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The National Future Farmer Owned and Published by the Future Farmers of America Courtesy The Osbo . Company FALL. 1955 A father knows no more joyful moment than the day his son becomes a full partner in operating the home farm — it takes champion MM UNI-HUSKORS PLACE 1st, 2nd, 3rd AT 1954 INTERNATIONAL HUSKING CONTEST Fifty thousand spectators saw it happen— a clean sweep for the Minneapolis-Moline Uni-Huskor and the MM husking system. Combining the self-propelled operation of the MM Uni-Farmor with the unbeatable husking of MM Huskors, the Uni-Huskor stepped way out ahead of all competition. From the first wagonload you husk, you'll profit by that same MM Huskor championship per- formance. Stalk to wagonbox, MM Huskors are built to get all your corn . and get it clean. Three gathering chains for each row . five- position floating points . snapping rolls 53 Va inches long . side- to-side and rotating raddle action on the Uni-Huskor . four- section metal and rubber husking rolls . full-length corn savers and high-speed cleaning fans make MM Huskors winners in com- A' -V •-_ •• » •& • ..^i.^15 petition money-makers in your corn. MM UNI-PICKER-SHELLER — Pick and shell Ask your MM Dealer for the facts on the Huskor that's right for corn with up to 30% moisture content with you. Find out why MM husking makes corn pay ... as no other this advanced Uni-Farmor unit. One quick pickers can! trip winds up your corn harvest . puts you weeks ahead. Minneapolis-Moline min NEAPOLIS 1, MINNESOTA MM PULL-BEHIND HUSKORS — For years MM MOUNTED HUSKORS-Champion MM MM QUALITY SHELLERS— the hading sellers the Corn Belt favorite 1 — now better than ever performance in a compact 2-row Huskor that by far . Give your snapped or husked corn with a host of new advantages. MM pull- mounts on your MM tractor. Available for preferred treatment with MM Shelters. Two behind Huskors are available in 1- and 2- MM Models ZAN, ZAU, ZBN, ZBU, UBN, models, capacities from 175 to 1200 bushels row models. UBU, UTN, UTU. per hour, both belt or PTO powered. with^j rc$ fonc NEW TREADS WHY waste time trying to get your work Firestone Champion New Treads guaran- tee new tire traction and performance, because done with worn tractor tires when it they have the same high quality tread costs so little to get new tire traction and materials as used in new Firestone tires. The performance? curved bar tread design, the tread depth and tread width is exactly the same as you get You can have Firestone Champion New in a brand new Firestone original equipment Treads put on your old tires for as little as Champion. one-half the new tire price. If your worn tires Only Firestone Guaranteed Factory- are not retreadable, you can get Firestone Method New Treads give you all these new Champion New Treads which have already tractor tire advantages. See your nearby been applied on sound, guaranteed tire bodies. Firestone Dealer or Store. Always Buy Tires Built by Firestone, Originator of the First Practical Pneumatic Tractor Tire Traetion The Town and Country is the great- est mud, snow or ice passenger car fief Mofe 6 tire ever built. A quiet highway tire Jifl FlwtW"« as well as a traction tire. The Super All Traction truck tire takes hold and moves the load in mud. in Imek ow, or on wet or icy roads. Cut and Enjoy the Voice of Firestone on radio or television every Monday evening over ABC Copyright 1935, The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. You Put a New Twist The National in Your Work- WHEN YOU USE PRDTD Future Farmer PROFESSIONAL-QUALITY 0\%iicfl and Published by l he Future Farmers of America ADJUSTABLE & PIPE WRENCHES FALL, 1955 Vol. 4, No. 1 ABOUT THE FFA Call lo the Convention 18 That Inspiring Fast 50 Dad Let Me Take Over 22 They Make Money Feeding The Amphitheater Story 24 Lambs 52 FFA at 25 32 The Oakley Family 58 Star Dairv Fanners 34 Town Boys . Big Operators . 59 THIS ISSUE'S SPECIAL My Trip to Europe 26 Gifts for Lebanon 28 I Worked on a Farm in Sweden 27 Good Will Mission 29 FEATURES You Can Do It, Too 21 Water Insurance 38 Smoke Jumping Is Our Business 30 Dairy Cattle Judging 62 SPORTS You can do your work better, faster AND FICTION and with less effort when you buy ad- Cartoon Contest Winners 37 The First One Doesn't Have a justable and pipe wrenches with these Bandit in the Night 42 Chance 66 great features: PROTO Adjustable Wrenches are DEPARTMENTS streamlined, with thin, extra strong A Fellow Told Me 6 Looking Ahead 16 jaws for narrow spaces, yet deep Reader Roundup 8 Free for the Asking 14 enough to fully seat both hex and square nuts. Sturdy I-beam handles ON OUR COVER give you great strength with less PARTNERS is the name of our cover painting by Harold Anderson. weight. And it tells quite an interesting story. The pride a father holds in his And PROTO Pipe Wrenches have son knows no more joyful moment than that day the boy has reached jaws forged from alloy steel, with deep, the stage of mature judgment and knowledge that justifies his being sharp teeth to give you a better "bite". made a full partner in operating the home farm. The father will have See your dealer for the complete line many more years of useful work, but he welcomes the vigor of youth investment over lifetime will of PROTO adjustable and normal or in his enterprise. The amassed a provide the foundation for even greater achievement by father and son con- heavy-duty pipe wrenches. Send 10(1 to prosper together, realizing that, in a coming gener- for catalog of entire line to tinuing work and PLOMB TOOL COMPANY ation, another boy will stand on this hill with Dad, viewing the heritage that was wrought by God and developed by the toil of partners. 2207H Santa Fe Ave., Los An K eles 54, Calif. MAGAZINE STAFF Alexandria, Virginia Adjustable and Box 29, heavy-duty pipe wrench. Editor, Lano Barron • Associate Editor, Wilson W. Carnes, Editorial Assistant, Joanne R. Waterman • Art Editor, Jack Beveridge • Circulation Manager, V. Stanley Allen • Circula- tion Assistant, Martha Childress • Advertising Manager, Bill Prince • Regional Advertising Managers, Jimmy Dillon, Jimmy Willis • Advertising Assistant, Jane Sandlin Braley PRDTD^TDDL5 THE NATIONAL FUTURE FARMER is published quarterly by the Future Farmers of ® America, Inc.. at 810 Rhode Island Avenue, N. E., Washington, D. C. Entered as second- PHOTO m«ans)JPROfessionol TOols class matter at the post office at Washington, D. C. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in section 34.40(e). is 25c per year, five years for $1.00 in S. and possessions. Single Eastern Factory. Jamestown, NY.- Canadian Factory, London, OnL Subscription price U. copies, 10c in U. S. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Send both old and new addresses to Editorial Offices, THE NATIONAL FUTURE FARMER, Box 29. Alexandria. Virginia. , — An insulated interior lining makes the 40 x 20 shop end of the Borcherding Quonset 40 x 80 a comfort- "You might call us a 'Quonset family/" able place to work both in winter and summer. says Hugo Medow, Seward, Neb. "I liked my machine shed so well that I have since got another Quonset 32 x 60 build- ing that I use as a cattle barn." A/cf years of life to your equipment with a Quonset' machinery storage "My Quonset 24 x 72 machinery storage building gives me plenty of headroom and and farm shop building floor space at a price I can afford to pay," says F. Gordon Stockin, Chaffee, N.Y. "Keeping our equipment out of the weather in our Quonset adds up to 50 per cent to its trade-in value—one year of weathering is worse than five or six years of actual use," says G. W. Borcherding, Moore, Montana. "And we save time with our Quonset 40 x 80 rTFR machinery storage and farm shop building." adds Mr. Borcherding, 1 Ir - 1 J "because we can put our equipment in shape during bad weather. 'Lrii - tkimv Having equipment ready to go helps get the job done on time S5 which means dollars in any farmer's pocket." 1 The Quonset on the Borcherding ranch is adaptable to other uses, This is the shop section of the Quonset too— it serves as a grain storage building when needed. 24 x 84 which serves as a machine and A Quonset farm machinery storage building will save money, time tool shelter, pump house, and farm shop for P. H. Hanes, Jr., Clemmons, N.C. and labor for you, too. See your Quonset dealer today. Quonsets are easily financed on the Quonset Purchase Plan. STRAN-STEEL CORPORATION A Unit of _ NATIONAL STEEL L '_ JCORPORATION r I STRAN-STEEL CO RPORATION Ecorse, Detroit 29, Mich. Natt-ip Address Please send me the latest literature Harlan Kelly, Aqua Dulce, Texas, con- on Quonsets for farm service verted his Quonset 32 x 60 machinery i City anc < buildings. building to grain drying and storage. He Srarp 4S says, "Very pleased with its versatility." EDITORIAL Catching on Like WILDFIRE! Deep tillage opens up a whole new A Fellow Told Me... farming dimension It helps make better use of fertiliiers, stimulates crop growth, speeds mois- That magazine staff is a busy group. the last time I dropped by. ture penetration. The ultimate result Take They were right in the middle of getting out the Fall issue and were mak- is higher yields a t less cost, so it's to the City, natural that more and more farmers ing plans attend National Convention in Kansas Missouri, Oc- tober 10-13.