Extension, Enterprise, and Education: The Legacy of Co-operatives and Cooperation in Utah: 4-H Club
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“4-H had no one beginning. 4-H began as ideas of practical and applied education passed on to rural youth. These ideas came at a time when education in agriculture was advancing at the university level, but not in public schools. Near the turn of the century, as concern for the future of a generation of rural children rose, the movement that would be called 4-H began. Organized by public school educators, 4-H clubs were preceded by corn clubs for boys and canning clubs for girls.”[1] Extension services at universities throughout the country created clubs where young people could come and learn more about agriculture and homemaking.
The pictures below show how youth in Utah learned skills as diverse as young men preparing eggs to a young lady showing cattle.
4-H Foods Club exhibit at the County Fair planned and put up by Amy Casto and Benevieve Forbush, club leaders
(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, P0138 Bx. 010 Fd. 06-002.)
Mrs. Amy Casto, 4-H Club leader, teaching egg preparation to her first-year club boys
(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, P0138 Bx. 010 Fd. 06-001.)
Sugar beet demonstration team which represented Salt Lake County at the Utah State Fair
(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, P0138 Bx. 008 Fd. 26-007.)
Sugar Beet Club boy harvesting his 2-acre field which yielded more than 24 tons per acre
(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, P0138 Bx. 008 Fd. 26-006.)
Ute youth in gun safety program, 4-H Club
(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, University Extension Service Reports, University Archives, P0138 Bx. 3 Fd. 13.)
Miss Hansen’s story about wanting to be a part of 4-H even if it meant joining the boys calf club [Click image to enlarge.]
(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, University Extension Service Reports, University Archives, P0138 Bx. 2 Fd. 2.)
Eva Beutler and Marietta Nyman of North Logan demonstrating necklines, collars, and cuffs
(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, University Extension Service Reports, University Archives P0138 Bx. 1 Fd. 36.)
Sewing class, North Logan Club Achievement Day
(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, University Extension Service Reports, University Archives, P0138 Bx. 1 Fd. 35.)
Proper standing posture
(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, P0138 Bx. 001 Fd. 27-006.)
Proper seated posture
(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, P0138 Bx. 001 Fd. 27-008.)
Poor standing posture
(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, P0138 Bx. 001 Fd. 27-007.)
Poor seated posture
(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, P0138 Bx. 001 Fd. 27-009.)
Salad demonstration team, young ladies demonstrate how to make salads and dressings and provide a well-rounded meal
(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, P0138 Bx. 001 Fd. 34-010.)
Grasshopper control demonstration team members are Elmer Arnesen and Howard Bird
(Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, P0138 Bx. 010 Fd. 04-008.)
A timeline of the history of the 4-H movement [Click image to enlarge; click it again to browse all pages.]
[1] “4-H Timeline of Events,” Washington State University Extension: A Century of 4-H, Board of Regents, 2016, accessed 21 April 2016, http://extension.wsu.edu/4h/.