Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858 to 1954) was an American horticulturist and advocate for rural reform who co-founded the American Society for Horticultural Science. During the Progressive Era he helped establish the Cooperative Extension System, 4-H youth development programs, the nature study movement, parcel post and rural electrification, and in 1903 he founded the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, serving as its first dean until 1913; his work helped define rural sociology as a distinct field of study in the United States.
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Defining ContributionFounding of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell and leadership of the Country Life Commission 1 In the Other Atlases
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Liberty Hyde Bailey (March 15, 1858, December 25, 1954) was an American horticulturist and advocate for rural reform in the United States.
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In 1903, Bailey founded the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and served as its first dean until 1913.
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