4-H Timeline of Events
First Decade 1902-1912
In 1902, A. B. Graham, Superintendent of Schools in Clark County, Ohio, organized a boys’ and girls’ agricultural club in Springfield Township. Activities included growing corn, planting a garden, testing soil, and club meetings.
In 1904, T. A. Erickson, superintendent of school in Douglas County, Minnesota, spent $20 of his salary to buy seeds for one of the first corn-growing contests involving county youth.
In 1906, Thomas M. Campbell was appointed first African American Agricultural Demonstration Agent at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Over the course of his lifetime, he promoted demonstration work among farmers and their families. He organized a traveling wagon and demonstrated equipment and the latest techniques.
In 1907, the first boys’ and girls’ demonstration clubs under USDA sponsorship began in Holmes County, Mississippi.
In 1907 or 1908, the first emblem used nationally was designed by O. H. Benson as a three-leaf clover. It stood for head, heart, and hands.
In 1910, the USDA appointed Ella G. Agnew as the country’s first woman agent for farmers’ cooperative demonstration work.
In 1911, Benson suggested that the fourth H should be hustle, and the 4-H design was adopted. Later O. B. Martin suggested that health replace hustle. The 4-H emblem has stood for head, heart, hands, and health ever since. * Protected under 18 U.S.C. 707.
In 1912, the first 4-H club in Washington State began in Wahkiakum County.
By 1912, 73,000 boys and 23,000 girls were enrolled in club work.
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