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Smith Hughes Act
The Smith Hughes Act is named after a senator from Georgia. It provided federal funding for Vocational Agriculture in Public highschools. -
Future Farmers Club
Virginia was the first. It was boys only. -
Future Farmers of America
The first convention was held in the Hotel Baltimore in Kansas City, Missouri. The first dues were ten cents. -
National Blue and Gold colors
The blue was taken from the blue field of our nations flag. The gold was taken from golden fields of ripened corn. -
FFA Creed
The creed was written by E.M Tiffany. It was adopted at the third national convention of the FFA. -
Blue Corduroy Jackets
The corduroy is an article of faith, honor, and pride. After the jacket was adopted, FFA licensed the rights to sell them to Universal Uniform Company. -
New Farmers of America
NFA was mostly found in southern states. The colors were black and gold. -
National FFA Foundation
Formed to use funds to support FFA. 138,548 members were serving in the armed services in WW2. -
Public Law 740
Gave the FFA a federal charter. Said that each school teaching agriculture must have an FFA program. -
FFA and NFA merge
The merge increased membership by over 50,000. This also increased dues from 10 cents to 50 cents.
