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given award
DeFOREST, Wis, - More
than 170 members and
guests of The Newcomen
Society of North America
met recently in Madison,
Wis., to honor American
Breeders Service and its
president, Dr. Robert E.
Walton.
The Newcomen Society is
a nonprofit, educational
corporation, chartered to
increase knowledge and
appreciation of the free
enterprise system through
the study of business, in
dustrial and institutional
history.
In response to this honor.
Dr. Walton stated, “ABS is a
company dedicated to
creating genetically superior
bulls and distributing their
superiority via artifical
insemination to improve
cattle around the world.” He
traced A.I. from its earliest
beginnings, through the
establishment of ABS by J.
Rockefeller Prentice, to the
company’s present position
of leadership in the A.I.
industry. He offered an in
depth view of the ABS
growth and company
philosophy.
FFA hosted ag educators
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The
nation’s largest annual
student convention got un
derway here last week as
20,000 Future Farmers of
America, their advisors and
guests gathered in for the
49th National FFA Con
vention. A special feature of
this year’s convention was
the Ist World Conference in
Agricultural Education for
Youth and Adult Leaders.
FFA members hosted 200
representatives of rural
youth organizations from
twenty five countries. On the
convention floor Future
Farmers heard keynote
speeches from “The World’s
Strongest Man” and the
astronaut with the longest
recorded time on the moon.
In Ist World Conference in
Agricultural Education
being held in conjunction
with the National FFA
Convention, brought
students and adult
representatives from around
the world together to par
ticipate in panel discussions,
International Ag "Olympics,
and participation in joint
sessions of the FFA Con
vention. While in Kansas
City, international guests
had the opportunity to share
and exchange ideas with
some of the 20,000 FFA
members attending the
convention. The initial idea
of the conference came from
a 1970 National FFA Con
vention International
Committee Report. Last
year a playing committee
with representatives from
around the world met in
Kansas City to finalize plans
for the upcoming world
BE ALERT
Dr. Robert Walton left, receives a distinguished
service award on behalf of the company he
presides over - American Breeders Service.
Dr. Walton emphasized, profitability our customers
“All of us at ABS are proud enjoy as a result of our
of the heritage of our com- service,
pany, of the pioneers who
laid the groundwork and
established the principles so
well, of additional con
tributions to the world’s food
supply as a result of our
work, and of the increased
productivity and
conference. The week long
event was sponsored by
Massey Ferguson Inc., Des
Moines, lowa, as a special
project of the National FFA
Foundation, Inc.
Of the 20,000 in attendance
about 4000 were advisors,
parents, school ad
ministrators, and others
with special interest in the
Future Farmers of America.
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FFA Convention was con
ducted entirely by the
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members from the United
States and Puerto Rico,
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