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OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE NATIONAL FFA ORGANIZATION

October-November,1992 Volume41 Number1

FFA/CAREERS

8

National

Convention Preview

Fun is on the

way

at the 65th National

FFA Convention

in

Kansas

City, Missouri.

10

Barnyard

Battle

As

animalactiviststurnupthe heat,

FFA members

can helptellagriculture's sideof thestory.

14

My Summer

^At

The White House Former

national

FFA

president

Mark Timm

talksabouthisthreemonths work- ingforthe president.

33

Get To Know

Mll<e

Stevenson

See what yournational

FFA

secretary ^is reallylike.

COVER STORY

Fashionable Fish?

By

^raisingcolorfulkoifish,Visalia,Cali- fornia,

FFA member

KeithJones isreel- inginthebusiness.

Photo by

Lawinna McGary

FEATURES 16

Northern Exposure— FFA

Style

Camping

outin

Canada

brings these

FFA members

from Prairie Heights, Indiana, closer together.

28

Say Goodbye To The Snicker Bar Era

FFA member

Paul Bolstad tells about Halloweennight in hissmall Wisconsin town.

DEPARTMENTS 4

Front Line

11 News

InBrief

30 FFA

InAction

33

^GetTo

^Know 34

Joke Page

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There ^was

^{apopularguy in}

^my

^high

school class

(whom

I'll call

"Bob"

soas not to embarrass hismother)

who

gotelected asaclassofficeroneyear.

Bob was

cool, well-liked, well-known and,well,wasn't

much

of aclassofficer.

When

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Bob was

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we

were angry

at

Bob

atthetime,

we

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Leaderslike

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outcome would

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This

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Some

people will vote for the popular person

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Just as

we

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man

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my

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outcome

longer than yourparents or grandparents.

Ifyou areoldenoughto vote,doit.If you'renot18by

November

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your voice could get lost in the crowd.

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You

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1

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More

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Do

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Do

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know who

is

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Justbeingin

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FFA

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Fashionable Fish?

By raising colorful koi fish, this Visalia, California, FFA member

^is

^{reeling in} the business

To

assurea qualityproduct, Keithmedicatesthefish

and keeps them

In quarantine fora

month

before selling

them

tocustomers.

Do

^{fishyouredlike your}

^and

white orbiueand orange? What's that?

You

say the classic whiteandblackor thebasic solidcolors are

more

your style? Keith Jones will be happy to color coordinate fish for the pond in your yard.

Jones sells to about 75 customers, and believes keeping them happy keeps

his business afloat. "1 help

my

customersso they

come

back,"hesays.

He

notesthat the fish he sells are larger, betterquality and less ex-

By

LynnHamilton

pensive thantheothertwokoisourcesin town. This happens, he says,because "I

grow my own

tlsh,I

spawn

(hatch)them, and 1 havealowercostof operation."

Jones figures giving the buyer extra perks

now means

profitfor

him

later.

He

gives each customer a few extra fish,

makes

sure each one hesells ishealthy, providesstarterfeed witheachorder,and

makes

housecallsifaproblemdevelops.

Soon,Jones plansto sellfeedand medica- tion to patrons atlowerprices than they cangetinspecialty petstores.

"Ihelpthemout quite abit,andinturn they help

me

out,"Jonessays.

Some

ofhis customerstradewaterlilies,whichare quite expensive, for fish, while others pitch in duringseining time,

when

thefisharecaught

innetstobe

moved

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very profit- able for him.

He

spent $2,000 on four female breeding fish to start with, and

now

estimatesthateachfemalewillyield

1,000offspring.Jonessellshis fishforan average of$10each. Not counting feed andotherexpenses,that's$10,000ofre- turnoneach ofthe original fish.

And

he's not scaling back any time soon. Jones has submerged most of his parents five-acre farm, turning

much

of the landinto fishponds.

He

estimateshe has 20,000^fry,ornewly hatchedfish, to contend with now, and plans to open a store intown toserve

more

customers.

Even though Jones seems to have a

comer

onthe Visalia koifishmarketthese days,hestartedout verysmall.

He

began building a fish pond in his backyard as partofa

home

improvementproject.

He

liked working with the fish, and started helping anotherfishgrower.seine.

Want-

ingtoleam even more,Jones read about theartofraisingkoi.

As

he learnedabout spawning, medicationand equipment,he bought

more

fish,expandedhisoperation athome, and went intobusiness.

Many

ofhis buyers heard about

him

through othersatisfiedcustomers."Right now,there'sabig

boom

ofpeopleputting in fish ponds," he says.

One

customer

built a fish pond, decided it wasn't big enough,andbuilt abigger one.

A

neigh- borsawit,andputonein,which prompted the family across the street to do the same. All of these folks ended up in Jones' backyard buying fish.

He

also advertisesinthenewspaper andputsbusi-

nesscards in areastores.

Though

Joneshopestostayin thefish business lor a long time, he has other alternatives.

He

plans to get a nursing degree,aswell as adegreeinaquaculture.

"The

demand

is out there (for fish) and

right

now

1 can't keep up with it. but if

anything happens,I'llalways have some- thing tofall backon." ^•••

Be Your Own Boss

Tired of punching

someone

else's timeclock?Maybeyou canturnyour super- visedagricultureexperienceprogram (SAE)

intoa business.Jones has

some

advicefor otheryoungentrepreneurs.

Do

some

research first, he recom- mends. "I checked out thekoi fish busi- ness,andgotinattherighttime,"hesays.

Seewhatthemarketislike,andhowyour business mightfitintoit."Ifthereare alotof other businesses,youmight get

some

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talkingaboutwhen dealingwith custom-

ers."Youhavetodoresearchandread,"

he says. "When customers have ques- tions,you haveto findtheanswers. You can'texpect your parentstodoit."

HebelievesmoreFFA members^could developtheir

SAE

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Jones says.'There are tonsofthingsto

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byOctober20,1992.

Tips:

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As animal activists turn up ^thie heat, FFA members can

help tell

agriculture's side of the story

By

Michael Wilson

rlie

_children's^{idyllicimages}storybooks are^of

^farm

^lifeafarⁱⁿ cry

from

the crowded,filthy,

and

disease ridden conditions endured by animalsraisedfor meat.eggs,

and

^milk...Factoryfarminghas createda living hellforbillionsofchickens,cows, pigs

and

other animals,

and

itdevestates thehealthofpeople

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theenvironment aswell.^"

—

from

achildren'sbooklet pro- duced bythePeople_fortheEthicalTreat- meritof Animals

(PETA]

Didthatgetyourattention?Itshould.

For anyone

who

isn"tconcernedaboutso- called animal '"rights" activists, this is

yourwake-upcall.

Ten

yearsago

many

farmfamiliescon- sidered the animal rights

movement

a joke.

Today

it'snolaughingmatter.

Hun-

dreds of animalrightsgroupshave formed.

Frustrated by a lack of success in the medicaland research field,

many

ofthe groups

now

target livestock farms.

Followingafamiliar pattern, the

more

radicalgroups use misinformation,sensa- tion, and emotionalism to get attention, promote their agenda, and keep checks

coming

infrombelievingsupporters.

Many

of the groups use farmers as their tool to keep funding coming, says

Ken

Cheatham, Executive Director for the American _Veal Association.

How?

They

stretch facts

—

^{as in thecase ofre-}

centprintadvertisements thatclaimveal calves are mistreated

—

^to

^make

^people

believe far: ^ers treat animals cruelly.

"There area. ofwell-meaningpeople outthere

who

ai, -nfused.but

who

send

money

anyway,", Cf,.;atham.

And

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10

Educating urbanfolksatplaceslike local fairsis

an

excellentopportunity factsacross.

state

and

toget the

"Your

grandmother

may

send$25 tothe

humane

society, but the

humane

soci- ety

— ^some

^{oftheirleaders}

—

are true ani- mal rightsactivists,"saysCheatham.

Animalrightsgroupshaveyettoscore amajorvictoryinCongress,buttheyhave gainedattention

among

non-farmpeople.

TTie most recent volley is the

"Beyond

Beef"campaign, calling on consumersto cutbeefconsumption byhalfinthenext 10 years.Othermessagesaremoresubtle, like

Murphy

Brown's People for the Ethical Treatment ofAnimals

(PETA)

coffeemug.

DosandDon'ts

Paul Walker, professorofanimal sci- encesatIllinoisStateUniversity,saysthe animal rights viewpoint cannot be ig- nored. "We'regoing to have to

become more

involved than everbefore."

Many

brochuresandvideosareavailabletohelp you learn

more

about the animal rights

movement.

Thesecan helpyou tellyour sideofthe story.

Walkeroffersthischecklistofdosand don'tsyoucanget startedon rightaway:

•Developan animalcareandmanage- ment strategy. Include the best

way

to handleorprevent animalillnesses,hous-

ingmaintenance,nutritionman- agement, andamortality policy inyourplan.

•Do

notpaticipateinpetting zoosunlesstheyare "correctly designed," says

Walker.

"There's a good petting zoo andabadpetting zoo."

A

bad petting zoo attaches

human

emotionstothefarmanimal

—

something

Walker

calls the

"Bunny

Rabbit Syndrome."

"Ifyou're going to have a pettingzoo, don'ttake alittle

cuddly

lamb

or little piglets and let non-farm people pet them and identify with them.

They

don'twanttoeat those.If you're going to take a baby lamb to a petting zoo, what should you have with it?

You

ought to

have right next toit abundle of wool, a sweater, anda lambchop, to

show

what thepurpose ofthatlamb isinsociety."

•Do

not participate infarmand ranch tours unlesstheyarepreplanned. "Before visitors arrive,takeanimaginary tourof youroperation,"Walkersuggests.

"Look

at it through

someone

else's eyes, not yours.

What would

theythinkofthat pile of

manure

overthere?

They

wouldn"tlike

it,andthatanimalsurelywouldn'tlike to

end upin iteither."

•Do become

activein farmorganiza- tionsonlocal, state, and national levels.

"They're yourvoice inCongresstopro- tectyou fromlegislationthat'santi-farm- ing, counterproductive,"

Walker

says.

"And

^ittakesduespaying

members

todo

that. Checkoff funds are only used for promotion, education and research, so you needtosupportyourorganizations."

"Farmers should

become

activists,"

urgesCheatham.

"We

havealotof farm- ers

who

aretoobusyfarming.

Our

people have had to learn to look outside their

bams, becausethere's aworld out there thataffectstheirliving." •••

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TheNational

FFA

Board

Of

Directors metinJuly. Hereare

some

resultsofthe meeting.

National

FFA

ParliamentaryProcedure ContestTopics

•regional realignment

•awardselectionona national basis,noregionalwinners

•a

name

changefor the national organization.

The

finalscontestwillbe heldonFri- day,

November

13. 1992,inKansasCity duringthenational

FFA

convention.

1992

National

FFA

Contests

Scholarships

— You

^can receive from

$500 to $1,000

when

you win national awards in these contests: agricultural

me-

chanics, dairyjudging,farmbusiness

man-

agement,floriculture,livestockand meats evaluation and technology. For

more

de- tailscontact Carol Duval atthe National

FFA

Center,703-360-3600, extension 262.

October-November. 1992

AT 13. SHE GETS HER FIRST HORSE. SHE LIKES TO GO FAST.

SHE MASTERS SURFBOARDS,

SKIS, AND ANYTHING ON

WHEELS. SHE LIKES TO GO ^FAST.

ON A DARE, SHE SETS A WORLD LAND SPEED RECORD ON A MOTORCYCLE. SHE GOES

VERY, VERY FAST: 229 MPH.

AT 20, SHE GETS HER DREAM JOB-HOLLYWOOD STUNTWOMAN,

PEOPLE PAY HER TO GO ^FAST.

IN LETHAL WEAPON 2, SHE SETS A WORLD AIR SPEED RECORD, WITH HER BODY. OFF

AN EXPLODING DIVING BOARD.

IN HER SPARE TIME, SHE TRAINS TO WIN MORE CUTTING

HORSE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

SHE SAYS IT'S SLOW GOING.

KNOWING ^HER, THINGS ARE BOUND TO ^{PICK UP.}

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had to get 1.200 people together for a presidentialannouncement.

Two

thousand phone calls later everythingwasplanned.

No

time to celebrate though, there

was more work

to do.

My

alarm^stillwentoffat5:45 a.m.the next morning.

The

almost stand- still rush-hour traffic didn't rush along just for me.

The

president andhiseventsdidn'ttake abreak so 1 could get a breather.

And

^{1 still} didn't get paid (with

money

anyway)forthe

work

¹

was

doing.

Sometimes

the intense

work

load

was

frustrating.

We would

spend daysrush- ingfromcomputertotypewriterto the phone, making sure the presi- dentonlysawperfectionatourfunc- tions.

We

^realizedatany

moment

an event could be altered or can- celled.Mattersofstatedon'twait.

To me

though, the workload

was

^nothing

compared

totheben- efits I

was

getting. While still a college student, I learned

how

to

Priviledged information

was

in

my

hands. In the

wrong

hands these facts could

mean

danger for the president. I ,

guardeddetailsaboutMr. Bush'swhere- aboutsasifitwereclassifiedinformation.

Itwaseitherthe

bum

bagorpaper shredder foreverytidbitofpaperthatmightgivethe press or the public cluesabouthisschedule.

When

ascribblednotefromouroffice

somehow

surviveddestructionand ended upinThe Washington Postnewspaper, I

Mark worked

an average of 11

hours

a

day

during hisstayin

Washington,

D.C.

My ^{Summer At}

The White House

Former ^{national officer}

Mark Timm tells about working

for the president

flash

my

pass across the computer- ized scanner, punch in

my

^private

I'ode and walkright in tothe Execu-

ti Office Building nexttotheWhite House,'i. ;''formedSecretServiceoffic- ers (withthi-i ^'nith and

Wesson

revolv- ers) don't ^{eveii e}

me

a second look. I

belonghere...forilic -."imeranyway.

As

anoffice of p ^{!; . liason} intern, I

worked

at least 11 hou. :. laysetting up presidential briefings and ^,;i:-'nts. Once, withonlysixdaysnotice, oui . fficeof25

pull together complex projects on tight deadlines.

My

typing and writing skills tookamajorleapforward.Imetexciting, energetic, talented people

who

^arehelp- ingto

make

ourgovernmentwork.^Presi- dentsofmajorcorporations

made me

their firstpriority

when

1called.

It

was

exhilirating tomeet the presi- dentandto

know

that,

when

1did

my

^job

right,hisday

would

go

more

smoothly.1

had the rarechanceto

make

a direct im- pacton somethingbig.

begantotake securityvery seriously,es- pecially

when

Iheardit

was common

each

summer

for an intern to be let go for breakingtherules.

The

Secret ServiceguardedtheWhite

House

andtheOldExecutive OfficeBuild- ing(where

my

^officewas).

My

^firsttaste

of

how

thorough theywere inprotecting the president and confidential informa- tion

came when

I

was

offered the intern- ship. Although I hadalready accepted,I

onlyhadthejobif

my

background check

came

out squeaky clean.

A

^{traffic ticket}

for

more

than$100 would have causedan investigation.Beingpulled overfor driv- ingwhileintoxicated

(DWI) would

have cancelled

my

chances.

Ifilledouta22-pageformlistingallof

my

^{immediatefamily,}

someone

I

knew

in elementary school, high school and col- lege,andthreepeopleinthecommunity.

1 feltlikeI

was

applyingfor

MCI

friends andfamilyphoneservice!

They

evenwantedto

know who

^I

met when

1went onthenational officer tourto

Japanand China.

The

investigation

made me

realize

how

onesilly

move

inhigh school couldhave meant no three months in Washington,

D.C.

forme.

Now

thatthe

summer

isover, I'm in

awe

of the whole experience. At times ^itdoesn'tevenseemlikeitwasreal.

Although1didn't gettokeep anypaper

mementos

of

my

internship

—

^{the Secret}

Service

made

sure of that

—

I'll always carry the

memories

^withme.

Leaving

my

joband

my

^specialWhite

House

pass behind

was

disappointing.

From now

on^I'llhavetostandin linefor theWhite House,^justlikeeverybodyelse.

Mark

Timm was

dent.

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Having enough

fish toeat

was no

a

problem

(thanit!

in part to ttie 4!

fishing rods

am

reels

ZEBCO

fur nished).

Kenny

Meyer, left,

anc Wes McCrea

hau the day's catcH

back

to

camp.

Northern Exposure — ^{FFA Style}

Camping out ⁱⁿ Canadian wilderness brings these mennbers closer togettier

By

Scott

Stump

Cicely,

^Alaska,

^may

^seemremoteto

some

televisionviewers, buttothe PrairieHeights, Indiana,

FFA mem-

bers

who

travel to

Skookum

Lake, Canada

—

Cicelyisathrivingmetropolis.lt hasshowers;

Skookum

hasalake. Cicely haselectricity:

Skookum

has gas lantems and the northern lights.

One

thing you might see in either place though, is an occasional

moose

wandering throughcamp.

Dr.

Fleischman's School

of

Achievement

For25 years

members

have travelled to thisremote area. Butonly the 15 stu- dents

who

earnthemost pointsworking on the230-acre school farm, andpartici- pat" ^~ in leadership activities get to go.

Justa ; Fleischmanstrugglestobetter himselt Cicely, these

FFA members work

fortl. hancetoplay. Senior Kurt

Stump

workt tore school, afterfoot- ballandbasketL i: tice,onweekends and even during t,

mer

toearn his trip. "I feel like I'l. _ something worthwhile, and at the time

Fm

beingrewardedforit,"hesa;s.

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Maurice's School

of

Fishing The FFA

annual trip centers around fishing and always produces stories that

even Maurice (the"bigfish"storyteller

from Northern Exposure) wouldn't be- lieve! Conversations of"theonethatgot

away"

and"...buthishead

was

on oneside oftheboatandhistailinthe other,"float

around the campfire.

A

few stories, like the8 1/2-pound northern pikereeledinby senior Brian Light, and a tree limb and several logs

— ^sophomore

Steve Cuatt's

firstcatch

—

^{were eventrue.}

[\/laggie's

School

of Survival In search of

more

fish at MarieLake, the group backpacked deeper into the woods. While loaded with cooking oil, flour, a pepsi or two, and toilet paper (poisonivyleaves arehardtodistinguish).

thegroupboated across

Skookum,

hiked to Boundary Lake, crossedit, thenhiked foranotherhourandahalf.Less than50 peopleeachyear ever

make

itthisfar.At the endofthe trail is a tree-linedvalley fullofmountain-purifiedwater.

The

wa-

terisso clearyoucanactually see thebass

hityourlure.

Two

islandsserveastheMotel6forthe night: Big Bearfor upperclassmen, and

LittleBearfortheyoungerstudents.

Mem-

berssetuptentsandstartfishing forsup- per.

No

Fish

— ^No

^Eat!

While one groupcleansthefish,others build the fire and prepare to cook.

"You

learnto relyoneachother,"says Stump.

Creating havoccan be funsometimes

too.

The

overnight islanders on Big Bear and Little Bear have a 25-year-old feud thatincludesraidsin the night, initiation for freshmen and even a giant slingshot withfishheadsstrategicallylaunchedfrom one islandtothe other.

Chris's

School of

Life Eachnight,beforetakingtheirchances withfishheadsandfeuds, thegrouptalked aboutfriendsandfamilyaroundthecamp-

fire.Cicely'sresidentphilosopher. Chris

who

spends hours analyzing life, would be proud."Everyonesaysthingsherethat theywon'tsayathome."sayssophomore

Wes

McCrea."There's somethingabout

itthatjustkind of

makes

you open up and

feel

more

free to talk about things you don'tnormallytalkabout

—

^{religion,feel-}

ingsabout people," agrees graduate Eric Troyer.

"We

go aroundthegroupandtalk aboutwhat

we

have and

how

fortunate

we

are. It does something. ..makes you feel closertopeopleand tonature." ^•••

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by

DON Mckenzie

wildlifeManagementInstitute

A ^{HARVEST OF}

FRIENDSHIP

Hunters share with farmers and ranchers

the

conviction that

responsibly using

theearth's

renewable natural

resourcesisnecessary,

natural and

appropriate.

Tin: ^{FIRST TIME}

^I

^saw

^a

^No

llunling ^' sign, I realized

how much

hunters

depend

on farmers

and

ranchers.

The

specific reason thai particular sign

went up

isni

really important. But the fact that it

didgo up,

showed

thatthe traditional partnership

between hunter and

landowner had broken down, prob- ably fornogoodrea.son.

Hunters and farmers share their

dependence

on the land

and

their desire to harvest the

renewable

resourcesthat theland can pnnide.

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For decades, hunters have

worked

hard to improve their relations with rural landowners. Virtually every hunter education

program

addresses

and emphasizes

the sanctity of private land

ownership and

the absoluteneedfor responsible"user"

behavior. In

most

states, it

was

hunters

who

initiated

programs

to report poaching andother

game

law violations. Hunters also have

been

behind effortsforbetterconservation law enforcement and steeper penal-

tiesforthose

who

abusethe privilege ofhunting, particularly

on

private lands. And, it

was

hunters in the 1980s

who

drafted, pressed for and gained

improved

legal definitions, laws

and

regulations pertaining to recreationalaccessandtrespass.

Hunters continuallyreinvestin the land.

Money

from their purchasesof hunting licenses and certain equip- mentis distributed to states through the

Federal Aid

in Wildlife Restoration Act

—

^better

^known

^as

the

Pittman-Robertson

or

P-R

program

—

for wildlife

management programs

that benefit both

game and non-game

species.

These

programs

include wetland restora- tion, prescribed burning, shelterbelt plantingand avariety ofother prac- tices that

improve water

quality, prevent soil erosion

and

sustain other renewable natural resources.

Some

of these millions of hunter dollars also

go

to

purchase and

administer refuge lands

and

wildlife

management areas which

help relieve recreational

pressure on

private lands in

some

areas.

And

in

some

states, P-R fimdsalso areused for

animal damage management,

suchascrop depredation bywildlife.

Finally, as with

most

natural resource conservation legislation of the past

100

years, recreational hunters

were

catalysts

and prime movers

in developing

and

refining the conservation provisions in the

1985 and 1990 Farm

Acts.

These

individuals

and

groups continue to

monitor

the

enforcement

of that legislation to

assure

that the American landscape

and

agricultural communitiesare givenfairtreatment

and

asquaredeal.

Probably more

than

any

other

group, other

than

farmers and

.sntiiimuiSrt

ranchers themselves, hunters care about and

work

to keep, protect and strengthen the culture, traditions andvalues of rural America. Studies have clearly

shown

that recreational hunters are

more knowledgeable

about, sensitive to and supportive of the agricultural

economy

than any other

non-farming segment

of the U.S. population.

Hunters appreciate the character and composition ofthe land

and

of those

who

strive

and sometimes

struggle to exact a living

from

it.

Hunters share

with

farmers and

ranchers thecon\iction that respon- sibly using the earth's

renewable

natural

resources

is

necessary,

natural and appropriate for people

to sunive and achieve a reasonable standard of living.

To

18 million people, hunting is

one

of the

most rewarding ways known

to achieve direct

and

meaningful contact with the land that farmers

and

ranchers maintaindaily.

Whether

or not

farmers and ranchers

allow

hunting on

their lands, hopefulh tlieyU recognizethat hunters are on theirside. In an ever-

more urbanized and

specialized society that is continually distancing itself from the land, hunters are an important

group

that supports the agriculturalenvironment

and

lifest\le.

C

A Wildlife Biologist Looks at

HUNTING'S PARTNERSHIP WITH AGRICULTURE

Unlike the subsistence hunting of yesteryear, recreational hunting today

is

highly regulated and based on biological principles, sociological situations and management experience.

by DICK

McCABE

WildlifeManagementInstitute

SOME ^PEOPLE

^{can't under-}

staiid

why

1 hunt. BeaiuseI'm a wildlife biologist

and

an active conservationist they can't

imagine how

I

could go

afield in search ofwild animals. Not to study them. Butto shoot them.

For most of us

who

hunt, it's an intensely personal experience. Each hunt is an exercise of mind,

body

andspirit. Each hunt helps us learn about

our

innate capabilities

and

inherent limitations and,

somehow,

to maintain ourplacein thenational orderof theworld.

This explanation of recreational huntingisn't likelytobeunderstood,

much

less believed, by non-hunters or by highly opinionated and vocal anti-hunters.

To

non-hunters, that

^on

ofexplanation

smacks

too

much

c ^> "Zen thing" or

some

other Far Eas. stical exercise. But it's an honest 'mation andthe best

one

Ican con. with.

D

Cowboys

trustour

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Jacketsto offer blanket-lined comfort, withjustthe righttouch ofstyle.

Walls

fashionwilltake

you

from the rodeo

arena

totown, at apricethatwon'ttake

you

tothe cleaners.

Maybe

that's

why

real

cowboys have been

choosing usfor about

50

^years.

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