1930

DATES OF SIGNIFICANCE IN KANSAS 4-H
Decade of the 30's: Tough Years
1930	"The 4-H Sunflower, annual daily news sheet" published and distributed during Round-up until 1968, except for years of 1933 and 1934
1930	State Fair Encampment at Hutchinson cancelled because of polio epidemic
1930	Secretary's book prepared and printed
1930	KS 4-H Baking Team won International Livestock Show Contest
1931	Clovia 4-H House was established at Kansas State Ag College
1931	All delegates to 4-H Round-up wore 4-H uniforms
1931	4-H Club Agent counties were Sedgwick, Butler, Kingman and Saline
1932	78 KS counties organized for 4-H work, 22 unorganized; 5 counties had no 4-H (Wichita, Morton, Stevens, Seward and Haskell counties)
1932	Highest enrollment clubs - Sedgwick 1,000; Bourbon 509; Saline 450; Crawford 428; Lyon 385
1933	60 counties had County 4-H Councils
1933	18% of students enrolled at Kansas State Agricultural College were 4-H members.
1933	248 Club Tours held in 67 counties - 11,576 attended
1933	17 4-H camps held with 1,230 attending
1934	New 4-H encampment building completed at Kansas State Fair, Hutchinson
1934	No county camps held due to economy - one day picnic was substituted
1934	Cost of Round-up delegates was $5 per person (Registration was $100 in 2002)
1936	Charter Seals Plan adopted (Gold, green, red, blue and purple)
1937	100 percent Kansas counties had 4-H Club work for the 1st time when Morton and Phillips County organized clubs
1937	Safety Activity started
1938	All 105 counties represented at Round-up for the 1st time
1939	9.1 percent of all farm boys and girls of 4-H age enrolled in 4-H clubs

*Information taken from Kansas 4-H, The History of Head, Heart, Hands and Health, 1906-1993 by Betty Lou Denton and Merle L. Eyestone, Copyright 1993.

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