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By THERESA REYNOLDS
Rappahannock N«*w» Staff Writer
At the beginning of this century, farming was an occupation that truly enjoyed parity with other forms of labor. A well-managed family farm could return to its family a living equal to other forms of investment. Rural life, for the first century of this country’s existence, provided the basis for all the accepted values and beliefs.
But cities were beckoning, and with them, a new code of behavior. Parents were alarmed as'their children left the farms in drives, attracted by more glamorous, if not physically easier, jobs in the newly - industrialized metropolitan areas. From this background, in the early 1900’s, came the movement that was later to be called 4H.
Dissatisifed parents turned first to the institution closest to their children - the schools. Two enlightened educators, Liberty Bailey of Cornell University and Albert Graham, school superintendent of Springfield, Ohio, happened to read a study where young rural boys in Jew Jersey were asked what they wanted to do when they grew up. Most of the boys expressed a desire to leave the farm as soon as possible. Bailey thought that the attitude resulted from a kind
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