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INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS WORLD'S MOST COMPLETE LINE an, Dover, Delaware Farmers you look to as leaders look to Firestone for farm tires The soil that Jake Zimmerman farms around techniques have helped Jake Zimmerman Dover may well have inspired Thomas Jeffer- become one of its leading vegetable producers. son when he called Delaware the "Jewel among Mr. Zimmerman favors Firestone tires for his the States." This rich soil and ideal climate six tractors and three trucks. He uses them have made the area an important agricultm-al on his cars, too. Why? He puts it this way: center on the eastern seaboard. Modern "I roll up a lot of miles on my machinery every year, so I need tires that wear long. And when I'm in fields, I need SAVE AND BE SURE traction I can depend on in both with Firestone tires on all wheels! tractors and trucks. That's why I always buy Firestone tires!" FIRST IN FARM TIRE NEEDS Copyright 1961, The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company June-July. 1961 ADVERTISERS INDEX The National APPAREL & HOBBIES Ithaca Gun Company H. D. Lee Company Future Farmer Remington Arms Company 0» 111(1 anil I'iil.li>li<>.l hy the Future Fanners of America Levi Strauss & Company Future Farmers Supply Ser^ Wolverine Shoe & Tanning Corporation JUNE-JULY, 1961 Vol. 9, No. 5 Frank A. Hoppe, Inc. FARM EQUIPMENT McCulloch Corporation 8 EDITOHIAL CONTENTS Keystone Steel & Wire Com pany 15 Massey-Ferguson 26-29 International Harvester Farm AlMnit the FFA Equipment 35 Deere & Company 39 A New Way to Advertise \^"hat They Say About the 43 J. 1. Case Company National FFA Week 10 FFA 24-23 Manufacturing Com pany 46 Buckner Cooperative Activities Teach Livestock Judge, Showman and Wisconsin Motor Corporatio 47 Agribusiness 18 Auctioneer .H2 Allis-Chalmers 52 Farmer bv Choice 18-19 From Chores to Classes 44 His Hobby Became a Business. 22 Martinsville Dog Chain 45 D & SUPPLIES Here bv the Owl 23 i'ourage gave him Confidence. 47 5 Smith-Douglass Company 31 Features Du Pont 37 MoorMan's 41 New for ^ ou from Ag Broilers—Less a Chore, More a Pennsalt Chemicals Corporat ion 42 Engineering 17 Challenge 30 Albers Milling Company 44 . 20-21 (!olonel Oyster Shell Products Comp any 48 Operation Underground. Johnson Slays a Myth 34 Reasor-Hill Corporation 49 S])<>i-l>> aiitl Fiction GENERAL Fhe Iron Man 38 Sportrait 49 United States Army 9 American Telephone & Telegraph Company 16 Departiueiits United States Air Force 33 Carlton Press 48 \our Editors Say 7 Looking Ahead 14 The National FUTURE FARMER 48 Header Roundup . 8 I'hoto lioundup 36 Society 49 American Cheviot Sheep Something New . 12 Free For ^ ou 45 Bob Jones University 51 Joke 50 TRANSPORTATION & TRAVEL International Trucks 2 OUR CO\ER—(PI}olo hy H'ilhiir McCartha) Quality peaches provide Firestone Tire & Rubber Company 3 a good income for Spann Brabham, a member of the Bamberg, South Texaco 7 CaroHna FFA Chapter. These dehcious red beauties will soon be leaving AC Spark Plug Division his farm, and in a short while, he on the table in American homes. I many General Motors Corporation I Triumph Corporation 12 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 13 Hotel Claridge 44 Harley-Davidson Motor Company 45 m\«;azine staff Congress of Motor Hotels 46 EDITOR. \\,hnn If. Cam, Plankinton House 48 ASSOCIATE EDITOR REGIONAL ADVERTISING Columbus Cycle Company 48 Howard R. Carter MANAGERS Massaglia Hotels 48 John C. Folt: Hotel Bellerive 49 ASSISTANT EDITOR Horace MiQiucn Cushman Motors 49 EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS ADVERTISING Isabella M. Buqbcc PROMOTION ASSISTANT ASSISTANT ADDKKSS ALL ( OHHKSI'O.M) June M. Lairson .hm Haiihurst Rosalind S. Paz: EXCK TO: Thi' X.itloiiiil Fl 11 i:i: hWUMEi;. It.ix L'!l. Alrx.iiuliin, Vii-- BUSINESS MANAGER, V. Stanley Alle ;;ini,-i. ( )llic('s arc hicald in the Fii- tiii-c FaniiiTs Biiijcliiii; on \ . S. ]t..nic One, ciuht miles s..utli of Alcx.m.iria. Viruinia. Till- Nutional FUTURE FAllMEIi is BOARD OF DIRECTORS NATIOX.\L OFFICERS imblished bimonthly by the Future Farm- CHAIRMAN. If. T. Siianton ers of America, Inc.. at 810 Rhode Island PRESIDENT Avenue. N. E., WashinKton. D. C. Second MEMBERS Lule Carpenter, Color cla-s-s postage paid at Washington. D. C. H. F. Duis E. J. Johnson CopyriKht 1961 by the Future Farmers uf H. E. Edwards R. E. Naiuther VICE PRESIDENTS America. W. E. Gore Bob E. Tai/loT Carruth, ', Single subscription is 50c per year in H. N. Hiinsicker Harold B. Taijlor Teddy Ray U. S. and possessions. Foreign subscrip- Nathan R. Cushma Connecticut tions $1.00 per year. Sinttle copies 10c in EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Joh n Creer, Utah U. S. Jerome Donovan, i Paul Gran CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Send both old Wm. and new addresses to Circulation Depart- RELATIONS STUDENT SECRETARY ment. Thv National FUTURE FARMER, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC Bo.x 29. Alexandria. Virginia. John Farrar Ronald J. Cook. Michigan The National Fl'TlRE FARMF.R PURINA VISITS MORE "FARMERS OF TOMORRO>V Youth projects train brothers to handle operations of dairy The Pyatt brothers . Robert, Ted and Paul Purina congratulates the Pyatt boys on . have won scores of red and blue ribbons their achievements and on their well-made with projects related to youth club activities plans for the future. and their schoolwork. A half-dozen trophies ELVIS AND JAMES adorn their shelves. Winners, mostly in dairy, PICK, owners of include three Grand Champions in county and Pick's Feed & sectional competition, two production awards Hatchery, Purina and three top ratings in showmanship. Dealership In Pinckneyville, have Schooling and club work, plus life on the farm, given both advice have grounded the Pyatt brothers in practical and encouragement to the Pyatt brothers. Near agriculture. When their father's health made you, too, there's a Purina Dealer ready to counsel it advisable for him to confine his activities on feeding and management problems whether to "boss of the place," the boys were ready you're raising livestock and poultry for the show to take over the Grade-A dairy. Today, each ring or for market. Get acquainted with him today. of the youths, including Paul who is only thirteen years old, has his special assignment in operating the Holstein herd. The Purina- Build fed cows, about half of which are registered, Your are in the 12,000-pound class. Champion Bob and Ted see a bright future in well-man- the aged dairy farms. "Dairying," they say, "de- livers a regular pay check." Both plan to PURINA WAY continue on the farm, with cows their main interest. luiK-Jiil>. 1961 . y^uf CdiUfiA ^aif . If you plan to continue your study ''*' ,^SB^^ of agriculture in college, start plan- ^^^^^H^ ning for it in high school. The ^^^^^^^B earlier, the better. It is not enough 1 ^mti to have good grades, but certain re- '^>> 1^^ "W," quirements in math and science J *' must be met for entrance at most "^^t*" colleges and universities. ~^^sS^,^ This brings up the question of ^ "w^^^^ scheduling in order to take your Utt^ ^ ^^^H four years of vocational agriculture , and still meet the college entrance requirements. It does require some pre-planning. First, decide which college you would like to attend and what course of study \ou think you would like to take. Then find out what entrance requirements are. You can write the registrar of your chosen college for this information. Armed with this information, consult your parents. FFA advisor, and school principal, or school counselor, if your Wonderful kjhh... school has one. Your advisor should inform the counselor about the \o-ag program and the opportunities in agri- for Summer Fun culture. With their help, you should be able to schedule the required subjects in addition to all the vocational agriculture offered at your high school. And. an ample number of studies are on record to show that vocational agriculture is adequate preparation for college provided X-5 LIGHTNING other entrance requirements are met. AUTOLOADING .22 LONG RIFLE A few states ha\e done some work in this area. In Washington, tor example, the state staff of vocational agriculture worked up a sample schedule which meets college entrance requirements and includes vocational agri- Safe to shoot . comtort.iblc to c.irry culture. Perhaps other states should do some work in . superbly accurate. That's why you —and your dad — will go for this this area? rugged Ithaca X-5 .22, the fast han- The productixity of American agriculture is the envy dling semi-automatic that fires your of the world. This can be attributed to several factors.