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In addition, more than 15,000 disadvantaged children   {  
have learned about foods and nutrition through EFNEP-   A j j
sponsored programs. k i. 5 ``i’=   { ;»,,,,,f V r _   , · .  
Extension’s youth development program—4-H-is reach- · _     Lg;  V  
ing an increasing number of Kentucky’s young people ' »   VTVVYVVI , VVV ;{      » -_  
_ in the 9-to-19 age range. More than 125,000 youth took                 f
part in 4-H in 1972, an eight percent increase over the  i   V. i Y ‘, VE`**·    
previous year’s participation. Although 4-H started as , gV VV   r K __;- ,2      ,;-a:
an organization for farm youth, it has moved into the \_`V ~   V       »iB  
city in recent years—less than half of Kentucky’s present A  E.;   .   V'     ·.,» .,1, l‘“· L_ -
4-H membership live on farms.   VF V       V    
Leam-by—doing projects are among the unique features    »_     ;¢“ j',       ' V
of 4-H, and many new projects have been developed  ,V   ·v ‘  Q, · (*   V  
to appeal to young people no matter where they live.  VVVV··‘*` ” V gf, V r »·-E V  
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electricity, woodworking, and bicycle safety, as well as t j EV iitt      '‘‘``'”VVVVVVV  
clothing and foods. Group projects, especially those ,
aimed toward community service, are popular, too, and EFNEP  
a wide variety of other activities are offered for 4-H’ers. __ 4·H  
Volunteer leadership is vital to the 4-H program, and  5;]*}       ‘Y§.i""`   &·°€V     » `‘VVV    
a leadership development system is now being planned . V   lf];   _   V V  ‘;   
to recruit and train 40,000 leaders by 1978,   '           f    ·_  E,    _  
Probablybest known of all Extension programs is that _    stl  ·  » »_     Q   Ag, pi  
relating to agriculture. Agricultural Extension agents   "   V VV QV          L  
have been credited with providing much of the informa-     if             j
tion and technical know-how that has made U.S. farmers          f j, D V { —   V  
the most efficient producers of agricultural products in         V5 ¤  _    
the world. With farm acreage decreasing and the de- ·   A   _, _ ' `V ‘ V V   _ gt _,
mand for food increasing, this efficiency becomes even   yr.   — _ i Q., _ _    · _
more vital and the Extension agents’ role even more ‘_/sa     ·» ° _   ` A V »»—. __ p
V important. 7 .   *7*  V V   Q E   VV__  Q [V  _ . 
Kentucky Extension agents for agriculture work with     V   { _;· r A V3 V _   ;V   _ ·   .  
farmers on all phases of agricultural production and are ,,jn·.;.~».45?»:  b ?   ,·    * ~  -‘.
giving increasing attention to helping develop more >3`V`ZY°·     VV   T    g.m_____
and better marketing systems for farm products. Many " ~ QQ. ..V- . e i , » VV V  
agents spend much of their time in support of Kentucky’s Ag7.iCultw.al Extension
growing beef industry. Kentucky now ranks tenth na- pl _'   A 3 C   , H E
tionally in the number of beef cows that have calved »               `¤\ ’_  
(1,176,000 cows), and half of these cows are in herds V ·       V i ¤\ »V‘¥ ta,
owned by part—time farmers on small farms. _,   »   ‘*  
Because of the expanding livestock industry, the agents ,     ·V   {iff     »V E ` 5 a »`¢ 
are emphasizing forage production, grain production, _     aj.  l,      jj    
and on-farm grain storage. Much progress is being ‘ ‘   ,’‘_ is`] A: _  Y if
made in corn production in the eastern part of the state, E    fag ,ijVj"iV    'g if   `xp  `itif
using no-tillage planting. Kentucky leads the nation in     g   VV`   fi ‘ Gi
acres of no-tillage crops, and the UK College of Agri- _   tV p,   V   _V
culture is a major source of technical information on ' ` _; ’  ff `C VVmr.··\
this subject for other states. , ~  •   `Q       M
The College also pioneered in developing a double- V   ,,~  We  ,,, V  Y  
crop system of small grains followed in the same year 5* {      V V
by no—till soybeans and are educating farmers to the V
use and advantages of this system. This double-cropping V
method last year more than doubled the net income
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