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I Hear the Train a Comin (09/28/2018)

Posted on September 26, 2018 by gmoore@ncsu.edu

I hear the train a comin’; it’s rollin’ ’round the bend. That is how a popular Johnny Cash song starts. Farmers in the early 1900s might have been singing a similar song as they waited for the Agriculture Demonstration Train to Continue reading I Hear the Train a Comin (09/28/2018)→

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The Wise Owl Club (09/21/2018)

Posted on September 20, 2018 by gmoore@ncsu.edu

We have a guest columnist for this week’s Footnote. Dr. Jim Connors at the University of Idaho authored this week’s Friday Footnote. Thanks, Jim.  If you want to contact Jim regarding this information he can be reached at jconnors@uidaho.edu.  For over Continue reading The Wise Owl Club (09/21/2018)→

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The First FFA Manual (09/14/2018)

Posted on September 13, 2018 by gmoore@ncsu.edu

Do you remember your first FFA Manual? I was excited when Jack Lacy, the agriculture teacher, passed out the FFA manuals to my Vo Ag I class (yes, it was Vo Ag back then). I took mine home that night Continue reading The First FFA Manual (09/14/2018)→

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Rosenwald Schools and Agricultural Education (09/07/2018)

Posted on September 6, 2018 by gmoore@ncsu.edu

Labor Day signifies the start of school in many parts of the county. Many students eagerly anticipate the start of a new school year. However, if you were a black child 100 years ago in the South, you might not Continue reading Rosenwald Schools and Agricultural Education (09/07/2018)→

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The 4-H and FFA Stamps (08/31/2018)

Posted on August 29, 2018 by gmoore@ncsu.edu

Did you ever have a stamp collection? While in elementary school I had a very rudimentary stamp collection. It probably violated every rule of stamp collecting. I pasted used stamps into a scrapbook. I had long forgotten about stamp collecting Continue reading The 4-H and FFA Stamps (08/31/2018)→

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