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Title: FFA Student Handbook Chapter 2


1
FFA Student Handbook Chapter 2
  • FFA Then and Now

2
FFA History
  • 1862 Morrill Act
  • Land Grant School Act
  • Established Universities to teach agriculture
  • 1887 Hatch Act
  • Established Experiment Stations
  • 1914 Smith-Lever Act
  • Established Extension Service

3
FFA History
  • 1917 Congress passed Smith-Hughes Act
  • established agriculture classes
  • 1920s Future Farmers of Virginia formed
  • Henry Groseclose - Considered Father of the FFA
  • Future Farmers club for boys
  • 1926 American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City
    invited vocational agriculture students to judge
    livestock

4
FFA History
  • 1928 1st National Convention in Kansas Citys
    Baltimore Hotel
  • 1st President - Leslie Applegate
  • 1st Nat. Advisor - Dr. C.H. Lane
  • Dues set at 0.10
  • Held there until 1999
  • 1929 National Blue and Corn Gold official
    colors
  • 1929 C. Patton first American Star Farmer

5
FFA History
  • 1929 Georgia FFA chartered 10th state
  • 1930 FFA Creed Adopted
  • Written by E.M. Tiffany
  • 3rd national convention
  • Revised in 1965, 1987, and 1990
  • 1933 FFA Jacket adopted as official dress
  • Dr. Gus Lintner designed the jacket

6
FFA History
  • 1939 National FFA Center located on part of the
    original estate of George Washington in
    Alexandria, Virginia
  • 1944 National FFA Foundation Formed
  • non-profit fundraising part of FFA
  • private donations fund awards
  • Foundation raises 6 million annually

7
FFA History
  • 1948 National FFA Supply Service Formed
  • Official Jackets
  • Awards
  • Anything FFA
  • 1950 Public Law 740 granted National FFA a
    Federal Charter
  • FFA recognized as intracurricular part of the
    agriculture education program

8
FFA History
  • 1965 NFA merged with FFA
  • NFA (New Farmers) African American
  • 1969 Girls admitted to FFA
  • 1969 First Star Agribusinessman K. Dunagan
  • 1988 Name changed to National FFA Organization to
    reflect the growing diversity in the agricultural
    industry.

9
FFA History
  • 1989 National Future Farmer Magazine changed to
    FFA New Horizons
  • 1999 National FFA Convention held in Louisville,
    KY
  • 2006 National Convention moved to Indianapolis, In
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