Harlan County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2023





4021 - Agriculture
4021.4) 5

Number of youth who indicated “yes or usually” to the Common Measures Experience Survey Question #13 “Is 4-H a place where you have a chance to be a leader?” (SEEC)

4021.3) 5

Number of youth who indicated “yes or usually” to the Common Measures Experience Survey Question #6 “Is 4-H A place where you get to figure out things for yourself?” (SEEC)

4021.2) 25

Number of youth who gained an understanding of the role of agriculture in the production of food, fiber, and wood products (KOSA)  

4021.1) 500

Number of youth who demonstrated a skill that was learned or improved by participating in 4-H agriculture programming (PRACTICE)



Success Stories

Chick Incubation and Embryology

Author: Raymond Cox

Major Program: Agriculture

This spring, over seven hundred Cloverbud, School Enrichment, Special Interest and 4-H Club members from Harlan Elementary and Middle Schools, Verda Headstart, Grays Knob Headstart, Rosspoint, Cumberland, Green Hill, Evarts, Black Mountain, Cawood, James A Cawood, Sunshine Preschool, and Wallins Schools participated in the 4-H Chick Incubation Project during March and April.  This project fulfills the 4-H Project Curriculum requirements for Animal Science and is also designed for correlatio

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4-H Windowsill Garden Project

Author: Raymond Cox

Major Program: Agriculture

The 4-H Windowsill Garden Project is designed around the five steps in gardening, with a focus on careers and providing food for the family.  The five steps are:  planting, growing, caring, harvesting and consuming.  All students in every elementary school in Harlan County participate in this project, reaching approximately 3,500 students this spring alone. This project also promotes project entries of vegetables in the Harlan County Fair. One student did a 4-H Demonstration on Wi

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