 georgia 4-h was founded in 1904 by g.c. adams in newton county, georgia, usa, as the girls canning, and boys corn clubs. the georgia 4-h program is a branch of georgia cooperative extension, which is part of the university of georgia college of agriculture and environmental sciences, and is funded by the university system of georgia and private partners. == history == georgia 4-h began with the start of the special boys corn club contest that was first organized by superintendent of schools, g. c. adams. like the corn club he organized 100 years ago, g. c. adams was unique. he ranked high as an educator. he taught at pine grove school in newton county, he was principal of palmer institute at oxford, he served as county school commissioner, and he was the president of the fifth district agriculture school at monroe. yet, mr. adams never attended high school or college, and he did not go to school more than a year in his entire life. while writing about mr. adams in the atlanta constitution after he had been elected georgia commissioner of agriculture in 1932, stiles a. martin called him âone of the best educated, best read and most learned men in the state.â perhaps mr. adamsâ greatest accomplishment was organizing the corn club, and he is best known for that; but he was a pioneer in other fields, too. he also single-handedly developed a plan for transporting school children, which probably resulted in our s
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