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^isthe college clcciixc thatteaches theplaiinin)^ aiul

timc-nianaiienientskills

you

can put touse ri^lit ncju. \s well astheloiitkleiice ami leadershipxou'll

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wont

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a Ljreat deal ot \oLir tinie. But \ou can learn

how

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he.

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since Army ROTC

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l^ohert Britilu,Junior

I'ni\ersiivofIdaho

WW

If you knew what he knows,

you'd own a ^Ford, ^too

Nobody

is ina better position toevaluatea tractor

than

the

farmer who

uses it,

day

and day

out, inall kindsofconditions.

So we

track the

performance

of Fordtractors for

up

tofiveyearsafterpurchase.

We

alsoask an

independent

researchfirm to interviewfarmers

about

theirtractors. Yearafteryear, the

answers come back

the

same-Ford

mid-size

(30-90 horsepower)

tractorsareatthe topofthe listin

owner

satisfactionforreliability, durability,

maintenance,

serviceability

and

quality.

To'stay there. Ford tractors

have

to get betterevery year

And

theydo. Ford tractors recordeda

remarkable 28

percent

improvement

in overall quality

m^

FORD

l\EWHOLLAI\D

in only

two

years, as

measured

by U.S. dealer warranty claims.

But no

matter

how good

the product, italso takesa

good

dealerto

make

a satisfied

owner And

Fordtractor

owners

ranktheirdealersfirst

when

comes

tostanding

behind

theirproduct, fairnessin dealing, cost

and promptness

of service, partsinventory

and

otherimportant categoriesofdealerservice.

Itpaysto

know

^all

you can

before

buying

atractor. So, aska Ford

owner about

histractor

and

hisdealer

When

you know what he

does,

we

thinkyou'll

soon own

a Ford, too.

your

tractorbuilt

as

well

as a Ford?

Young Farmers Reach Out

with Safety Program

Cooperation with FFA chiopters

key to campaign's success.

By Wayne

Sprick

FiLi.iNCi a need. That's

what

the National

Young

FarmerEducational Association. Inc..

(\M-EA)

^is^{tr\ing to}

do. For example, taketheir

new

Health and Safet\ Program.

Volatile fuels such as high-oclaiie gasolinecan turn Irom

power

sourcesto explosionsinaHash.

Man\

people don't fullyunderstandthedangersofhandling these fuels.

The NYFEA

^decided ^it ^was ^time ^lor

an educational campaign dealing with theproblem. Startmg

No\ember

1.agriculture instructors across the countr\' willberecei\

mg

^lettersexplaining

how

to to get their local

Young Farmer

chapter invoKedinspreadingthissafets'message to localfarmers.

The

safety

program

will be a large undertaking.

To

get the

word

out faster

and to

people, the

NYFE.A

asking FF.A

members

to get invoUed with their local ^'oung Farmerchapter.

The

program

is being sponsored by Na\istar International Transportation Corp..as a special project of theNational

FFA

Foundation. ^It will be run by the

Young

Farmers

much

like last >ear's

FFA

Brand

"Em

for Safety program, using decals to remind farmers to be careful.

FFA

chapters can use this program fortheirnationalsafetyawardsapplica-

tion. Inareas wherethereareno 'V'oung

Farmer

chapters, the

NYFEA

isasking

FFA members

to carr\' the safet\ pro-

gram

ontheirown.

Fhis is the first national N't'FE.A

program

tobecarriedoutincooperation with \-F.\.

The

association

mo\ed

its

headquarters to the National FF.A CenterinJanuary, 1987.inanattemptto strengthenitsrelationshipwiththerestof theagricultural education

community

Ihe NYFE.A

^isa national organiza- tion foradult farmersand ranchers. Its

purpose is education with emphasis in theareasofleadershipand

communica-

tion.

The

association is presentK

made

upof25affiliated statesand isgo\erned by an 1

-member

board of directors.

Two

annualbusinessmettingsareheldin .lul\ and

December

where each state is

represented by selected delegates.

The

I9S7 Winter Business Meeting will be held in Peoria, Illinois,

December

^9-12.

Other 'toung

Farmer

programs in- cludethe"Spokespersonfor.Agriculture"

andthe

"Farm

and

Ranch Management"

programs. For information regarding

\'oung

Farmer

activities, ask \ouragri- culture teacher, statesuper\isor ofagri- cultural education or contact \\'a\ne .1.

Sprick,NF"\'E.'\cxecuti\edirector, P.O.

Box

I?160, 56,^2 Mt.

\ernon Memorial

Highway, Alexandria,

\A

22309. •••

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Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.,

sponsoredanall-expense paidtriptoits

headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, for the 1986 Regional Feed Grain Produc- tion Proficienc}' winners .-Xugust 17-18.

.Attending the educational seminar were Da\id .Anderegg and his ad%isor Ste\e Zaruba of the Guttenberg, Iowa,

FFA;

Charles

Thomas

and hisad\isor Ste\e Cline of the Ledford,

North

Carolina,

FFA

and Jeff

Cooksey

of the

Weld

Central

FFA

in Colorado.

Participants toured the parent corn production facilities and a demonstra- tionplot,\ieweda\ideo presentationon plant breeding and \isited the Pioneer Data Ssstems facilities.

The

tour was sponsored by Pioneer Hi-Bred Inter- national, Inc.,as a specialprojectofthe National FF.A Foundation.

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Here come the

Part-time Farmers,

Full Time

Professionals

Young adults find ways to pursue

full

or part-time careers

botti farming and ottier professions. By

Michael wiison

EACH ^morning

^Steve ^Davis ^{races the}

sunrise for a 40-minute drive to his lawoffice in

Oklahoma

City,

Oklahoma,

wherethe former

FFA

member-turned- lawyer usually puts in 12-hour days poringover taxlaws.

As

a taxlawyerand

CPA,

Davisisin earlystagesofamost

demanding

career.

But for him, the work's not over

when

the day is done. That's

when

he heads

home

^to his secondjob

—

as apart-time farmer on the family dairy and wheat farm near Guthrie,

Oklahoma.

These days

you

can find

and

more young

adults like Davis

who

hold

down

botha professionaljob and farm part-time on the side. Statistics are in- complete, but itappearsthereare

more young

people pursuing professional careers offthefarmfirst

—

^and^fillingⁱⁿ

with part-timefarm

work

on theside.

Why? One

theory is that today's younger generation has loftier income goals, andfull-timefarming

may

notfit

thosegoals.

Young

people appeartobe

willing, even anxious, to pursue another profession for their primary source ofincome

—

thenaddpart-timeor smallfarm

work

intotheirlifestyles.

Another reason

may

be that

young

people are less willing to give up deep roots in agriculture. Kids

who

grew up onafarmdon'thavetoleavecountrylife

because of a job in the city. TTiey can continue a smaller, yet active role in

farming while working in

urban- oriented professions. Instead of giving up a

dream

to farm, they alter their

dream

tofitincome and lifestylegoals.

Twenty-nine-year-oldDaNis.aGuthrie Chapter

American

Farmer, is a

good

example.

He

majored in agricultural economics and accounting in college beforeattendinglawschool.

He

hasbeen alawyerforover fouryears,buthealso arranged with his parents and

young

brothers Rickand

Kenny

tocontinuean active role in thefamily dairyfarm.

"I have always had a deep

commit-

ment and love for our family farming business," he says. "Because of that I

wanted to stay involved. With

my

law practice and accounting background. I

iound a

way

I could contribute to the farm."

Ste\etrades offmilkingandcropping chores

on

weekends, and spends

many

evenings keepingthe farm's paperwork

in order.

The

Davis farm milks 140 to 160cows and producesseveralhundred Chianina beefcattle.

The

depressed farm

economy

has (Coniinuedon Page50)

Stan Blacker is an insurance salesman

who

alsorunsa100-acre crop farmInIllinois.

48 TheSalionalFlTlRE

FARMER

you haven't done enough without Steward

When

you're startingout raisimj li\estock,

one

of thellrst things

you

learn isttiaiit takesalotofhard work.

I'roblemis,

no

one'sgoingto see theeffort

you

put into\our animals ifthe\'renot

groomed

properK'. .\nd thiscanreallyhurt

you

inacompetiti\esituation.

I believeStewart' b\-Ostercan gi\e

you

head

start in learning lo

groom

animals. Stewart's

been making

clippers

and

shearing

machines

foralmosta centur\'.

.\nd the\'re

committed

to helping

\ou

learnto get the best out ofyour

equipment

With an eas\-to-follo\\

booklet,videotapes

and

a posterthai teaches

you

shearingstroke b\-stroke.

Justsendin (his

coupon

today.

-CtiarlieSwaim.

SheepShearerand Farmer

Dalam dokumen National Future Farmer (Halaman 45-49)

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since Army ROTC

showed me how

to malie the most ofmytime,99

WW

If you knew what he knows,

you'd own a Ford, too

Nobody

than

farmer who

day

and day

So we

performance

up

We

independent

about

answers come back

same-Ford

(30-90 horsepower)

owner

maintenance,

and

have

And

remarkable 28

improvement

m^

FORD

l\EWHOLLAI\D

two

measured

But no

how good

good

make

owner And

owners

when

comes

behind

and promptness

and

know

you can

buying

owner about

and

When

you know what he

we

soon own

your

as

as a Ford?

Young Farmers Reach Out

with Safety Program

Cooperation with FFA chiopters

key to campaign's success.

By Wayne

what

Army ^ROTCl

you'd own a ^Ford, ^too