Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
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)
When was the last time you sang a song at an FFA meeting? If you are like me – never. However, if you had been a member of the New Farmers of America (NFA), there is a good possibility that Continue reading Songs of the New Farmers of America (08/24/2018)
Before video games, computers and television, there was something known as reading. However, it was a challenge to find good reading materials for rural young people during the early days of agricultural education. Ninety-two percent of rural residents had limited Continue reading The American Farm Youth Magazine (08/17/2018)
The 50th anniversary of having females in the FFA is on the horizon (2019). The women in the FFA have proven they belong. The fight for female membership in the FFA, contrary to conventional wisdom, did not start in the Continue reading The Women’s Land Army (08/10/2018)
Since “Russia” is in the news a lot lately, the first Friday Footnote relates to Agricultural Education, Plagiarism and Russia. Last week I spent a day in Danville, Illinois conducting research on: Interstate Printers and Publishers (at one time the Continue reading Russia, Plagiarism and Agricultural Education (08/03/2018)