I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute.
The United States Congress created the Cooperative Extension Service as part of the Smith-Lever Act in 1914.
The act enabled producers and their families to receive help in agricultural production, livestock health, home economics. It also included in that Cooperative Extension Service a charter working with young boys and young girls in rural America on some of those same areas, introductory levels. And thus, the National 4-H organization was born.
That’s today’s American Agriculture History Minute. I’m Mark Oppold. Thanks for reading. I’ll see you next time.
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