The southern walk bridge linking the Department of Agriculture Whitten Building across Independence Avenue to the South Building commemorates Seaman A. Knapp, the father of the Cooperative Extension concept. In 1906, Knapp initiated the county-agent plan. In order to promote the plan, he organized boys’ cotton and corn growing clubs and, in 1910, a girls’ corn and poultry club. These organizations were the forerunners of the modern 4-H Clubs. In today’s rapidly changing world, Cooperative Extension has evolved to meet the shifting local, national, and global needs of the people it serves.

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