Ift—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Feb. 14, 1976
Nat Y FFA officers
useful rolls In any career,"
Jackson responded to one
reporter's Lnquisity about his
wanting to attend law school
after completing his
agricultural studies at
Purdue University. The 21-
year-old youth is a native of
Tipton, Ind., and comes from
a crop and livestock farm in
that state. He noted that
education is the backbone of
the FFA program, to which
Wilson added “A good far
mer is always a learner."
All three officers
repeatedly stressed the fact
that FFA is involved with
more than "production
agriculture," while at the
same time acknowledging
that the club was at one time
limited to that. Wilson ex
plained that production
agriculture is still the heart
of the association, but
around it there is a circle of
approximately 200
businesses which are
directly connected to far
ming enterprises. “FFA
prepared students for any of
these forms of farming,
agribusiness, floriculture,
etc.,” he said. A career in
vocational agriculture in
struction upon graduating
from Kansas State is his
goal.
With the American Far
mer Degree a requirement
for holding a national office,
the three youths spoke from
a well-rounded background
of experience and
knowledge, and with ad-
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duties, due to the amount of
travelling they must do,
have required them to drop
out of school for a year and
live as a group away from
home for more than half of
the year. They were ac
companied by Coleman
Harris, associate executive
secretary of the national
FFA, which is headquar
tered in Alexandria, Va.
The question of land use
legislation was brought up
and all three, as well as state
and local FFA officers
present, were in agreement
that states should begin to
Lake some action on the
matter. Convinced that
farmers and vo-ag students
still need considerable
familiarization on the issue,
Loudenslager pointed out
that the FFA has the means
to spread information.
The 21-year old Louden
slager from Ohio State
University noted that the
UJS. is losing close to a
million acres of farm land
each year, and that
remaining farmland is then
more efficiently managed to
make up for the loss. “The
FFA is concerned with ef
ficient use of the land,” he
said. His future plans include
teaching and part-time
management of his home
farm near Morral, Ohio.
Getting the general public
to realize what the FFA,
agriculture and agribusiness
Ron Wilson, national FFA vice president from the
Central Region, second from left, chats with
Lancaster County FFA advisors and officers. Left to
rio+i»- M«rr Garden Soot: Lew Ayers,
is all about is one of the District, pointed out this
primary objectives, of project originated at his
today’s FFA program, which school and has since spread
last year had funds of to all parts of the country
$680,000. To achieve this with enthusiastic response.
g °a l .theorgaiuza tio nhaaset: Along with the FFA > S
up a Food For America phenomenal rate of growth
“ gram K f •" *** ««» a more favorable
elementary children, who in public are
turn can take the message three main reasons for this,
according to the FFA
leaders who were present at
of the Garden Spot School the meeting First of all, the
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withdrawal for an effective yield of
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ings account you receive the conven
ience of telephone transfers from sav
ings to checking or checking to savings.
Stop at any office,
in intercourse, Odessa Simpson,
Manager, invites you to save at
Farmers First because . . .
ALL OFFICES OF FARMERS FIRST BANK WILL BE CLOSED FEBRUARY 16.
Ephrata; Gary Eberly, Cloister FFA chapter
president; and Laverne Martin, county FFA
president from Garden Spot
organization has become rather keep news
more diversified - offering ltsdf Furthermore,
more programs and thereby agriculture has entered an
attracting more members. era 0 f increased public
Over half of the club s awareness, which in turn has
membership is now involved caused people to take more
in programs other than ag notice of the FFA. Ap
production. Businesses and pearances have been made
industry are coming out in on major TV programs,
greater support of the including NBC’s TODAY
organization, and the FFA show. “It has forced us to tell
itself has stepped out to tell
others what it’s all about, {Continued on Page 19]
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FUTURE BY SAVING AT
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