NATIONAL FUTURE FARMER Is Mailed Every Two Months on the Following Dates 32 Farm Fuel Center 52 Return to Nature (Fiction) January 2(1 FEBRUARY-MARCH Issue
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I Mi if*' The National mnw I iSk h>.^ . >-^i 1* asms -*<k~ ps» Take on the big jobs . take on the tough jobs . you cut em down to size with The Automated Ones. What's the toughest job you put your tractor to ? Plowing, Differential Lock gets you right through. All this and more- probably. Then try it with The Automated Ones! A touch on like Power Steering, Variable Drive PTO, power-adjusted the Ferguson System quadrant sets the plow's working depth wheels— is available on all The Automated Ones! And for com- and draft— and from then on, depth is maintained automati- fort, you get the cushioned, shock-absorbing Float-O-Matic cally through 3-point linkage. Weight is transferred automati- Seat on the MF 50, 65 and Super 90. The Automated Ones cally to the rear wheels, too, when extra traction is needed. come with diesel power plants that are proved fuel savers. Comes some extra heavy going, you just flip the Multi-Power Or with economical gasoline engines. Go automated this year switch into LOW. Automatically you get with the 3-plow MF35 or 50, the 4-plow extra pull-power, right on-the-go. Comes MASSEY FERGUSON ^z MF 65, or the big 5-plow Super 90' some slick going and a wheel spins, the world's largest manufacturer of tractors and combines Massey-Ferguson Inc., Detroit, Mich. 4-plow Massey-Ferguson 65 Dieselmatic Shift on-the-go at the flip of a switch 5-plow Massey-Ferguson Super 90 ., i ;fi sm - — . FIRESTONE FIELD & ROAD TRACTOR TIRES OUTPULL TIRES PRICED *20...$50...$70 MORE*. OR YOUR MONEY BACK! GUARANTEED IN WRITING... to outpull any replacement tire regardless of price! If, within 60 days of the date of purchase, the new Field & Road tire does not outpull any other replacement rear tractor tire you've ever bought, your Firestone Dealer or Store will (1) refund within 30 days thereafter the amount paid or (2) allow the amount paid in full credit on any other Firestone rear tractor tires. (This traction guarantee does not apply to special-purpose rear tractor tires used in rice and cane farming.) The new Firestone Field & Road Tractor Tire is further guaranteed against defects in workmanship and materials for the life of the original tread. This guarantee provides for replacement of same size and type of tire pro-rated on tread bar wear and based on list prices current at time of adjustment. *Per tire. HERE'S WHAT FARMERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAY. Kenneth Grove, Hanover, Penn.— Melvin Beck, Lindsey, Ohio — J. P. Hodges, Bennettsville, S. r- "I saved close to $100 a "In the field and on the Carolina — "Field & Road set on Firestone Field & highway, my Field & Road tires beat the road wear Road tires . and got tires have outworn two problem, deliver more more traction." '1 sets of other tires." traction than others." Bobby George, Frisco, Texas — Paul Rohlfing, Cleveland, Minn. Edward Beyer, Spring Valley, Wis. "Field & Road tires give "They clean better and — "Traction is excellent. me the traction I need. wear slower than other They show no uneven They slip less than higher- tires. I have two sets; will road wear. We'll replace priced tires." 'i buy more as I need them." with Field & Road." Darrel Todd, Cherokee, Iowa — Tom Cameren, Wilmer, Texas — Louis Bottrel, Hopewell, New Jersey "Field & Road tires held m "I used to wear out a set — "I bought Field & Road and pulled in loose soil in one season. My Field & tires for extra traction. while a higher-priced new | Road tires will last 50 % They ride smooth on the tire slipped." pfcvf" longer. More traction." highway, too." Edward Dill, Platteville, Colo. — Robert J. Thomas, Clinton, III. Joseph Young, Graham, Alabama "Field & Road tires pull "We do a lot of 'roading' — "I'm well satisfied with better in mud and sand. *!* and Field & Road tires the traction. Field & Road On hard dirt they'll do wear much longer. Good tires take hold, let the twice what other tires do." traction. Come up clean." tractor pull through." YOUR SYMBOL OF QUALITY AND SERVICE February-March, 1964 : THE MAGAZINE The National FOR YOUNG MEN FEBRUARY-MARCH, 1964 Future Farmer IN AGRICULTURE Owned and Published by the Future Farmers of America VOLUME 12 NUMBER 3 In This Issue DEPARTMENTS Your Editors Behind FFA Week Scenes Say 6 From The Mailbag 8 HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED ABOUT THE FFA WEEK POSTERS, SEALS, WINDOW STICKERS, AND OTHER MATERIALS? IN A Looking Ahead 10' SECOND FLOOR ARTIST'S STUDIO IN BALTIMORE RECENTLY, WE WATCHED AND LISTENED AS FFA PUBLIC RELATIONS Free For You 18 DIRECTOR, JOHN FARRAR, WENT OVER LAST-MINUTE DETAILS Something WITH ARTIST MELVIN STANGE ON FFA WEEK ART. New 20 Photo Roundup 42 Advertising Index 65 Success At Seventeen Sportrait 65 WE FIRST HEARD OF PAUL MILLER IN THE SUMMER OF 1962. Joke Page 66 HE WAS \i THEN AND HAD JUST RECEIVED A HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, TV STATIONS "DAIRYMAN OF THE YEAR" AWARD. NEWS OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND STRUGGLE TO REBUILD A RUN-DOWN FARM NEVER STOPPED COMING INTO OUR OFFICE. Our Cover National FFA Week comes this Path to National President year—February 15-22—and in all 50 states observances are planned. THE STORY OF NELS ACKERSON IS THE STORY OF AN IN- DIANA FARM YOUTH WHOSE DETERMINATION TOOK HIM So it was recently in Minnesota FROM A GREEN HAND WITH A SINGLE STEER TO NATIONAL as Governor Karl Rolvaag signed PRESIDENT OF 395,748 FUTURE FARMERS. "ALTHOUGH THE an official stateuide proclamation BACKGROUNDS OF ALL FUTURE FARMERS ARE DIFFERENT, THEIR OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FFA ARE NOT TOO DIFFERENT in his office. FROM MINE,"' HE TOLD US RECENTLY. Duane Leach, former national rice president, and Roger Hardy. state president, joined in the 27 How About A Farm Forum 38 Rifles, Rights, Responsibility activities. Photo by JBR Photography 30 The Farm Loan 40 Crutches Aren't For Leaning 3 I Know Your Seed 44 The FFA In Action THE NATIONAL FUTURE FARMER is mailed every two months on the following dates 32 Farm Fuel Center 52 Return To Nature (Fiction) January 2(1 FEBRUARY-MARCH Issue 21) APRIL-MAY Issue 34 Expert On Rations 56 Change Junior Auctions March May 20 JUNE-JULY Issue July 20 AUGUST-SEPTEMBER Issue 35 Will Sheep Add To Income 60 Panfishing Through The Ice September 20 OCTOBER-NOVEMBER Issue November 211 DECEMBER-JANUARY Issue ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO: nal FUTURE FARM- ER. Alexandria, Virginia 22306. Offices are the Future Farmers Single copies 2 c Building on U. S. Route One, eishl miles so andria, Virginia. al and separate ed tions. Additional pages The National FIT! RE I IRMER is published bimonthly by the Future regional R1-R4. Farmers of America, Inc., at 810 Rhode Isl; nd Avenue. N.E., Washit _ D. C. Second class postage paid at Washingti D. C. Copyright 1964 by the CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Send both old and Future Farmers of America. Department, The National FUTURE FARMER. Magazine Staff National Organization of Future Farmers of America Wilson W. EDITOR, Carnes BOARD OF DIRECTORS national officers BUSINESS MANAGER, V. Stanley Allen A. W. Tenney Chairman, President EDITORIAL Members: Neal D. Andrew, J. G. Nels Ackerson, Indiana Howard R. Carter and Paul S. Weller. Associate Editors, Bryant, C. C. Eustace, H. F. Duis, Gail H. Butler and Isabella M. Bugbee, Editorial Assistants. Tamotsu Horii, M. C. Gaar, H. N. Vice Presidents Circulation Assistants: Carolyn Bowen, Dorothy Metcalt, Maxine Loftis, Hunslcker, E. J. Johnson. James Teets, West Virginia Adriana Stagg, Sandra Dorton, Beulah Keeter, Norma Salvatore. Marvin Gibson, Tennessee Promotion Assistant, Jim Hayhurst. FFA EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Jan Turner, Utah ADVERTISING Wm. Paul Gray Joseph Coyne, Illinois John C. Foltz, Advertising Manager Regional Ad Managers: Charles R. Ocker, Lennie Gamage, Len Rich- PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR Student Secretary ardson. Advertising Assistant, Rosalind N. Pazzato. John Farrar Jon Ford, Oklahoma The National FUTURE FARMER m • ifl Hn BL SHSHK '• l! 1 gfli WSSll r Bv" 1 „ ^ yp «« >^* FOR TALL THINKERS Thinking "tall"— which means stretching your program of Youth Awards for both boys and thinking above the kind you do when you just girls. They're the two handsome trophies want to get by — brings you several rewards. pictured above— modeled after the famous Tall thinking spurs you on to do a bigger job. Danforth Youth Statues at Gray Summit, Mo., And when the job is done, you have the reward and Washington, D. C. of satisfaction within yourself for having done it. If you're a tall thinker— and if you'd like to win one of these Ralston Purina Youth Awards, At Purina, we'd like to reward your tall think- ask your Purina Dealer or Purina Salesman ing in another way. We've started a whole new for details. Or, write us at . RALSTON PURINA COMPANY • CHECKERBOARD SQUARE • ST. LOUIS 2, MISSOURI February-March, 1964 . On America's leading farms Myers l/cur Cditete £ait . PUMPS and " AGRICULTURE Is More Than Farming"—the title of a recent -£*• publication— is a thought that merits your careful consideration POWER SPRAYERS as you prepare for your career in agriculture. Today the field of agriculture embraces a much broader area than it once did. It in- cludes those who supply and service farmers, and those who handle help the farmer and process farm produce, as well as those still on the farm. produce more More jobs exist today in agriculture off the farm than on the farm. There are about 6 million workers who supply and service farmers , . and live better and about 10 million workers who handle and process farm produce on its way to the consumer.