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.National FFA Week February 18-25
Vocational agriculture students in Jonesboro Senior High School will join
Future Farmers of America members throughout the nation in activities to
focus attention on the importance of agriculture during National FFA Week,
February 18-25. |
“AGRICULTURE . . . Strength of America” is this year’s FFA Week theme.
The boys will undertake a
campaign to inform the
general public about the
importance of the agricul
tural industry to America,
the growing need for farm
ing, and of the numerous
and wide variety of oppor
tunities that exist in the
broad field of agriculture
for young men who have a
background of farm experi
ence and training.
“We have had such an
abundance of food in Amer
ica that people are taking
agriculture for granted,”
- said T. O. Gurley vocational
agriculture teacher and
FFA advisor. ‘“Actually,
farming is now and always
has been our largest and
y most vital industry, and it is
becoming increasingly im
portant with our expanding
population. In our area, par
ticularly, most of the busi
nesses, and most of the jobs,
are basically dependent
upon surrounding farms for
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Aim and Purposes of the FFA
By CHARLES SEGREST, Member
The primary aim of the Future Farmers of America is
the development of agricultural leadership, cooperation and
citizenship. The specific purposes for which this organi
zation was formed are as follows:
1. To develop competent, aggressive, rural and agricultural
leadership.
2. To create and nurture a love of country life.
3. To strengthen the confidence of farm boys and young
men in themselves and their work.
4. To create more interest in the intelligent choice of farm
ing occupations.
5. To encourage members in the development of individual
farming programs and establishment in farming.
6. To encourage members to improve the farm home and
its surroundings.
7. To participate in worthy undertakings for the improve
ment of agriculture.
, 8. To develop character, train for useful citizenship, and
foster patriotism.
9. To participate in cooperative effort,
10. To encourage and practice thrift.
11. To encourage improvement in scholarship.
12. To provide and encourage the development of organized
! rural recreational activities,
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their existence. Take away
the farms, and for all prac
tical purposes you would de
stroy the entire community.”
“We also want to point
out,” he added, “the very
important part that agricul- |
tural knowledge and farm ‘
products have in the na- |
tion’s world commitments.”
Locally, members of the |
Joneshoro FFA chapter plan
Father-Son Banquet, News- ‘
paper ads and others. |
Membership in the FFA
is made up of students of vo- |
cational agriculture in high
school. The organization’s
activities are designed to
help develop rural leader
ship and good citizenship,
and to stimulate the stu
dents to better achievement
in their study and work to
ward successful establish
ment in farming or other
agricultural occupations.
The Jonesboro FFA chap
ter has 71 members. Officers
are George Waddy, Presi
dent; Keith Wilder, V. Pres
ident; William Trout, Secre
tary; Tommy Pillow, Treas
urer; Denny L. Cox, Report
er; Jack Lee, Sentinel.
The national Future
Farmer organization has ap
proximately 450,000 mem
bers, with 9,000 local chap
ters in the 50 States and
Puerto Rico. Membership in
Georgia totals, 25,000.
Future Farmers choose
the week of George Wash
ington’s birthday each year
for the observance of Na
tional FFA Week. Although
usually recognized as a Rev
olutionary War General and
our first President, Wash
ington’s first love was the
farm. He was one of the first
in the nation to practice
contour planting, crop rota
tions, fertilization, and oth
er soil conservation and im
provement methods.
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WILLIAM TROUT
Agriculture Makes
The performance of
| American agriculture has
| been outstanding. It trans
cends that of any other
major industry and far ex
ceeds that of agriculture in
most other countries. The
American farmer deserves
the praise of all for his tre
mendous progress and his
efficiency. Instead, he lis
often blamed for high food
prices and criticized for the
federal aid given him in an
effort to counteract the side
effects of his prolificacy.
This booklet provides per
spectives on the perform
ance of American agricul
ture. It shows how farmers
have helped make it possible
for consumers to spend only
18% of their income for
food — the smallest propor
tion in any country in the
world at any time in history.
Farmers have seldom been
adequately rewarded in pro
portion to their contribu
| tion. The advance in food
| prices has been very small
| in a time of high over-all
| price increases. Thus farm
ers have made a great con
tribution in combating in
flation. They have provided
people to man our industry.
The things they buy support
millions of people in indus
try. Their food products aid
our foreign policy and keep
millions alive in the under
developed countries.
An accurate perspective
on farming is very impor
tant. It can help us continue
to provide food at moderate
prices for our rapidly grow
ing population. People
around the world look to
American agriculture to
learn how to speed up de
velopment of their own food
supplies. Our successes not
only provide food for export
but show what can be done
with the use of modern
technology.
—Harvestore, Inc.
After nine months in ef
fect, on June 30, 1966, the
new Servicemen’s Group
Life Insurance program pro
vided $33 billion worth of
life insurance for members
of the Armed Forces, the
Veterans Administration re
ports.
A member of the Armed
Forces pays $2 a month for
a SIO,OOO life insurance pol
fcy in the Servicemen’s
Group Life Insurance pro
gram supervised by the Vet
erans Administration.
People of Yap island in
the Pacific still use money
made of stone.
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A high level of farm ef
ficiency is necessary to make
a country prosperous. In the
poor, underdeveloped coun
tries of the world almost all
of the population is engaged
in the race to keep a single
step ahead of starvation.
There are few people left
over to develop an industrial
base.
Back in 1830 when the
United States was an un
derdeveloped frontier coun
try, 85% of our people were
on the farm. There has been
a steady exodus ever since—
and it isn’t over yet. Today,
one farm worker, using mod
ern technology, supplies the
food and fiber for 37 people.
That leaves most of the
others to contribute to fur
ther expansion of the gross
national product.
The most important crop
of all is harvested every
spring in farm communities
across the country. It's the
class of high school grad
uates. A very high percent
age of these boys and girls
immediately move to cities
to join the urban labor force.
The cost of their education,
averaging $6,000 to SB,OOO, is
borne in large part by the
farm community. But that
community does not neces
sarily get the benefit of their
productive years.
The farm population
dropped from 23 million in
1950 to 12.4 million in 1965.
That’s a contribution of
nearly 11 million people to
the city in just 15 years.
—Harvestore, Inc.
Experience is the best
teacher except after an in
terview with an income tax
auditor.
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The spectacular improve
ment in farm production
has been achieved primarily
because farmers have been
willing to invest in the prod
ucts of a wide range of U.S.
industry. They have mecha
nized with the help of
farm equipment manufac
turers. Equipment is powered
by a flood of petroleum.
They support an enormous
fertilizer industry. They also
use transportation, research,
financial services, and in
puts provided by the govern
ment to make our agricul
tural production the envy of
the world.
Farmers are pumping bil
lions every year into the
bloodstream of the economy.
They spend nearly 70% of |
their gross income for the
inputs needed to run their
farm businesses. The capital
and operating investments
of farmers benefit every sec
tor of the American econ
omy.
e $1 billion for tractors.
This compares with $482
million in 1960 and $650 mil
lion average in 1957-59.
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chinery and equipment.
e $1.5 billion for petrole
um, fuel and oil.
e $2.1 billion for automo
biles; one out of every 15
new trucks is sold to a
farmer.
Program As Presented in FFA
Chapter Meeting By Officers
We members of the Future
Farmers of America are stu
dents of vacational agricul
ture in Jonesboro High
School. Knowing, as I'm sure
all of you do, that the op
portunity for many of us to
become established in suc
cessful farming may be
limited, perhaps you wonder
WHY we pursue this course
of study. How can be hon
estly be enthusiastic about
agriculture? Where is the
challenge and the oppor
tunity for us?
Agriculture is MORE than
farming. Agriculture is by
far America’s largest and
most vital industry. Some
people use the term “Agri-
Business” to describe all the
occupations that are related
to farming. If you look at
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By STEVE HALL, Member
The national emblem of the Future Farmers of America
is significant and meaningful in every detail. Used by mem
bers in all recognized units of the organization, it is made
up of five symbols: the owl, the plow, and the rising sun,
within the cross section of an ear of corn which is sur
mounted by the American eagle. Upon the face of the em
blem appear also the words “Vocational Agriculture” and
the letters “FFA”. The owl is symbolic of wisdom and knowl
edge; the plow is the symbol of labor and tillage of the
soil; the rising sun is emblematic of progress and the new
day that will dawn when all farmers are trained and have
learned to cooperate; the cross section of an ear of corn
represents common agricultural interests since corn is na
tive to America and grown in every State; and the eagle is
indicative of the national scope of the organization. The
emblem is protected by copyrights.
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it that way, there are about
six million people working
at jobs to supply and service
farmers. There are seven
million farm workers. An
other ten million persons
work at handling, process
ing, and selling farm goods.
That’s about forty percent
of the nation’s working
population. Agriculture IS
big; it IS dynamic and it
DOES represent the basic
strength of America. A very
substantial portion of the
people engaged in this Agri-
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the broad field of agricul
ture; and especially so in
those jobs that require
knowledge of farming.
We like to use the term
“agriculturist” to describe
these people, and in our
study we have separated
them into four broad occu
pational groups.
The nucleus ot agriculture
is farming—all of the Agri-
Business chain revolves
around farming. There are
about 3%, million farms in
the United States, using 58
percent of our land area.
These farms market abouc
40 BILLION dollars of prod
ucts each year. Their total
assets may be counted in
excess of 210 billion dollars
... or more than two-thirds
the market value of ALL
corporation stocks listed on
the New York Stock Ex
change. Farming is basic to
the economy of all America,
and particularly to this com
munity,. We might break
down occupations in FARM
ING to farm operators, farm
managers, and full-time
hired farm laborers as the
principal group, also recog
nizing that there are many
part-time farmers and many
who work as seasonal farm
laborers. In the first group,
who are involved in the
management and work of
commercial farms, success
depends upon considerable
knowledge of agriculture
and a continuation of edu
cation to keep them abreast
of the rapidly changing
technological and manage
ment aspects of farming.
Farmers each year PUR
CHASE more than 25 billion
dollars worth of production
items—things like one and
a half billion dollars worth
of fertilizers; three and a
half billion dollars worth of
fuel, lubricants, and mainte
nance; two and a half bil
lion dollars worth of ma
chinery and motor vehicles,
and more than five billion
dollars worth of feed. Some
one with a knowledge of ag
riculture is required to in-
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