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FFA contests will include 20 Pa. teams
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -
Eight contests of practical
agricultural skill and
knowledge involving nearly
1000 Future Farmers of
America members on 305
teams (20 from Penn
sylvania) will be held in
conjunction with the 1978
National FFA Convnetion
November 7-10 in Kansas
City, Mo. The contests are an
outgrowth of vocational
agriculture classroom in
struction and are designed
for practical application of
instruction in agricultural'
classes, shops, and
laboratories.
Pennsylvania FFA
chapters and their
respective contest
categories are;
Clearfield Area, Ephrata
Area, Penn Manor - all in
agricultural mechanics;
Oley Valley - dairy cattle
judging; Mifflinburg Area,
Solanco Area, Derry Area -
all in farm business
management; Solanco, Penn.
Manor, Lakeview, Avella -
all in livestock judging;
Walter Briddle Saul, Penn
Manor, State College Area -
all in meats; Ephrata - milk
quality and dairy foods; Red
Lion, West Greene; Solanco,
Penn Manor - all in poultry.
The contests are the
culmination of FFA com
petition which begins at the
chapter level and continues
through contests at district
and state levels. FFA
members will compete in
agricultural mechanics,
dairy cattle judging, milk
quality and dairy foods
evaluation, poultry judging,
livestock (beef, sheep and
swine) judging, horticulture,
farm business management,
and meat evaluation and
identification. Each par
ticipating team earns the
trip to Kansas City by
winning the top award in the
state in their respective
contest.
FFA livestock contests are
held in conjunction with the
American Royal Livestock
and Horse Show which
provides animals for con
testants to evaluate. Other
contests use facilities made
available by Kansas City
area schools and by the
municipal government
Vocational agriculture
instructors consider the
contests a valuable
’educational tool because
they apply mechanical skills
and knowledge of
agricultural products.
Participants see the prac
tical application of
classroom instruction.
Competition also adds an
dement of incentive en
couraging FFA members to
further develop their
knowledge and skills in the
contest area. Top teams
from all across the nation
make for keen competition.
All of the National contests
are sponsored by businesses
and organizations through
their investment in the
National FFA Foundation,
liic. This year all eight of the
contests are sponsored as
special projects with
designated sponsors whose
sponsorship provides for
travel expenses of con-
testants and awards
recognizing winning teams
and high individuals.
The Horticulture Contest
involves FFA members in
one of the most rapidly
growing curriculum areas in
vocational agriculture
today. This year 41 four
member teams will test their
judging and identification
skills in nursery and
floriculture products. In
addition, contestants take a
written examination testing
general knowledge of such
subjects as plant anatomy,
growing media and
diagnosis of plant disorders.
The contest will use plant
materials donated and
loaned by merchants in the
Kansas City area and is
being held at 9:00 a.m.,
Wednesday, November 8, at
the Swope Park Municipal
Greenhouse Complex in
Kansas City, Missouri. The
Horticulture Contest is
sponsored by the American
Association of Nurserymen,
Inc., of Washington, D.C.;
The Vitality Seed Co., of Ann
Arbor, Michigan, and the
Wholesale Nursery Growers
of America, Inc., of
Washington, D.C.
Nine classes of dairy cattle
will be available for judging
by 44 teams in the Dairy
Cattle Contest sponsored by
Associated Milk Producers,
Inc. of San Antonio, Texas
(AMPI). In each class team
members can observe the
animals from all angles for
12 minutes, but will not be
allowed to touch them. After
the allotted time, they will be
given an additional 12
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minutes to prepare reasons
for their placement choices.
Finally, after all judging is
completed, they will have
two minutes each to give
their placement reasons
orally.
Thirty-three teams are
expected to participate in
the Milk Quality & Dairy
Foods Contest co-sponsored
by Carnation Company -
Genetics Division of Los
Angeles, California, and by
Mid-America Dairymen,
Inc., of Springfield,
Missouri, on Wednesday,
November 8. Team mem
bers will be given ten
samples of bulk milk which
has been pasteurized and ten
samples of cottage cheese.
Each of the samples will be
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visual and taste tested to
determine the flavor and
odor. Each team’s
evaluation of- the samples
will be written on score
sheets and compared to
scores determined by the
contest officials. Contestants
will also be tested on their
knowlege of milk production
and milk marketing as well
as cheese identification. The
.scoring is done following
standards used by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
Thirty-four teams will
participate in the Farm
Business Management
Contest sponsored through
the National FFA Foun
dation, Inc., as a special
project by John Deere. This
contest requires participants
• Strong enough to support
a roof and feeder
• No corners to retain spoiled feed
to apply principles'
agricultural economic
business management, a
accounting to the solution
theoretical far
management problei
involving the use of lai
labor, and capital. The Fai
Business Manageme
Contest reflects the need f
business knowlege requir
in modern agricultur
operations.
The Meats Contest c
sponsored by Jones Dai
Farm of Fort Atkinso
Wisconsin; Oscar Mayer
Co. of Madison, Wisconsi
Wilson Foods Corporation,
Oklahoma City, Cklahom
and the A. Hormel
Co. of Austin, Minnesota,
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