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By Kevin Dayhoff, September 1, 2012 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0902-20120901,0,1065554.story
Much has changed in Westminster and Carroll County since
Grover Kinzy, the first Maryland Cooperative Extension agent, came to town on
Nov. 10, 1916 — in part, as a response to the economic chaos in the agriculture
community resulting from the market repercussions of World War I.
Kinzy's office was in the Times Building, across the street
from the old Westminster fire hall on Main Street in Westminster. One of the
first things Kinzy did was help start local 4-H clubs.
According to the definitive history book on agriculture in
Carroll County — "Legacy of the Land" by Carol Lee — it wasn't an
easy task for Kinzy… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0902-20120901,0,1065554.story
… Tom Ford, the county agriculture adviser-consultant in the
Carroll County office of the Cooperative Extension Service, wrote on Sept. 19,
1992… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0902-20120901,0,1065554.story
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