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Show I. IN Highest honors in the Future Farmer. , gs announced at the American Royal Livestock show, 0 four youths: Top left, Marvin Krull of Lake Mills, Wis., rr of Central region; top right, Ray Cinnamon of Garber, Farmer of America; lower left, Wayne Stull of Yakima, I Farmer of Pacific region, and lower right, Hoopcs Yarnell vllle, '. str Farmer in North Atlantic region. g OF DEEDS Rural Youths Receive , Star Farmer Awards By W. J. DRYDEN WNU Farm Editor f in the future of farming, with a faith born not of ike these bear out that excerpt from the Future America creed: is first year out of high school, a 19-year-old ma boy netted more than $5,000 from his vanning va-nning enterprises, be age of nine a Washington boy launched his m project. Before he entered high school his count totaled $2,000. Now, only 19, he figures worth at $41,500. le these are repeated in countless number by farm ghout the nation, and once each year the outstand-ments outstand-ments are rewarded when the Future Farmers of esents its coveted Star Farmer awards. II the awards were pre- the organization's annual invention, held at Kansas in connection with the Royal Livestock show, (legates and local leaders I state in the union con-Kansas con-Kansas City to witness r,d to see the Star Farm-Kt Farm-Kt honor, that of the cov-armer cov-armer of America, went le Cinnamon, 19, of Gar-'rnnamon Gar-'rnnamon shared the spot-j- three other young farm-Kmn farm-Kmn Krull. 19, of Lake IHr Wayne Francis Stull, ",,kima, Wash., and Hoopes 20. of Coehranville, Pa. swere named Star Farm-Central, Farm-Central, Pacific and North egions, respectively, ins Major Award, m, the Star Farmer of or 1947, netted $2,454 from of wheat last year. In had a herd of 100 Aber-s Aber-s cattle, which boosted his $1,400. Other farming including in-cluding hogs, sheep and ined with the cattle and !ive him a net income of i $5,000, his first season gh school. His income s expected to pass the was only nine years old, Farmei of the Pacific reed re-ed his first farm enter-ihe enter-ihe time he entered high ' had $2,000 in the 1 considered one of the growers in the district, more than $18,000 last figures his current net oice oi the F.F.A. for w of the Central region, "ship with his father in feneral crop and live-- live-- During his four years W he netted about $1,500. ! from personally-owned Wires in the two years " out uf high school has d $1,200. project while attending 11 was the first major for Yarnell, who was tar Farmer of the North igion. in 1946 Yarnell interest in his father's acre larm. Their major attention is centered on 54 dairy cattle and several hundred laying hens. The Future Farmers of America is the national organization of farm boys studying vocational agriculture in public secondary schools which operate under provisions pro-visions of the national vocational education act. Since its inception the organization has grown rapidly in number of chapters and membership. mem-bership. Now active throughout the United States, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, it is recognized as the largest larg-est farm boy organization in the world. Major purposes of the F .F.A. are to develop agricultural leadership, lead-ership, co-operation, citizenship, improved agriculture and patriotism. patri-otism. The national organization includes chartered state associations composed com-posed of local chapters formed only in public high schools having departments de-partments of vocational agriculture. The F.F.A. foundation also has been established to provide business, industry, in-dustry, organizations and individuals individ-uals with an opportunity to co-operate in promoting the F.F.A. program pro-gram and to assist students and former for-mer students of vocational agriculture agricul-ture to become established in a farming occupation Award for Achievement. Included in the F.F.A. program are four degrees of active membership member-ship Green Hand. Chapter Farmer Farm-er State Farmer and American Farmer Advancement through these grades of membership is based on achievement In vocational agriculture agri-culture and progressive establishment establish-ment in farming Only one boy in a thousand among F.F.A. members may receive the American Farmer degree in any one year. The Star Farmers are selected from this 8 Tf A. members receive instruction instruc-tion in all Phases of farming. Teach-ers Teach-ers of vocational agriculture visit the boys frequently on their home farms to assist them vnu . their farming activities and to encour-age encour-age them in their work. Many former F.F.A. members now teach agriculture in high schools and colleges, others serve :Cshfarm adv.sors. but the maJorUy are operating their own farm proj ects successfully. |