- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Berry College agricultural program
- Creator:
- Dickey, Ouida
- Contributor to Resource:
- Mathis, Doyle
- Date of Original:
- 2003-09-19
- Subject:
- Berry College
Berry College--Curricula
Agriculture--Study and teaching--Georgia
Animals--Study and teaching--Georgia
Dairy farming--Study and teaching--Georgia
Horticulture--Study and teaching--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Floyd County, Mount Berry, 34.27509, -85.18328
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Berry College Agricultural Program. When Martha Berry established her Boys' Industrial School in 1902 on eighty-three acres of land given to her by her father, little did she dream of the recognition she would receive for her agricultural efforts. In September 2002 the Agricultural Hall of Fame at the University of Georgia inducted Martha Berry posthumously for her contribution in agriculture to the state. Having seen the poor level of productivity on the farms and the poverty that prevailed in the Appalachian foothills surrounding her home at Oak Hill near Rome, she vowed to help these rural families by teaching the boys whom she could entice to come to her school improved farm methods and ways of achieving greater productivity on the land. Berry went about the business of teaching them not only the basic academic subjects but also the skills to clear land, erect buildings, establish gardens and crops, and perform other farm tasks that would support her institution. Berry's mission of educating the head, the heart, and the hands of her students prevails today at Berry College, now a comprehensive liberal-arts college.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/berry-college-agricultural-program/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Berry College Agricultural Program," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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