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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1937
Page
14
Leslie D. Kline argues science and vocational agriculture elevate farming from a rough trade to a profession. He notes benefits of agriculture and home economics in schools, stressing trained leaders for Virginia and the nation and the rise of Vocational Agriculture and the Future Farmers of America.
George Wright of Stephens City and Ashby Brumback of Middletown receive the American Farmer Degree the fourth and highest FFA honor given only at national conventions. Criteria include three years of FFA, active State Farmer degree, a record of supervised farming, a farming occupation or clear plans, at least 500 investment, cooperative work, and top third class standing.
The excerpt notes a requirement for a scholarship in the period of school instruction, including a recommendation by the National Board of Trustees and a majority vote by delegates at a National Convention of Future of America. It also mentions Swiss chard as a good green feed for chickens in July and August per a poultry specialist from Oklahoma A and M College.
Dr. C. D. Grinnells of North Carolina State College notes that when work charge or te overheats the animal shows signs of digestive disturbance and distress.
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