It was in the late 1890’s
and early 1900’s that rural
gested that the word Hustle should
Purdue was rebe replaced with Health. The 4-H
quired to provide
emblem has stood for Head, Heart,
Home Economics
boys’ and girls’ clubs began
Hands, and Health ever since.
Instructors who
to emerge across the nation
According to the University of
would visit each
to provide young people with a
Arizona’s history of 4-H clubs, in
county once a
1912, O.H. Benson established fedmonth and teach
better agricultural education. These
eral-state-county programs through
lessons that would
community clubs provide youth, as
be practical to the
their slogan says, with the opportunity cooperative agreements, which tied
the three entities of Extension work
women on the
of “learning by doing.” While no one
together. Some 28 such agreements
farm. According
individual can be credited with being
between the Office of Farmer Coopto Purdue Univerthe originator, there were several
sity’s website, the
people whose collective efforts shaped erative Demonstration Work and the
land-grant colleges promoted youth
earliest record of
what we know today as 4-H. The
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