920’S 1920 seems to be the year when boy’s club work started in the county. At that time there was a purebred guilt club and a poultry club. Twenty-six members fed purebred Hampshire and purebred Poland China gilts. Twenty-five of these were exhibited at the County Fair. Even in...
Posted on
03/08/2012
at 10:46 AM
As early as 1918 we find evidence of activity with youth in corn, beef, and pig project work. Most of the club work prior to 1924 was carried out on an individual basis rather than through organized 4-H clubs.
In 1924, a baby beef club was organized through the efforts...
Posted on
03/06/2012
at 4:13 PM
The Early Years “The work of the Kossuth County Farm Bureau did not begin until April 1, 1917, which was approximately the date of the declaration of war.” So begins the Narrative Report of the early work that would be the beginning of the 4-H program in Kossuth County, Iowa....
Posted on
12/15/2011
at 1:21 PM
One of the first actions taken by the Taylor County Farm Bureau board was to select a 4-H boys’ club committee. The Taylor County Farm Bureau was the only organization that actively sponsored and developed an extension program in the county during this time. Club Organization 4-H clubs were not...
Posted on
12/15/2011
at 12:18 PM
A History of 4-H in Decatur County
Compiled by Jack Van Laar
County Extension Education Director
January, 2009
Click here for the full version of the Decatur County 4-H History.
Foreword
Although I was never a 4-H member, I am a native and life-long resident of Decatur County, having grown up on a farm in the...
