First Four Extension Agents Hired in Indiana in 1912

County Agricultural Agent

H.C. Thompson 1918-1920

Roy S. Lundin 1921-1922

James Lester Morrow 1922-1925

James F. Hull 1925-1927

Charles A. Nicholson 1927-1960

William A. Head 1960-1964+

Home Demonstration Agents

Christena E. Peter 1936-1942

Mildred Van Arsdall 1943-1959

NO AGENT----------------------------------------------

Janith K. Masteryanni 1961-1962

Janith K. Masteryanni 1962-1963

Patricia Jarboe 1963-1964

What Was It Like Then?

• No modern roads

• Isolated communities

• No electricity

• No indoor water

• Manual labor

• 20 cents an hour

• Science and research was new

Farmers unloading limestone from cars at Jasper (Dubois County, 1921).

Mr. Rudolph threshing his Korean Lespedeza (Dubois County, 1933)

Mr. Seubold at his packing shed. He produced more than 700 crates of No. 1 berries on his nearly 4 acres (Dubois County, 1932).

(Dubois County, 1934)

Dubois County, 1934)

Vaccinating hogs on the farm of Eli Hemmer (Dubois County, 1920).

H. C. Thompson plowing on the farm of A. L. Gray, Huntingburg (Dubois County 1920).

Tractor plowing demonstration just south of Jasper. 9 different makes and 13 plowing outfits worked 20 acres. 1,200 people were

in attendance and 7 tractors sold (Dubois County, 1920)

Culling demonstration at farm of W. J. Erny Jasper (Dubois County, 1921)

Mr. and Mrs. Ferdie Weyer were some of the best egg producers in the state (Dubois County, 1928).

Certified seed and common seed (Dubois County, 1922)

Holstein distribution day for the Holstein Calf Club in Jasper (Dubois County, 1927)

Hugo Melchior and corn club boys selecting seed corn for planning the 1928 crop. Melchior was from the Dubois County State Bank and was local leader (Dubois County, 1927).

Winners in the clothing project at Dubois County Fair, 1934).

Marion Frick of Jasper wins all kinds of awards in 4-H

Boys and girls who exhibited a the Dubois County Fair (Dubois County, 1928).