OLIVER

Behind

Oliver's Certified

Horsepower

is

dynamometer

testing of

each

individual tractor before it

can

leave

the

factory.

.\nd

tractors

on farms can

duplicate

the horsepower shown

innation- ally-recognized tractortests,\\1iy?

Because

these

new

Olivers are

engineered with ample engine

capacity.

Observed

test

horsepower was obtained by supplying

the correct flow offuel.

With

Oliver's

new

Certified

Horsej^ower. the manufacturer's promise has become

a field-measurablefact forthe benefit of

every owner.

Oliver

Corporation, Chicago,

lUinois

60606.

OLIVER

Apiil->lav. 1965

53

r

Across the U.

S.

A., Future Farmers Are

"Learning to Do; Doing To Learn; Earning To Live; and Living

To Serve."

Society

CONNECTICUT—

Tracy Atwood. an.InternationalVolun- tary Services agricultural advisor,

made news

when, dressed in an

FFA

jacket, he

showed

upin National Geographies January cover story on "'Americans in Action in Viet

Nam." The

copyrighted storyby

Howard

Sochurek ^tells of Tracy's being captured in the village of

Bon

Sar Pa after returning from a day of instructing tribesmen in potato planting.

He

saw the rebelsmassacre nine

members

of the garrison during the night and at one point feared forhis

own

life.

Tracy is the son ofMr. and Mrs. GroverC.

Atwood

of Falls Village, Connecticut, and a former

member

of the Falls Village

FFA

Chapter.

He

served as an officerin the chapter for three years, during which time the chapter received National

Gold Emblem

awards. Tracy

won

four

FFA

trips andwas 1963 state

FFA

vice president. Priorto joining IVS.Tracyhad been inpartnership withhis father and had

management

responsibility of the family's dairy herd.

TENNES8KE—

Ihe Milan

FFA

Chap- ter has developed a school bus safety patrol thatis contributingto thesafety of 700students and winning the chap- ter recognition for their safety and

community

serviceproject.

The

17 volunteer patrolmen are headed by Jack Stewart, patrol cap- tain, and Roland Rawls, advisor.

The

patrol rides five buses (some

making

two trips), transporting students to the high school and two elementary schools.

Two

patrolmen are assigned to each

NORTH DAKOTA—

Are the cows being milked on North Dakota farms paying their

way?

That's a question 95

FFA members

in 26 North

Dakota FFA

chapters plan to answer during

1965.

FFA members

will keep production records on

more

than 1,349 cows.

Vo-ag instructors in the schools will help the

members

keep the records, usingoneoftwo methods.

The

Weigh-a-Day-a-Month plan will be used by 69

members

under the supervision of the North Dakota State University Extension Service in check- ing on 1,013 cows.

To

do this, they weigh the milk from each

cow

on the fifteenth of each month.

The

total milk production isdetermined by mul- 56

bus. Their duties consist of assisting the bus driver, preventing unnecessary noises and scuffling on the bus. main- taining cleanliness, and supervising un- loading stations.

They

carry ticket books for unruly students and have secured assistance from the highway patrol in maintaining safeoperation of vehicles in the vicinity of buses.

In operation since 1963, the pro-

gram

has

won

thesupport of theboard of education, superintendent, princi- pals, and drivers. (J. P. Hall. Regional Supervisor)

tiplying the production by the

number

of days in the month. Butterfat pro- duction is determined by using breed averages.

Some

of these

members

will secure the assistance of

NDSU

and have the records kept by

IBM ma-

chines.

The

Owner-Sampler

method

will be used by 26

members

in checking on 336 cows. With this plan the milk from each

cow

is weighed and tested one day each

month

to determine total production.

At the end of the year,

members

doingthe bestjobin each chapterwill be

recommended

for a state award.

The

awards are sponsored by the North Dakota Dairy Products Pro- motionCommission,

IOWA— The

South Winneshiek

FFA

Chapter in Calimar has organized a

"Promotion of Agricultural Products Committee."

They

suggest it would be good for other chapters to include such a committee in their programs of work.

The

chapter believes it was first to adopt this

community

service project, which it started two years ago. Since that time, at least one other chapter has developed a similar committee.

Responsibility of the committee is to increase the sale of agricultural products throughout the school dis-

trict.

Members work

throughout the

year but have periods of increased ac- tivityduring

"May

BeefMonth," "June Dairy Month," and "October Pork Month."

The

committee puts displays in business houses (meat markets, gro- cery stores, schools, and banks), pro- moting items of interest during these specialperiods.

Bumper

stickers ("Eat

Lamb."

"Wear

Wool," etc) and recipes are utilized by

making

mailings within the school district and through additional distribution to

home

economics classes and

FFA

mothers.

Many

of the promotion ideas and items are secured free from the Iowa Department of Agriculture. (Donald Brockway. Reporter)

The

National

FUTURE FARMER

NKBRASKA- The

Shcllon hf-A (haplcrdecidedtoform a livestock equipment cooperative alter stiuhiny cooperali\e activitiesin the classroom.

The

cooperative tillsacommiinitv and chapter neei.1 lor a dehorning chute and portable live- stock scale.

To

start the enterprise, the .Shelton (hapter sold stock lor SID.OI) per share. I'nough shares were sold to pur- chase a scale platlorm and material to hiiild a catch pen andother requirements.

Each share entitles the ov\ncr-memher to use the unit lour times without cost. .Alter tour uses the shareholder

pays a $1.()() trip lee and S.O.'^ per animal.

The

5 cents

will maintain the equipment, and the dollar goes into a capital improvement lunil to purchase additional equip- ment.

H. K. Dissmever. chapter advisor, savs this

member-

owned, member-controlled cooperative is simpiv using the FF.A motto "Doing to learn" to learn about cooperative activities. (C. A.C'lonn-r. H_\c(UUvc Sccrclaiy

)

:^V,",

V

,

C'.M.IIOKNIA

^{l^l|s^^} ,uid ponies are receiving increas- ing consideraiion as IT.A farming pnigr.ims. .Attesting to this fact is Jack Hafeltinger o\ Auburn,

who won

the .Americ.m Iarmer Degreewith Welsh

pomes

ashisprincipal enterprise.

Jack st.irted vuth .1 Welsh weanling colt as a vo-,ig pro-

gram

his second ve.ir in high school. 'Ihe colt Jo-Jo was taught to lie down, roll over, sit up. shake hands, take olf

\our hat or letch it. and kneel. That vear the ponv was

shown

at three countv fairs, taking two tirsis and one second, [during this period, after talking it over with his agriculture teacher and parents. Jack decided to expand hisponv enterprise.

At the time o\ his .iward. his program included eight registered Welsh and ten grades. Speaking ot his enter- prise. Jack savs. "It has lurncil into a vcrv pleasant and profit. ible business." His .ipplication shows a net worth ot S.^.bZO and earnings of S.'^.OSd. lSi(hif\ Swell. Scirclary.

Hchli f'onv \n,id) ,ij America)

SOUTH CAROLINA— The

(iaston family dairy nearGreerhas a UK) per- cent hatting average

when

it

comes

to keeping the boss

"down

on the farm."

The

three Gaston brothers

—

Thomas.

Dean, and Gerald

—

are sons of Mr. and Mrs.

Tom

F. Gaston. F.ach has received the FF.A's highest de- gree of .American Farmer. .All .ire

farming in partnership vvith their dad.

Each of the brothers beg,in his farming program with a dairv calf.

Ambitions toward winning the .Ameri- can

Farmer

Degree were encouraged

in vocational agriculture at James F.

BvrnesHigh School underB. F. Black- well and

W.

N. Barnetl. instructors.

MICHIGAN—

Future

Farmer

Kenneth

Montgomery

of Sparta is building a registered herd of polled Hereford breedingcattle by being agood ^trader.

While in the eighth grade, he sold asaddle horsehisfatherhad given him and bought two calves. In the Sparta vo-ag class, he

became

enthused about raising calves and began trading to build hisherd.

He

traded ashotgun, a .22 rifle, and a bicycle and also did chores in exchanae for dairv calves.

I

om

Gaston began the dairv opera- tion 18 vears ago with one dairy ani- mal and SO acres of land. Todav the four-way partnership includes 400 acres with .^00 rented acres in field crops and ^V*0 acres of pasture.

The

(.lairv herd is comprisetl of Hill cows,

including heifers and ^.so milkers.

An ellicient. direct-to-cusiomer milk marketing svstem has been one of the features of this familv op- successful

eralion.

Gerald, gree. has

the last to receive his de- added another specialtv to the family operation

—

^{a nursery.}

He

raises azaleas, camellias, and roses.

{H'ilhiir \fiCiirrlui. Slate Suit])

He

^laterdecided hewanted toexpand intoregistered cattle. At thesuggestion of hisvo-ag teacher.

Gordon

Reyburn.

he attendeda livestockauction and was a successful bidder on the first heifer otTered. Not havingfunds, he borrowed

money

from thebank with his father's backing.

He

paid backthe loan by rais- ingandsellingcorn and dairy calves.

Continuing to expand, his herd

now

consists of seven cattle with

more

ex- pected this spring. (F!(nil Hillikcr)

Apiil-.AIav, 1965

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