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Photo Gallery: Georgia 4-H Center
Marker text:
This Georgia 4-H Center is a tribute to former members and an
education training of the Head, Heart, Hands and Health, started in 1905
with 151 boys, each growing one acre of corn, under leadership of G.C.
Adams, County School Superintendent. In 1911 girls' tomato and canning
projects were started.
Led by County Extension Agents, 4-H Club work became part of the
Agricultural Extension Service, University of Georgia, and U.S. Department
of Agriculure in 1914. Membership 126,927 in 1953.
117-2 Georgia Historical Commission 1954
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