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Two of Georgia's vo-ag teachen re­ceived the Honorary American Farmerdc:1~ for their outstanding work. uFFA advisers. They are 0, L. Haydenof Adrian High SChool and M. A. Guillof the WashiRgton.Wilka High School.Only 23 other teachen in the nationalorganization receive this award,

Presented the American Farmer de-­J1Ce on T~sday of the conventioaWC~ seventeen )'ouq farmc:n fromGeorgia. This is the hi&hcst dc:pee thatcan be obtained in FFA.

These honors are a result of hardwork on the pan of the winnen andtheir vo-ag teachers. To each of thesepeople we wish to express our heartiestcong.nuJations and say that you havecelUioly made Georgia proud oC you.

At the National FFA Conventioneach year, seven awards an: presentedwhich are sponsored by the NationalFFA Foundatiou. This year Georgians

wrre in on five of the awards. Desrdesthe Slar Fanner award camc:d by Daw­son's Don Bridges, Tommy Dale, alsoof Dawson, received a regional award

in farm electrification, Lynn lvey ofMacon was regional award winner indairyina and Tlftoa', Bobby Joe Sum·mc:rs was rc:gjooaI winnc.r in soil aodwakr managemetlt. Nathan Deal of

Sandersville earlier was declared theSouthern Regional public speakingaward winner and was 10 have com­peted with four otht.r boys in the na·tiona! evenL

GEORGIANS HAVE BANNER YEAR

Hardwork By'lJord ofStar FarRIerAll of Georgia saluttS Don Bndres-. Even tboup she bu b«n Don's

He has accomplished wbat only two partner for only a few months, theother boys from Georgia have accomp- young Mn. Bridges deserves a lot oflished. He was selected from the south- eredit for Don's contentment with hiscm region 10 receive one of the four wo~k. She has w~rked bard 10 makeStAr Farmer awardJ in Kansas OIY, their home IttraCUve and comfortabk:.In 1949 Richard OgIcttt'C of PelT)' reo But, evn with the suppon.ud cu-

'..~ tho .._-, __ 195. u,_,- COUBBemc:Dt or all of these. this awardCCI....... IS a....u, an 1'---, would ha been if Don hadPatrick of Quitmao wu Georgia's first not hadootthc ~r dCle":::ination to doand only Star Farmer of Americ::l1 a good job. Hc studicd hard to learn

Even though Don', goal was not to new rarming methods and prnctieed onwin a Star Farmcr award. hc did set a a small seale wilh his high sclJool FFAfew standards for himself. One was 10 projects.. Soon he became:. discontentdo the best he could with what he had, 10 stand still. He WJ.Ilted 10 try his handand because of this standard, his best with larger opcratioos.was good enougb 10 earn for him atop A visitor 10 Don's farm. after Db-award. serving the young rumer', c:ontrnl of

As any star farmer would admil, the his problems and his knowledge ofsuccess in his fanning would not have agriculture remarked, ''That youngbeen possible without the help of oth- man will own half the COUllty in knen. Don readily WIU his ettdit with yeal'1..his parents, Mr. and MB. C. B. Bridccs. Every Future Farmer cannot CIpecl

whose unwavering support and inter· to be selected u one 01 the Star Farm­est have bac:ked him all the way, and en, or even to earn the Americanwith his leachc:.n of agriculture. H. H. Fanner degree. but a lesson can beCarlan and Fra.n.t: Downer. Mr, Down- learned through Don'l mOllo that-ifer started him olf on the right fOOl you set your standards high and dowhen Don enrolled in vo-ag, and Mr. )'Our best with what you have, youCarlan stepped in when Mr. Do\1rner nearly always reap a reward, evm if""'U made principal of the school 10 ad· lhe ~ward is the satisfaction of baviD&vise Don with his pruc.nt set-up. done: a &COd job.

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EcliWr' _ CILMaSTATE FFA OFFICERS

Prutda' Ba.:ue HA.U*MAJi'ALBANY

Vic. P,..-'dnt GEOaGlI: WanIZUYPATTERSON

l'ico PrnidMI..--, ---.JnUllll: GIlAMADI:WASHINGTON

Vic_ "roNat' LuU•• COUIl"C.GREENVILLE

Sccrd_FY Junnc RoNIW.DOUGLASVlLLE

T..-rCT .ooXAUl e....UOAUSYLVESTER

Rqxwltr DUDOY D.u.ulLINCOLNTON

Adl1iHT T. G. WALTDIATLANTA

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NATIONAL PFA OFFICERSPruidnt 'N HD1'D

AURORA, ORE.Vi", P...ridn.1 I..lcZ Tooo

BELLS, TENN.Vie. !'rfm... BIlu,l'f HArES

MESQUITE, NEV.Vi« PrU'idnL- THOMAlI E. SnWlI:

OZARK, MO.Viu Pnrikrt RICIIA&D VAlf At:IlL'f

MONROE, N. J.Sttul... t S",'. _lolA'" A. s.o1lVl'l'

Tt:MPERANCE. MICR.Ad",- W. T. SPANTON

WASHINGTON, D. C.EnadiN Su!r Wlu.L\M P. GUY

WASHINGTON. D. C.TreUM"'- R. E. BAD

RICH.MOND, VA.

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DON BRIDGES IS

Star Farmer of the SouthBy ELEANOR GlLMER

DON AND JUANITA BRIDGES

He served his chapter 1I5 treasurer andvice-president. Each year he enteredthe public speaking contest and one)'ur earned second place in the district.He was chapter winner of both cottonand com production awards, and underhis chairmanshIp, the camifliS andsavings committees raised S800 in ooeyear to finance chapter activities. Hewas also chairman of the community

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mals, and soon became a familiar fig­ure It both county and stale shows. In1955 at a show in Dawson he exhibitedboth the champion and reserve cham­pion, both of which were Herefords.He abo sho.."Cd the best Angus in theshow and recci\"Cd from the Anps andHereford btttders a calf of each breed.

In his four years of FFA Donshowed outstaDd.in& leadership ability.

-star Farmer of lhe Southern Reo­gion" was me tide given to Georxia'sDon Bridges of Dawson at the Na·tiona! FFA Convention in Kansas Cily.

The recognition and the SSOO awardthat accompanies it came to Don at theevening session on Tuesday with nearly20,000 FFA'cn looking on.

This horlOT means thai Don has themos! outstanding farming record orFuture Farmcn from Gfilrgia. Florida,Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Lou­isiana, Nonh Carolina, South Carolina,Texas, OkJahoma, Virginia and Ar­kansas.

On und to share the young farmer'srecognittoo were his wife JuaniLa, hisparenlS, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Bridgesand bis teacher of agriculture Mr.H. H. carlan. Mr. Bridges~ed theHonorary American Farmer dtgree.

YouO& Bridges began his outstaDd·ina record when he enrolled in \IOCa.­

honaI agriculture in 1952 at TerrellCounty high school. Even before thenhe was dete.nnined to be a farmer, anda good one.

AI the age of eleven, Don entr.rtdhis first calf, a Guernsey bull, in thecounty fair. It placed first in its class.A reporter from a large newspaperasked him what he planned to do whenhe grew up, :and was givcn the readyans....'Cr. "I plan to be a farmer likemy Dad."

Don', project progr.lm began withfive head of swine, ooe-balf ac~ ofsweet potaloes. and three acres ofwinter granna. He worked hard andbecame active in FFA.

In the thrtt yean following, Don in·creased his projects, includq his live·srock_ As be incrused his liveatoclche began to exhibit more of his ani-

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pleasin& himself by going dinct.ly intofull time fanning. His mothc::r WllDtedhim to be a doctor, but Doa coukI DOl:

.bolish his dream of ~nin& his ownfarm. FInally be did aJRC to enroll inAbraham Baldwin Apicultural Col­lege at Tiflon, but afler two quanersbe was still so dissatisfied that hisfolks agreed for him 10 quit school. andbegin fanning. For the resl of thatyear he' began funher work on hisprojecU o.nd helped his Dad wilh lhehome fann.

Oon was not satisfied with his lim­ited opportunities to upand and feltthe old urge to awn his own IUIt. So,in the fall of 1957 he found a 300 acrefarm that was 10 his lilr.in, and pur­chased it, making a cas.h payment of$7,125 and assuminS a~ of$10.875.

Tbc nexl FaD be decided to expandhis prognm and thus purchased a 20'2acre farm which joined his. He made acash payment for this land of $10.000and assumed a mortgaJe of $10,000.

1bc: purchase of these two fannswould nOI have been pcK§iblc withoutlhe help of Don's father and the localbank. Of the cash paymenu he made,$2.500 was from earnings from hisFFA projects. $2,625 was borrowed

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The FaU rOUowing Don's graduationwas a trying one: for him. He waspulled between lhe decision of plusinghis parenlS by auending college, or of

THE TEAM--Oon'J f.tIler, C. 8. Brid'ilH; Don; H. H. C.rl.n, ....c.her of .gricuftw..nd fT.nk Dow,",r, princ:ip'1 of T~lI County High.

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ICrvice committee, which, during thistime, landscaped two country churches.

When be was a junior. Don wuchosen by the Stevens Industries inDawson as ~ing the most outstanding

FFA mt:mber and wu awarded a tripto the Natiooa.I Con\'entioD. He at­

tended the National Convorotion • sec­ond time when the TemU County live­stock judging leam, of which he was amember, n:prc:scnlcd Georgia at thenational mttl. He earned silver andbronze emblems for his individualjudging. 1.0 his senior year in school hewas selected Slar Chapler Fanntr.

As Don was constantly growing inhIS leadership, he wu also growing inhis apacity as a fanner. By the timehe was graduated from high school behad become prtlty weU eitablished infarming. He had increased IUs projed$10 include three: steers, 16 acres of pca­nuts. 16 acres of com, 10 of conan.three sows and 7S pip.

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.".My beginning projects - swine. potatoes and grazing" that Don would furnish labor, manage­ment, tools and equipment, and thatgross proccedJ would be shared 50-50.Don wu ever conscious of the debt behad, and decided that this would pro­vide him with extra money to pay ito1J, therefore, be look Dr. Martin upon the offer.

With the 600 acres that be rents pMhis own fum, Don now has 846 .eresin cultinOOn. Of this. 145 acres areplanted in eottoll., 13.5 acres in peanuu,,550 acres in com and 16 acres in pas.­ture. He bas about 22 head. of bogsand 33 bead of bed cattle.

Don's partner in his fann si:nI% FeJ>.ruary 01 this year is his wife Juanita.The younl couple were married onFebruary 14, and moved into a tenant

house on Don's fann. With a ~ ofp1annilll and hard wort they have re­modeled the ~1W11 house into a~altnctive home. Tbe house has a dcn­kiteben combination, a livilll roomand three bedrooms plus one~ Theftoors ""'ere u.ndcd aDd refinished, andthe walls painted, 1lIe outside of thehouie is covered with white asbestossidina. The IfOUDds have been !aDd­scapcd and the lawn sodded. Don and

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agreement was to be that he. would fur·Rim !he. land, all pcrma.nent equip­ment, seeds. fertilizers, insecticides and

On. of tn. lint thing, Don lhows • viNfor to hi, f.rm is hi, new muhinery .Md.nd hi, m.chinery.

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from his rathtr and $12,000 wu bor­fO'Ao'ed hom the local bank.

Mr. J. E. King, president of theBank of Terrell, says of 000: "Donwas brouJ.ht up on the (ann and hasbeen laught how to farm and is doingan excellent job at this time. He knowscattle and has been interested in FFAwork for many years. We thoughtenough of him 10 make him • loan outof the first year's operations. The farmadjoining him was PUi up for sale andwe have helped him purchue lhis ad­ditional land. We don', think: we havea better farm risk in our portfolio, aswe have the utmost confidence in hisability and integrity."

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since be had a large debt han&ing overILis head. Sometimes the going wasrough, but all in aJl he was pleased withhis resulU.

A doctor in Dawson, Dr. Billy Mar­tin, admired Don's farming ability andapproached him about the possibilityof renting Don his 600 acre fann. The

DOfI is ~OCJna.d by Ioul .uriioft ~PIe t$ .11 ofrtci.llivfltod: gr.d.,. H_ heloob 0 ...... his own Mrd of beef c.ett'- with Mr. N.n" DowrMlf, his forrnet' "_9.........

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DOt'! built new fonco IIIround mort ofhis pIIIltIn.

On v;siting Don's rann, one is im­pressed with the way the )'OUnJ fannerbandies his problems., and it soon canbe 5Ce.n ahal fanning is the life be~

When asked bow he relt aboul thisrecognition. Don answered.

"I kd I am a michty lucky boy'"

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equipment. He owns beside5 his trae­tor1, one tractor cultivator ria. twotractor planting rigs, one tractor top­dressing rig. ) ..botlom plow, ODe 2­bottom plow. one disc harrow. onerotary' mower, ODe trailer and one pick­up truck. 1be oewat equipment thaihe has is a peanut combine.

Don', classes in vocational agricuI­lure have paid off in many W&)'I forhim. He quickly gives a good deal ofhis crtdil to his teacher of vocationalagriculture, Mr. H. H. Carlan and hisrormcr teacher, Mr. J. F. Downer, whois now principal 01 TemU Counqotug/>.

In some or his ag dasses Donkamed how to grade Iiveseock, and be­came 10 good that be is DOW recopiz.cdas an official grader ror the local auc­tion officials. He has earned upwardsor $3,000 in the put three years inthis job.

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0- upKtecl to 9" .PfM'OIim.ltMy 20b.Ift of cotton off this 14 .ere plot.

his falber, with the hdp of lOme fannhands, did the majority of lhe wori:themsclvu.

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make the inside of the bouse attractiveand c:omCortable. 1be young Mrs.Bridges is also helpin. ber husbandpay debe, by workin, as a receptionist­bookkeeper (or a doctor in DaWlOn.

ODe of the fint thinp Don shawl •visitor to hiJ fann is his new macbinerymed where he keeps hiJ two new dieselFord tmeton and one new diesel Fer­guson trllIClor, and orner farm equip­ment. Taking into consideration thedepreciation or his machinery, youngBridges has S1I,58S in~sted in this

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1959-60 State Officers Elected• Robbins, J7, is

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Mrs. J. A. Robbim;.He fums seventlC'res of aUalfa forhay production and30 acres of im·proved permaneot

Jimmy Robbinl pasture. Hc hasninc grade cows and one purebred bull.He was president of the Douglasvillechaptcr last ycar Dnd is reporter thisycar. He is a member of future Teach­ers of America, Bela Oub, president ofS1udent body and student council. Heis a member of lhis year's Nationala.o~,

Barksdale, 1 7 ,son of Me. andMrs. J. O. Barb­dale, lives on a 24S •acre fann near Syl·vester. 1D his pro­ject program be buseven acres fA for­estry, one gilt, two Dona&d Lrbr:I.1.acres of corn, 6.8 acres of cotton andiii acres of winter puing. He hasserved as secrelary of his local~ter and is pmident lhis year. He is amember of the Key Oub and an usherin the Evergreen Baptist Church.

Danis, 16, is theson of Mr. and Mt$.W. A. DaUis. Hisproject programconsisu of JS reg­istered Angusbrood cows. one

erd buU. I.b.f'eeBuddy D••it AnllJS sleers. dahl

acres of winler pujnl and 9S acresof permanent pasture. He served hischapler as secretary for two )-eatS andi! currenUy presidenl. He is • memberof the Bela Cub. Hi-Y, and Ihe Lin­coloton Baptist church.

Cousin" 17,liveswith his parentsMr. and Mn. A. R.Cousins on a 400­acre d airy farmeight miles west ofOreenville. His pro­ject program con·sltu or two bar- L.m.r COlltilUrows. 30 layen, three dairy heifers.three acres of com, seven acres of win·let grazing and a one.acre garden. Hehu served as reporter and presidentof bis FFA chapter, was district publM:speakinl champ for two )'ean, placingsecond and third in the stale. He wasvice-president of the junior class, memober of the high schoollUlDual sul'l, thetu&h scbooI. paper staff, Beu Ouband Debate leam. He also plays basket-

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presidcot lor the put two yean.. wasvic:c president of student council forlhree yean and is the newly ekdedpresident. He was vice·president of theIku Oub last year and is presidentthis year. He also plays basketball.

Granade, 17,lives at Route I,Washington, wit hhis parenti Mr. andMrs. J. A. Ortn­IIde. In his projectproaram he has tv.'O

steen. lhree broodJimmi. Gr.qd. cows and calves,

two acres of oats, five acres of winterpa.z:in& and five acres of hay. He hasserved his chapter as treasurer andparliamentarian and is the newlyelected vice-president. He is presidentof his senior class, treasurer of theBeta Oub, secretary of his SundaySchool. class and a member of the bi&h"hooI band.

WeslbeCI)', 17, isthe son of Mr. andMrs. C. V. Wesl­beny of route I,Patterson. He has811.I acres of com,lhree acres or cae­ton. one dairy cow,28 hogs and ODeG-~Westb-rrtand one:-half~ of winter 8ruinS­He hu Sotrved hi! local. chapter" as

Haldeman, son ofMr. and Mrs. F. B.Haldeman. bas inhis project program10 Duroc hogs, fouracres of com, fivehead of cattle and10 ICmI of im­

Bwn.rd H.Id.m.n proved pastures. Athird year al student, he is vice-prui.(knt of his local chapter. has placedsecond in the count)' soil judging con­lest and won the chapler com contest.He is a.Iso a member of the speechand d~ma club.

Heading lhc Gcoraia FFA IfOUPfor the year 1959.-60 is seventeen-yearold Benwd Haldeman of Albany.

Chosen LO serve with Haldvnanwere George Westberry, Pattenon,Jimmy Granade, Washll\gtOn, and ta­mar Cow.ins. Greenville. all vice-prc5i­denu; JImmy Robbins, Douglasville.secretal'}'; Donald Barksdale. SylvC5­ler, trtasurer and Buddy Dallis, Un­colnton, reporter. All an: seniors inschool.

These seven young men were electedon the last day of the J J5t annual con·ventwn in August alter a ~It of inter­views and closed door KS5ions withthe. nominating committee.

A boo summary of each office.r>sleadcrlhip activLlties and projea. pro­Jr8.m follows.

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Guii.L AND HAYDEN BECOME

Honorary American FarmersTwo teachers of vocational agricul­

ture from Georgia received the HODOr­ary American Farmer degree at theNational Convention in Kansas City.They arc M. A. Guill, Washington.Wilkes High School, and O. L. Hay­den, Adrian High School.

Only 2S vo-ag tuchers in 48 states.Hawaii, and Puerto Rico received thisdegree for their outstanding rc:cords asFFA advisers.

Mr. Guill bas been Icaching a&ricul­lure in Wakes Coo.nly for 21 yean.For 10 )'ears he taught at lipall &Dd

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when the county schools were consoli.dated, he nlO\'cd to WlShingtoD wherehe is stililcaehing.

A nati\'c of Greene County, Mr.Guill received ltis education at Pied­moell Teachers College and the Univu­sity of Georgia. He was If1lduatedfrom the University in 1937.

Under his leadership, the Washing_lon·Wdke5 chapler bas been av.'1J'dedthe Superior chapter award for three)'urs, and the national. chapter awardsof brolllJe, silver and 101d.

The chapler boasts three winners ofSlar Dairy Farmer awards, Dairy Effi·

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ciency awards and v.inter grazingawards, and has had slate award win·ncrs in farm mechanics, fann electri­fication, painting, quanet, string band,and this ycar they are district chaptr:rachievement award winner. The Wash­ington livestock judging team will rep­fl:5Cnt Georgia at the National meet inKansas aty this )·ur.

Four boys lrom the Washingtonchapter have received the AmericanFanner dearce, and 44 bJve ft'CCivcdthe Geor&ia Planter degree.

Mr. GuiU is an active member inbusiness and civic organizations. He isa member of the board of trustees forthe Fint Methodist Church and hasbeen a Sunday School teacher for tenyean, and Sunday School superintend­enl for two years.

He is past president of the Washing­ton Lion's Oub, and is an active mem­ber of the local, state and nationalteachcn' association. He has also beena director of the Georgia AIsociation0( Teachcrs of Vocational Agriculturefor t"v)·ears.

When ukcd why he decided toteach "OCIUona.I agriculture, Mr. Guillanswered:

"'To me agric:ultu~ is land and peo.pic and lhc5C arc two of the most im·ponant things in the wortd, and whena550Ciated together, as in vocationalagriculture, you are faced with a chal­lenge second 10 none. Teaching gaveme an opponunilY to evaluate myselfin lighl of the philosophy that the'ultimate teSt of most teaching is foundin the clange thaI takes place in thealtitudes. understandiog and s.k.iIJs inthe pupil':'

• • •A nati\'C of Cope, South Carolina,

Mr. Hayden rea:i\-ed his B.s. degreein agriculture from Oe:mson College in1921.

He began his teaching career if'Georgia at Dudley, where he sta)'Cd for

three yean. From there be went toAdrian High where he has been teach·ina for the past 33 yean.

The Adrian chapter, under Mr. Hay­den's guidance, has haC:: three Ameri­can Fanntrs, 82 Georgia P1anten, oneStar Geo"i.ia Planter and one districtStar Planter.

Three Adrian Future Farmers havereceived awards in Home Improve­ments, three in the One Acre CotlOl:lcontest and one in Soil and WaterManaccmenL.

Mr. Ha)'den is a chaner member ofthe Adrian Lions Qub and has served

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in the following offitt$: presidcnt, vice·presJdent, lion tamer, tail twister anddi,ector. For one )'ear he was DeputyDistriet Govemer.

He is a Mason, holding lhe 14thDegree Scottish Rite. He is a memoIxr of the Georgia Education A$5ocia­tion, National Educadon Associalion,GAVT, A~rit:an Vocational Associa­tion, Georgia Vocational Association,Farm Bureau and the Adrian BoostersOub, He is president of the AdrianMethodist Sunday School.

Mr, J. N. Baker, District Supervisorfor N.E. Georgia had this to say aboutMr. Hayden's accomplishmenu:

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:Throuah'the years Mr. Hayden h.asbeen dynamic in leadin& rural boys totrain for proficiency in farming andassuming leadership roles in their re.­spective communities. One tl1lvelingthrough the community can readily seethe results of his dIorts by the im·proved farmsteads, pastures, livestock,watering ponds and the hundreds ofacres of planted pioes. He was one oftbe fint teachers in Georgia to initiatea sdJooI f~st demonsll1ltioo in co­oPC:l1ltion with Gair Woodland Cor·POl1ltion.

Allbou&b IUs ac:ccmplishments bavebeen many and vsrkd in the busioessof farm.inc. I feel wt IUs creatdt con­tribution bas been to hundreds of Fu­ture Farmers whom he has inspired,tl1lined and assisted in so many waysto become better citizens. I am proudof hIS aa:omplishments and the districthonor be is to receive."

Mr. Hayden wu the fint teacher inGeorgia to eslablish a vocational cree>­

satin& plant to help fanne.rs to treatposts to improve fann fencing. Thisactivity alone Iw pioneered the wayfor many like facilim throughout thestate, wlUch ha\OC contributed immeas­urably to the improvement of fencingaDd fann structure.

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11 Georgians Receive American Farmer Degree

Gene Ray, Fon VaDcy; Ollutes Smith,Wadley; Jim Thomas, Patterson. Eachof them got $100 from me National

FFA Foundation.

While in Kansas Oty the AmericanFarmers were honor guests at many

functions. A lunchcon was given bySean, Roebuck; a breakfast was givenby Butler M:tnufacturina Company,and the Saddle and Sirloin Oub fur­nished an afternoon of entenainmentand a tnrbe<:ue.

Attainment of the American Farmerdegree is based on the Future Fumer'srecord in fanning. leadership andsc:holanlUp. The degree is limited toFFA memben who have been out of

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high school at least one year and whoare showing evidence of becoming sue­cessfuDy established in farming. Slate

Associations of FFA are limited to oneAmerican Fanner degree candidate for

each 1,000 members or major ffllCootion thereof. A picture of these youngmen and a summary of their achieve.­ments will appear in the Decemberissue of the Georgia Future Former.

Tuesday was a big day for Gear·pans at the National FFA Conventionin Kansas Oty. On Tuesday morning.two Georgia vocational· agricultureteachen were given the HonoraryAmerican Farmer de~ for lbeir out­st.andin& leade~ip and guidance of

FFA. They were M. A. Guill, Wash­inglon and O. 1- Hayden, Adrian. (Astory about these two men is onpage 8.)

Tuesday afternoon, 17 FFA'ers in­cluding Don Bridges, stepped into thespotlight to receive the AmericanFanner degree. They are Bumum Le·Getle Barrell, Cairo; Heyward RobenBennett, Madison; UOIom Brett, Bar·tow; Grady Olambless, Dawson; Way.Ian Oeney, Morgan; George Davis,Jr.• Baconton; Russell Doss, Ttfton;Julian Fields, Ray City; George LeonHunt, Ochlochnee; Wesky MorrisJohnson, Kathleen; Jerry McElhannon,Ikthlehem; L C. McGee, Jr., RayCity; Grady Pearman, Oula; Danny

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Three Georgians ReceiveRegional Awards

Thne Geol'lia Fulure Fannersjosned with Don Bridges and NathanDealto make this a banner year for theState at the NII'onai Convention inKansas Oty.

Bobby Summers of Tilton was .e­lected reponal winner of the Soil and

Waler Management award. Tommy

Dale, Dawson, wu regional winner inFarm Eloctrification and Lynn lvey of

Macon wu cboseo regional winner of

the Dairy award.

Each received 5200 from the Na-

tiona! FFA FoundallOn. Bobby andTommy received their booors at theWednesday night KS5ion. and Lynnrecei ...ed his on Oclober S al the Na­tional Callie Congress at Watedoo.Iowa. A summary of each boy's ac­comphshmenu follows.

Soil and Water Management

Bobby .nd h.il t..ch. of .gr1cllltur., H. G. P..&.,~ o...~ th. CoMefV.tiOfl pl."........... SlImrnMS h.d INId. for tM;' f.lm.

Bobby SumJU(.n lives on an 800acre farm in lift Counly with his uncleC. R. Summen. Pan of the Su.mtners'farm is rolling land thai requires oneIype of conservation lreaunent, andpart is Bat land thai requires aoother.ype.

Bobby had been Itudyina soil andwater management in his vo--g e1uses,and he and his uncle decided to have.fann plllD made of lheir farm by thecounty soil conservalion office. Bobbybecame familiar with the plan and be­gan work 10 make improvemenu. withthe idea of making every acre produceiu maximum.

He took soil samples on 40 acres.and fertilized according 10 recommend­ations. He planted I S acres of pineseedlings on Ihe areu Ih:at were unfitfl)f culti ...ation, laid out and construcl­ed 300 yards of di ...ersion ditches,and has constructed an open ditchdrain that has made 3S acres of landproductive. 400 of thc 800 acres is incultivation, and Ihis wns cropped onthe contour basis.

1bc Tilt County YOUlh established8S acres in Pensacola Bahia &ta$S andI S acres in Coastal Bermuda. Accord­ing to $Oil analysis he applkd lime tohis pasture. He has eleared another100 aero that is also being establishedin pasture. In addition 10 thiJ, he im­proved the p:ulun::$ by applying a. com-

plete fertitittr each year and hu kepi

""m """""-In order to improve lbe water sup­

ply, as ~II as addiDi to lbc value ofthe rarm. Bobby belped to build fourrann ponds. One of these pondI bebuilt enurely by himself by uDna alractor and drag pan. He hu been gi....

en the responsibilIty of fertilit.in& andmuag:ina lbc ponds.

FOT some of the land it ....as neces­sary to establish 51np cropplDJ. andthU bu been done wilh much S'K'CC'SS

YounJ Summers. like most boys, isinteruted U1 wikl lIfe, and has stockedlhc farm with four pain of wild tor-

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keyi. 'two of,whk:h are known to benestina n~ar the cultivated fields. Heplanted a border strip of peas aroundme cultivated acres 10 provide food forthe wild life.

Whilc doing al.I of this, Bobby hascarried out a project PfOlfUl whichincludes 9.S acres of cotton, 6S acm:or com, Nx acres of peanuts. IS acres0( winter &JUin& 23 head of bop. and18 head of beef aUk. He owns a tnc­

tor. cultivator and sutHoiler. and ownsin partnership with IUs uncle 1m ei&btfoot dOuble section harrow,lhJ'ce,.pointhitch scoop, a 16 inch bottle plow anda rotary mower. All of this equipmentwas bouJ,ht through fann earninp.

Bobby is a membc.r of the cornmu·nity wi~ life club which conserves andpromotes wild life conservation byplanting f«d, establishin& feed sta­tions. providing c:ove.r and destroyingpredatOR on 16 mcmben' farms.

He was vaduated last sprinS fromTifton High School, wht.re his teacherof agriculture wu H. G. Pecic.

Tommy Dale is a senior at Terrell

County high school. As a result of hisstudies in vocational agriculture. he be-­came very interested in rann dectrifi·cation and decided to have this as one

of his projects.

TIle opportunity came for him to

practice his skill wh~n his brother, Lee,who received his American Farmer de·

aress last year. purchased a new fann:tnd remodeled the house on it, Tommy

took on the job or plannma the farmwiring system, which included thehouse, a poultry house. araiD bins anda futurc farowina house.

With the help of his teacher of agri.culture, Mr. H. H. Carlan. he made awiriDa plan for the fann and securedthe advice of the rural cnJinecr of theGeorgia Power Company before mak­ing out a bill of materials. He made outthe bill of materials and purchased thencccss.ary items to ....ire the farm Ie-

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Bobby helped to build four ferm pondl to il'llprove the weter IUpply and incre....... v.lue of .... ponel. 0,.. of the pondl he built entir.1y by himsaN.

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The fint thi"9 Tommy did wei to im.t.1 • 200 .mp _.tt.er ,-oof, fused ltWlindiseonnad switch. Shown with Tommy .... l1-rj hil brother, L••, his f.th""_ A. L 0.1,.nd the principal of Tami County High, ~.n~ 00_.

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L)'IIlI" COWl ar. milllHl by • fi.... ullit pipali,.. mil\er ill a modem d.iry b,m..

cording 10 hi,s layout. The Rural EJec­tric Association agrted 10 install thecentral mekr pole, and (rom this pointhe began his wiring.

1bc first thing he did was 10 installa 200 amp wtalher proof, fused maindisconnect switch and property groundit with No. 4 ba~ copper wire to a ~inc:h plvanized ground rod eighl fcctin the ground.

From this main disconnect he ranoverbtad wire 10 the five room resi­dtnce ,.,hcre be instaUed • 100 amp,three pole aid neutral main discoo­nect with one 60 amp pull OUI, two 30amp puU ouu aDd 16 branch circuits.He abo inst.aIIed a wcatht.r bead fora tht't'e We Numbe:r three en­tD.nCe cable. This IIIiU sufficient forthe range, ,.,.Iet healer, rdriacrator,19 convenience outlets. tht't'e pullchain lamp holders, and a restl'V'e forfuture appliances. To instaU aU of thiJhe used the proper size wire thaipassed the naliooal cock.

The nexi thin. Tommy installedwas a well pump. Fim he installed •30 amp tht't'e pole solid neutral weath.tr proof diJconnect on the meter pole,bypassing the 200 amp main discon­nect 50 Ihat in the case of fire ,.,bereil would be: necessary 10 pull the mainswitch cutting oft' eleclricity to lhehouse, the t1cetricity to the pumpwould nOl be CUI off.

Young Dale's nut step was 10~a 1400 capacity laying housc. He ranoverhead wiring from the central me­ttr pole. He installed a 60 amp tht't'epole solid neuual main disconnect,complete with CMR4<:. It was neces­sary 10 have lightl, 50 he installed 18lights (3 circuils) Ihat was contIoiledby a 30 amp automalic timer.

In the laying house hc thtn inSlalledone general purpose convenience OUI·

lei. He thtn inslllled a circuit to theautomatic t1ccuic: conveyor type selffceder. He installed a circuit 10 thecleclric motor that automatk:ally fedthe convtyor type .self ftedcr from abulk stonge tank.

On his borne farm, Tommy rewireda 700 capacity laY!na house when:: bepul uodcrground 120 fCC1 of 12-3 UF

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cable (rom the main disconocct 10 thepoultry house. He installed a 30 ampthree pole solid neutral disconnect and• 20 amp automatic timtr on one cir­cuit 01 nine lights. He aJso rewired abrooder bouse by installin.a S8 feet of

12 No. IWO UF cable. to this bouse beinstalled. 30 amp tlme pole S-N dis­

"""""'-Tommy is president or his FFA

chapler and is active in other schoolKtivities.

Affw tM COWl .,.. mil.ed, tM mil'; if dored ill • bull: dor.g. f.n" H.,.. lynn ifmHwnnq the m~ to _ how mud. if in th. f.n"

Lynn lvey lives with his parenti Mr.and Mn. R. P. lvey Of! • 360 acrefarm eight miles out of Macon. Hisfather has had a dairy farm for maoyyc'an. and siocc Lynn began studyin&:vocational ag.riculture he Iw been in·terated in dairyinl. Throuih hisstudies be learned ways that be c:ouidimprove the dairy farm-by improvingthe pastures. improving the feed pro­pam, obtainina better produo:n byfollowin& a better brtedina propam.by fecdirl.& each cow K:COfdinl to theamount of milk produced. and by do­iD,J a better job of fecd.ina out he.ifer<at....

When Lynn enrolled in vo-a,. hehad as his project ODe beef calf. onedairy caJf that hiJ father had 1i1l't.nhim and some hop.

As the )'CUI pasJt'd he found thaI.,as far as his farm was concerned, hewould do better with dairy animalsthan ....ith beef ....d hop; therefore, betook the money that be made from bisbed heifer and hop and invested itin dairy cattle.

His second year in FFA Lynn pur·chased, with the belp of his father, oneof the best Holstein COWl that he couldfind, and with this cow he won manyprizes. including reserve grand cham­pion 0( the State Fair. He has grownout two 01 her calves that have turnedout 10 be extra good cows.

From this start and through otherpurchases he buill hi, herd up to tenin his sophomore year in school, andnow has 22 Holstein animals - IScows. six heifers and one bull. Sixteenof these are registered. ten are pure,.bred but not rcgiste::red and six are highgrade animals.

Young Ivey's father hIlS given himencouragement by workin, out anagrume::nt whereby the::y operate on •partnership basis with the idea that inthe future L.ynn will take over the. reosponsibility of operating the e::ntiredairy. They are now milking on theaveraae 0( 60 cows per day.

The Bibb County youth bas been

Dairying

very mteresttd in improving the milkproduction of his cows and last yealhIS cows produced an average of 1,261pounds of milk per year with 3.9%of buttedal This bas come ab9ut bythe improvement of pastures, feedmaprogram and breeding program. At the~nt time be bas an abundance ofsood pastwe planted in Coa.staI. Ber­mttda and Bahia grass. He:: supplemcotithis with a gram and protein coo­cenlrate diel

The lvey cattle are milked in a m0d­em five-unit milkin& parlor by • pipe­lioe milker. The milk is piped. to abulk storage tank. Young Ivq bas one.­half mterest in the dairy.

It is Lynn's responsibility to usislWith the milking each day, and to helpmanage the herd. He has been raisiDIonly the best caI\U and has sold otfme defected COWS aDd poor producen.They are using more and more artifi·cial breeding.

The young dairyman bas helped toimprove the loots of the farm by paint.ing the feoce and dairy barn, helpinl

H_ lynll .nc! hif f..ch. of .grield.fvno. H. E. SimmoM, chec. __ ffIIrKOfdJ of ff111"y d.iry.

to build new (ences and gaits and farmpon<k.

He Jives • lot of credit (or his suc­cess with his daily to his teacher ofagnculture, Mr. H. E. Simmons.

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DEAL EARNS REGIONAL SPEAKING AWARDNathan Deal of Sandersville WI. to

have: reprc.scnted the South('m Regionin the NaLional Public Speaking Con­lest this wed: in Kansas aty.

Youn. Deal'. U1lk on "The GrealAmerican Dilemma" earned for himthe lOp awan! in the district, stale, tri­state and relional contests. He wu tohave competed with three other Future

Farmen representing 48 stales, PuertoRico and Hawaii.

The Southern Regional contest washeld in Huntsville, Alabama on Sep­tember 9.

Nalhan is a senior at WashingtonCounty HIgh School where his teach­ers of agriculture are his father, N. J.Dcal, and J. G. Hatcher.

Spc<:ifIaolly built 10'A'i,lIs1.nd lhe rilOn offirm IractOr KrvieC.EJr;1,.. ....tcr IUp.,ty;.1I·welther dCC'lrolyle,low, dl)lOon disdl.rp;ein hoi wUlller; IVI,I·able in ,izft 10 Krvieco~r 90,;\ of f.rmt,..(IOrs.

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FFA'ERS ATTENDA.I.C. MEETING

NATHAN DEAL

Sixtttn Future Farmers. (our vo-agteachers and one district supervisorwere part of a group of 45 (rom Geor­gia attending the wed: long AmericanInstitute of Cooperation ~Id at theUniversity of lltinals last August.

rrA members making the trip rc:p­resented chapters which earned a co­operative activities award given by theCoHon Producers AssocilUion, AUanlaand its alli.li:ued farmers' mUlual ex·changes.

To qualify 15 a winner in the FFACooperative Activities cOntcSI a chap­ler must have a minimum KOre of1,000 points. To achieve the 1.000points. members study the differenttypes or businesses in their community.visit coopcl1llives and other businesses.anend cooperative meetings and dira:tmeetings, prescnt talks and radio pro­,rams on cooperatives and markets

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MIKE McDOIJGALDGETS HONORAII Y DEGllEE

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and purchase their fann auppUesthrough local cooperatives.

Future Farmers from Georpa were:Bobby Be:II, Senoia; Billy Bennett.,Washinat0n; Sonny Carlton, MouItnc;Btll, Ca"oU, Grayson. William Evans.,IhnviUe; Jimmy Foster, Lavorua; Em­ory Fret-man., Ashbum; Harvey Ham·ilion, Pearson; Harol)' Ivy, NonnanPark; Tommy McMurrain. Jasper;Donald Parker, Donalsonville; JamesParb, Ellijay; Bobby Perkins, WiDder;Benoy Suaart. Forsyth; Billy Williams,Hazlebursc: and James Williams., Kath·.....

Accompan)'lQl the FFA'cn wereJ. H. MiteheD. AWtaot State Super­visor, A£ricullural Educattoo; Vo-AiteaclJcn EJviD Walker, Norma.n Park;B. H. aU.lOI1, Hazlehurst; C L. lad::­son, Ellijay and J M Fowler, Fonyth.

Immediately folJowinJ; the mectm&in Jll1Doa. lhe GeorJil croup left foran anteresting and ~ucauooal lldelour throop Oncqo N' :ua Fallsand other places of Int.;rest.

The degree of Honorary Georgia

Planter, the highest award GeorgiaFFA'cl'S can present their friends, wasawarded to Mike McDougald al theState FFA Coo\'eDIJOD lut August.

Mr. McDoupld., manaeer 01 radaostation WCHK, Canton, was booorecifor his outstandlDl contribution to the

Future Farmer proaram In Gcorzia.M news director of radio su.tioa

WSB in Adan[&, Mr. McDoupJd at­tended the Nat.iona1 FFA Cocventioathe )"Cu tbaJ. Wesley Patrick was Ie­

~ ~Star Farmer of America," andmade oo-dJe.spot COYC~ 01 the ce~mooy. WbeD QUItman proclaimed"Wesley Pauiclt Day" be was api.D 00hand with his mike lor reconhnp.

Now. as manager of WCHK. hestrongly ,upports the FFA pfOlJUl inhis community and over the 'Late. ForIhe I»st several yean.. be has servedu a state quartet judge.

Mi.. McDoug.1d r.ceived Honor4/"(Ge«gilll PIt"I., De9r.. from PrillideniBerr.tt Smith.

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OctolHr, 1959

you'd s•• right off what a bargain It 1.1 SUllpoll!lyou made up • "ahoppinS !i.at" for the electric&ervice you would need for Ihe nlonth ahead. Twelveboul'I of aulomltic wuh.ing ••• 200 "OUI'l of light.ing ••. 100 houl'I of td"villion ••• Iud on a",1 00lind on.

Bet you'd be limned by the Dumber of iteJll.a 011your lial-and the hundretla of houn of help andenjoyment your low.price electric &ervice giVCl )'ou.And you'd be reminded how big .. ha"lain electricacrvice really iI..

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Th. We5hington.Wilk'l dring !Hnd won the It,t. eontest.M.mben of the band er. II.,} Edward Smith, Ron.ldP"hen.J, Joe D.vid. Lynn D'VII, Bobby long .nd Winno"Liley.

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F,rm M.cn.nicl IWltd, w.nt to J.ny Do......., RinggokJ:N.llon fT."Uin, Oleula: Mitdllll SubM, Coolidge, It,t.winn.r; 'nd Glenn 6\0...... , Tifton.....-

Mr. C. B. hnd...8ur.. of Cotton Produeen Auomtionpt'ftented eeriifj~t.l to the c:n.pten "rni"9 diririct ,ndrlet, cooptt',tift ,eti...itin .w,rdl. Aec:,pting the ,w,reI fortheir d.'pm 'r, .d...iwn J. M. Fowler, Mery P_l High;Bvin W,Il.,., Nor""n p,r1r; B. H. C'Modon, J.ft D....il High,nd C. F. lngr,m. Wind.,.-B.lTow.

S..bo.rd Forfttry Aw.rd, ....nt to (\-rl brl P'YM. Sw.ins­boro: Boyd Mclocklin, Wlftd...: C. F. I"g.,m, Winder,St.v. Stoeh, LMSbwg .nd Win.rd Morris, Hom.rvilto.Mr. R. N. HoU-inl 6'"ef.1 f<N"estty Agent fOf S••bo.rdpr.wnh Mcloc1r.n wif+! ,t....w.rd.

St.t. WiMinl) qu.rt.t ;1 from Hen-m. Memben Me s.mueIPoole, ROfll'lie And.non, J.m.. Boyd .M Pierce sa.nd..rd.Mrs. Ann Rnd il .ccompanist.

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