Show ro A WORTHY I That most worthy organization the Future Farmers of oC America will receive well deser ved recognition th the week of February I 18 to 25 Writers commentators officIals and others in all walks of bf lifo will pay tribute to toI toone toone I one of oC the most important groups of young I people in the the young people who in h reh n the uhe years to come cane will bear benr the heavy re- re responsibility responsibility I of oC providing the food and fiber so sorely needed by n a world weld confronted with the prospect of famine unless unprecedented breakthroughs are ae achieved in food production Each year the significance of l Future Farmers o America Week grows The met meso sage that the young Ol of tomorrow en en- en leaver deavo to impart to the nation during their Week is simple They seek sek to Inform the public of the importance of agriculture to America the value of oC good citizenship de de- de development an and the roe role of oC Future l Farmers of America In thi this effort effort There was a time when the nation was predominantly agricultural ag Raising food to ea eat t J absorbed the efforts of a majority of the people Gradually as agricultural technology Improved fewer and fewer people were reo re- required on the lan land to produce food One farmer now feeds scores of other people people-people who have moved to the cities where they produce all the other necessities and luxuries of our age except food There Therl Is only so much land thu thus as lations increase those who are engaged in ago ag- agriculture will bear an increasingly heavy re re- re responsibility to their fellow men It is indeed a privilege to pay homage to the fA F FA |