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  • Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act established courses in agricultural education

  • Future Farmers of America founded in Kansas City, Missouri

    Future Farmers of America founded in Kansas City, Missouri
  • Official FFA colors were adopted

  • First official dress uniform adopted: dark blue shirt, blue or white pants, blue cap and yellow tie

  • Official Creed adopted/written by E.M Tiffany

  • New Farmers of America (blacks) founded in Tuskegee, Alabama

  • The FFA purchased 28.5 acres of land that had belonged to George Washington

  • FFA was given Public Law 81-74. 81st Congress, 740th bill passed

  • The National Future Farmer magazine was first published

  • President Dwight D. Eisenhower wa the first president to speak at a national FFA conevtion

  • FFA and NFA merge: Progressive

  • Women were admitted to membership in the Future Farmers of America

  • Jan Eberly becomes the first female national FFA president

  • Future Farmers of America changes its name to National FFA Organization to reflect the growing diversity in the industry of agriculture

  • 7th and 8th grade students permitted to become FFA members