Show h 0 IT TAKES TAK S MORE THAN ONEto ONE i ws to learn rIS r grow IS i achieve RECORD C f i ic F In Russia there are no H 4 Clubs to teach boys and girls a better way of life and work no agricultural extension service to show better methods for raising crops and livestock no specialists specialists special special- to help improve homemaking ing skills no business men to support this massive informal educational program which includes in in- eludes H. 4 r However Premier Khrushchev Khrushchev chev did learn something about Extension Service Servo Service the Cooperative ice during his visit to the US U.S. In a Pravda article J reve revealed led a secret to the Russian Russian Rus Rus- ii sian people He admitted that r certain extension practices were t. t i borrowed when the Soviet agricultural system was overhauled overhauled over over- f f hauled recen recently IY Explains Service f I 1 have in mind he said the introduction of scientific t achievements In the United States of America a farmers farmer's service exists under the universities sides and colleges The agents meet with the farmers and persuade persuade per per- suade them to introduce this t or that method help them in organization of production and furnish them with plans He got most of the extension 1 picture but apparently missed the role of extension for the last 50 years in developing the 4 H 4 H Club program In the early days of H 4 the trained trainer extension agents work worked d with the children of farm lies The plan provided the wedge that opened the door for forthe forthe forthe the agents to reach the farmers and their wives No Free Enterprise It has been suggested that Khrushchev might further improve improve improve im im- im- im prove farming under communism communism ism if he also had initiated a program for youth patterned after the H 4 Clubs Seventy other foreign countries have But Russia lacks the incentive and backing provided by private enterprise US U.S. industry has backed H 4 work right from the beginning It provides technical know how financial aid and recognition More than 55 leading business firms cooperate with the extension extension exten exten- sion service and the National H 4 Service Committee in sponsoring spon spon- sponsoring individual projects Today there are at least three dozen areas of H 4 Club work Some of the newer programs and their sponsors are Photography Photography raphy Eastman Kodak Con Con- John Deere Foods Foods- Nutrition General Foods Alumni Alum Alum- ni Recognition Olin Mathieson Dog Care and Training Ralston- Ralston Purina Fifty years ago there were only a few projects growing tomatoes and canning them growing corn com and raising pigs to eat the corn Long Time Long Time Support Sponsors that have supported H 4 for 20 or more years are Armour and Company Santa Fe Railway Burlington Railroad Milwaukee Milwaukee Milwaukee Mil Mil- waukee Railroad Chicago North NorthWestern NorthWestern NorthWestern Western Railway Coats Clark Conrad Hilton Hotel Cudahy PackIng PackIng Packing Pack- Pack Ing Company Firestone Illinois Central Railroad International Harvester Harvester Har liar vester Kerr Glass Livestock Conservation Conservation Conservation Con Con- Incorporated Montgomery Ward Sears-Roebuck Sears Foundation Westinghouse Educational Foundation Foundation Foundation tion Wilson Co Standard Oil on Ohio General Motors American Oil Foundation Collectively they make the National H H 4 Club Congress pos pos- sible One of the most coveted awards for a Her 4 is the congress congress con con- gress trip given to one boy or girl per state in a specific pro pro- gram Altogether about 1600 young people from 50 states travel to Chicago each fall to participate in this educational event |