Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
Did the title of this Footnote get your attention? What is or was the Future Pelican Farmers? It was: An organization of vocational agriculture students in Louisiana who are dedicated to saving the endangered brown pelican by raising them in Continue reading The Future Pelican Farmers (7/12/2024)
When you look at the title of this Footnote you might think the writer of this Footnote has been eating locoweed. The title actually refers to two different Louisiana Leadership Development Events smashed together. Soon after starting this series of Continue reading Geaux Teach Ag in the Gulf of Mexico (7/5/2024)
In the previous Friday Footnote we looked at some of the early manufacturers of toy tractors. Today we look at the modern era of toy tractors U.S. Based Toy Tractor Companies Ertl – The Ertl company was founded in Dyersville, Iowa in 1945 Continue reading Toy Tractors – The Modern Era (6/28/2024)
In the previous Friday Footnote we learned about the Kentucky FFA toy tractor fundraiser. In working on that Footnote I had the opportunity to delve deeper into the world of toy tractors and toy farm implements. In this Footnote we look at Continue reading Toy Tractors – The Early Days (6/21/2024)
I don’t know why I hang on to it, but I have a cast metal John Deere toy tractor at least 75 years old. It is a rust color now and the wheels are long gone. It belonged to my Continue reading Who Doesn’t Love a Toy Tractor? (6/14/2024)