Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
A livestock chain is (was): A special chain halter used to control unruly livestock when showing them. A pen pal type of program where FFA members in one chapter wrote letters describing their livestock projects to members in another chapter Continue reading Livestock Chains (5/3/2019)
Last week we learned about the Morrill Act of 1862 and the resulting land-grant colleges. This Friday Footnote will focus on the Second Morrill Act of 1890. What did the 1890 Morrill Act accomplish and why was it needed? We Continue reading The 1890 and 1994 Land-Grant Colleges (4/26/2019)
Most of us have heard or used the term “land-grant college” but do we really know what that means? Some people point to the Morrill Act of 1862, which established land-grant colleges, as the starting point for the Cooperative Extension Continue reading The 1862 Land-Grant Colleges (4/19/2019)
Last week we celebrated the birthday of Booker T. Washington by featuring him in the Friday Footnote. This week we are celebrating the birthday of another prominent American with strong ties to agriculture. That person is Thomas Jefferson; his birthday Continue reading The FFA Pilgrimage to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello (4/12/2019)
Today, April 5, is the birthday of Booker T. Washington. If the New Farmers of America (NFA) still existed, we would be celebrating National NFA week. Just as the FFA celebrated National FFA week during George Washington’s birthday, the NFA Continue reading Booker T. Washington and the NFA (4/5/2019)