FEED STORE

"My

sonandIareworkingandcarrying on the business together

—

/ do the work and he does the carrying on!"

more

than a high income.It also

means

enjoying your

work

and doing a job well.

A

college education is no longer necessary to get a job that provides a comfortableliving. Thereisa needfor good mechanics, builders, electronics technicians,and hundredsof other jobs thatdo not requireacollegeeducation.

Thesejobspaywell,and givethework- erthesatisfactionof a"job welldone."

The

person

who

goes tocollegejust

"because

my

parentswanted

me

togo"

often ends up disappointing their par- ents.Obtainingacollegedegree involves

more

than the dedication of parents; the studentsmustalsobe dedicated.Parents willbeproudoftheirson

more

ifheis

a top-notch mechanic than if he is a poorengineer.Incidentally, atop-notch mechanicoftenearns

more money

than apoorengineer.

Farrhboysandvocational agriculture students are fortunate for having ac- tual

work

experience and job training.

This

work

experience is applicable to

many

different types of jobs. In fact,

some

facet of your agricultural back- ground (often taken for granted) is

valuableinanyagribusinesscareer.

The

persons

who

are hiring future employees realize this fact, too.

Some

of these jobs require a collegedegree, but most do not. Trade and military schools often prepare people for satis- fyingandwell-payingjobs.

Before decidingon college,lookinto other vocational and business training opportunities. In planningyour career, you should try to take advantage of your experience. However, choose the routethatallowsyoutouseyourinter- ests and abilities in themost ^satisfying way.

You may

be

more

successful,but youwillenjoyyourcareerbetter.

TheS-atimwl

FUTURE FARMER

Please don^ think of us as just another railroad...

Santa

Fe

is

moving:

. . . with

new

ideas,

new equipment, new schedules and new

transportation

methods

to

make

distribution

and marketing

easier.

. . . with

new ways

tohelp

your

planning

stafi

gear Santa Fe

facilities to

your manufacturing and assembly

line systems.

. . .

we're opening-up new

areasfor

_

plantsites,to

make market expansion more

profitable for

you

. . .

we're moving

fastertohelp

you reach world

markets

more

easily,

by

linking

your

plant with frequentsailings

from busy

California

and Texas

ports.

Santa

Fe moves your

freight

by

railway,

highway,

Piggy-Back, container orpipeline.

So

don't

thinkofus asjustanother railroad

We're

the

moving

part of

your marketing arm.

Santa Fb is the

^e:

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SantaFe

""o Qf/vturn^{'^^}

By Arland Carlson and Loren York

^HE LANDER, Wyoming, FFA

M

Chapterhasanunusual

way

of pro-

'

_{moling goodwill and} acquainting the school staff with their program.

They

treat the entire faculty and staff of theFremontCountyVocationalHigh School to a hearty ranch style break- fast.

The

breakfastconsistsofhot cakes, sausage orham, eggs, juice, milk,and coffee.

The

breakfast is cooked and served in the vocational agriculture shop.

On

the day before the breakfast, the last class of the day

mops

the shop, sets up the tables, chairs, and stoves, buys thefood,andsetsuptheclassroomand shopdisplays.

On

themorningof the breakfast, the Future Farmers

come

in at fiveo'clock andstartcookingthemeat,makingcof- fee,setting tables,andmakingthefinal preparations.

The

breakfast starts at six o'clock andcontinuesuntileight o'clock.Every- onegoesthroughthelineand getstheir

food hot off the griddle.

The

upper- classmen cook andserve the food, the sophomores take care of the tables, pour coffee and milk, and the fresh-

men

washthedishes.With approximate- ly50

members

working, the chapter has been serving breakfast to about 150 peopleeachyear.

The

breakfast hasbeenvery wellre- ceived. Most of the people say they would rather attend the breakfastthan a banquetbecause theycan bringtheir children and relax rather than get a baby sitter and get dressed to go out.

Also, there are no conflictswith other activities at sixo'clock inthe morning.

The members

benefitfromthe break- fastand other publicrelations activities almost every day. Teachers are willing tolet

members

out ofclassforanactiv- ity, they help the

FFA members

with

grammar

inan applicationform orlis- ten to a speech, and cooperate with

many

activities which the chapter un- dertakesduring the schoolyear.

Chapterofficerstry theirsl<

ping hot cakes. Noticeone

II atflip- in theair.

Members

of the

ham comm

out big servings for hearty

Ittee dish appetites.

Thisistheviewofthe vo-ag shopturned cafebetween sixandeighto'clocit in TheSreenhands getthedubioushonor themorning. Thehotcakes arecooked on borrowedgrillsinthe agricultural shop. of washing all the breakfast dishes.

Nalinnal

FUTURE FARMER

The ^latest step in the evolution of the scoop ^shovel.

Time was when animal rations were

for-

mulated with some

grain,

maybe some molasses, a strong back, a scoop shovel, and

liberal

doses of guesswork.

But today the scoop shovel and guess- work are gone;

this is

the day of the computer, the PhD, and sophisticated approaches to manufacturing and marketing.

That's the way

itisin agricultui'e.

Today the production of food and

^{fiber is}

the nation's

largest

industry, and the young

man or woman with a future

in

agri-

business might be a computer

scientist,

an economist, a

statistician,

a micro-

biologist, a

pharmacologist, a manage- ment

specialist,

a

journalist, a

psycholo-

gist,

an

electronic

engineer,

a

biochemist, a veterinarian, a mechanical engineer, a physicist or any of a whole host

of others.

Here's where

it's

happening —

in agri- business. It's

the industry with oppor- tunity

...to

serve

...to

grow.

For more information on careers

in agri- business,

write Department 259.

Ralston Purina Company Checkerboard Square

^• St.

Louis, Missouri 63199

Gene

Warfel,

West

Frankforf,Illinois,

FFA

reporter, started his radio career at a local station with a five-minuteshow.

Now

he has a full-time

summer

job.

Ridge^Hill FutureFarmers,Aiken County, SouthCarolina,have constructed75mailboxstandsand purchased 36

new

mailboxes.

Thiswaspart of the chapter's

community

improvementproject.

Officers of the

New

Hampshire

FFA

Associationvisited inthe officesof theirstate's

new

commissionerofeducation, Newell J. Palre.The officerspresentedhimwith an

FFA

paperweight.

Howard

Schrinar,right,

Wyoming

state

FFA

presi- dent, visits the ranch of Star State Farmer,

Dan

Riggs. Both are

members

ofthe ShoshoniChapter.

Minnesota

FFA members

constructthousandsofwaterfowlnests like this mallard nesting basket of

Redwood

Falls FFA'ers.

TheNational

FUTURE FARMER