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The National Future Farmer Owned and Published by the Future Farmers of America October - November, Look to the future in the V\fest ...the Union Pacific >A^esf The West produces all types of crops, livestock and dairy, from sea level to high elevations, in warm and cool climates, on irrigated and non-irrigated land. The West has ranching and large, medium or small scale farming. Our Livestock and Agriculture Representatives would like to help you. Write direct to . 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There're over 90 illustrations, too. (See "Championship Boiling", sponsored by Firestone on your local TI' station.) YOUR SYMBOL OF QUALITY AND SERVICE Don Carter The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Akron, Ohio 44317 I wish to take advantage of this fabulous offer. Send me copy(ies) ADDRESS. of the hard-cover book "10 Secrets of Bowling" by Don Carter, at only $1.00 CITY_ .STATE. _ZIP_ each, postage paid. ff.22 Enclosed is cash, check or money order. October-INoveniber, 1964 : THE MAGAZINE The National FOR YOUNG MEN OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, 1964 Future Farmei IN AGRICULTURE VOLUME 13 NUMBER I In This Issue DEPARTMENTS Your Editors Say 6 16 Here We Come! Looking Ahead 8 EACH OCTOBER THE LARGEST FARM YOUTH CONVENTION From The Mailbag 10 IN THE WORLD CONVENES AT THE CROSSROADS OF AMER- ICA. ITS THE NATIONAL FFA CONVENTION AT KANSAS Something New 20 CITY. MISSOURI, AND BESIDES A CROSS SECTION OF FARM Photo Roundup 50 YOUTH, IT FEATURES A HALF-DOZEN NOTED SPEAKERS, BUSINESS SESSIONS, AND ANOTHER CHANCE TO LEARN. Free For You 69 Advertising Index 77 Sportrait 77 26 Regional S+ar Farmers Joke Page 78 THESE FOUR AMERICAN FARMERS SHINED THE BRIGHTEST TO BECOME REGIONAL STAR FARMERS OF AMERICA. THE STORIES OF THEIR BEGINNINGS ARE CROWDED WITH THE WILL TO WORK AND DESIRE TO SUCCEED. NOW WITH FAM- Our Cover ILIES AND LOVED ONES BESIDE THEM, THEY TRAVEL TO KANSAS CITY TO SEE WHO WILL BE 1964 STAR FARMER. Charles and David Wagner pill emphasis on niarketins; at their roadside stand near 34 Chain Saw Maintenance Storkport, Ohio. SAW CAN BE ONE OF YOUR MOST VALUABLE YOUR CHAIN The Ftitnre Farmer broth- TOOLS— IF IT IS PROPERLY OPERATED AND MAINTAINED, MAKE A NOTE OF THESE TIPS FROM AN ENGINEER ON ers, niemhers of the Water- HOW TO KEEP IT SHARP, PROLONG LIFE OF CHAIN, AND REDUCE HARD STARTING, AUTHOR MEL LONG EVEN HAS ford Chapter, look forward to A LIST OF SAFETY HINTS AND PROCEDURES FOR YOU. harvest time and the opportu- nity to bring polished fruit from the orchard to anxious 43 Turkey Hunting 12 Heritage Of Opportunity buyers. 22 Foundation Meets 46 How We Elect A President PHOTO BY BOB E. T.WLOR 28 Planning A Future Feedlot 48 Safety Six Pack 29 Birth Of An FFA Chapter 54 Farming The Ocean Bottom THE N.^TIONAL FUTURE FARMER is maik',1 30 Success In Agribusiness 56 The FFA In Action every two months on the folloNvWnK ilates 31 FFA CROP Program 58 FFA Conservationist Janu.-ivy 20 FEBRUARY-MARCH Issue APRIL-MAY Issue Heroes March 20 32 Beef To Recreation 60 Are Framed (Fiction) May 20 Jl'NE-Jl'LY^ Issue 35 Automation In Dairyland 66 Trapping For Extra Cash July 20 AUGUST-SEPTEMBER Issue September 20 OCTOBER-NOVEMBER Issue Rich In Texas 71 Farm Shop Specials 38 Chapter November 20 DECEMBER-J.\NUARY Issue .AIlIiRF.S.S .ALL CORRESI'OXDENCE TO: T/:r Nati nal FITCRE FARM- Future Farmers of .America. ER. .Mexandria. NirRLnia ;-';o6. Offices are located i the Future Farmers This issue publishe.1 in nation:J and recional editions. Building on U. S. Route One. eight miles .w th of A\e andria. Virginia. Single subscription is 7sc per year in U. S. and possessions. Foreign sub- The Naliond FUTURE FARIilER is published bimonthly by the Future scription Si. 00 per year. Single copies ;oc in U. S. Farmers of America. Inc., at Sio Rhode Island Avenue, N.E.. Washington, CHA.\GE OF ADDRESS: Send both old and ne;v addresses to Circulation D. C. Second class postage paid at Wa.shington. n. C. Copyright 1964 by the Department, T/u- Xulioiuil FVTCRE FARMER, Alexandria, Virginia 2.\;o6. M\(;\ziNF Staff \ \ rioN \i. ()rgamz.\tion' of Future F,\rmers of Americ.v EDITOR, Wilson W, Carn-s BOARD OF DIRECTORS NATIONAL OFFICERS BUSINESS MANAGER, V. Stanley Allen Chairman, A. W. Tenney EDITORIAL President Members: Neal D. Andrew, T. L. Nels Aclerson, Indiana Howard R. Carter and Paul S. Weller, Associate Editors, Faullner, C. C. Eustace, H. F. Gail H. Butler and Isabella M. Bugbee, Editorial Assistants. Duis, Percy Kirk, M. C. Gaar, Vice Presidents Circulation Assistants: Norma Salv Zeli McSha Adr H. N. Hunslcker, E, J. Johnson. James Teets, West Virginia Stagg, Beulah Keeter, Ramona Fetherol. Marvin Gibson, Tennessee Promotion Assistant, Jim Hayhurst. FFA EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Jan Turner, Utah ADVERTISING Wm. Paul Gr,,y Joseph Coyne, Illinois John C. Foltz, Advertising Manager Regional Ad Managers: Ch-.rles R. Ode Lennie Gamage, and Len PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR Student Secretary Richardson. Advertising Assistant, Rosalind N. Pazzato. John Farrar Jon Ford, OUahoma 4 Tlie National FUTURE FARMER THIS IVI./VIM IS IMO XV.S~rFIOIM.A.U-r He looks like he's wearing a space suit, but he's and bacteriological control to critical experiments not. He's actually standing on the outside and with laboratory rats, mice and hamsters. just reaching in through the suit to do his work. To produce these precision Chows, it takes a new plant. It takes a whole new set of machinery that But he's doing a special job, and he's helping to kills microorganisms. It takes this germ-free pack- push a new dimension into scientific research. He's ing and sampling room, and the "space suit," and reaching into a germ-fi'ee, air-controlled chamber, the air-filtering systems. It takes a new laboratory and packaging Pur-Pak Choirs. They're called to test regular samples of the new Chows to make Pur-Pak because they're pressure-processed to be sure there are no unwanted "bugs" in them. free of harmful pathogens. Whatever it takes, Purina has it in operation. These special Chows are meeting a rising need of Now Pur-Pak Chows have joined the continuous science. They're adding a new measure of nutritional line of new products from Purina Research. Ralston Purina Company • Checkerboard Square • St. Louis, Missouri October-November, 1964 FREE C4itct^ . LITERATURE tfcut ^aif .J ^^ IS NOW AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS AND MEMBERSHIP in the FFA is continuing to increase. It reached an all-time high in 1964 with 401,468 members reported. This is 5,656 more than in 1963, the previous record year. TEACHERS ON... This means that the FFA is influencing more lives today than ever before in its history. And you are a part of it. Your membership and active participation in the organization are more important than ever in making the FFA a worthwhile influence on the lives of the young men who choose to join its ranks. You can do this by working hard to help make your chapter one of the best—supporting all of its activities, serving on committees or as a chapter officer, entering contests and awards programs for Future Farmers, and making suggestions at chapter meetings on how you think your chapter can be improved. No organization is stronger than its members choose to make it. Your ideas may not always be accepted, and you may fail a few times at some of your undertakings. But don't let this discourage you. The success stories of other Future Farmers reveal that they too have met with their share of setbacks. But they kept trying and the experi- ence of participating paid great dividends, as it will for you in the years ahead. This participation is one of the most important values you will receive from the FFA. Former members can be found in the halls of Congress, in the governor's chair in several states, and in many other leadership roles in agriculture and public life. Time and again, these men have praised the FFA for the training and participating experi- ence it provided them. It can do the same for you. THIS ISSUE is the beginning of the thirteenth year for your National Magazine. Only a dream during the early years of the FFA, it came into being in the fall of 1952, when the first issue was published. Now it is a regular visitor in the homes of over a quarter million FFA members.