Chapter Chats. Published Bi-Monthly by

Chapter Chats

Published Bi-Monthly by Fu ture Farmers of Virginia

The State Organization of Students of Vocational Agriculture.

(Member of Future Farmers of America.)

VoL. VII. RICHMOND, V .A., SEPTEMBER, 1934. No. 5.

The Ninth Annual Congress of

Vocational Agricultural Students

By J. A. LINKE.

The Ninth Annual National Congress of Vocational Agricultural Students will be held in conjunction with the Ameri- ean Royal Live Stock Show, October 20th to 2Gth, in Kansas City. Present indica- tions are that the attendance will exceed that of any prnvious year. Additional

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·ontests and special eYeuts haYe widened he scope of activity

f o r the vocational youth, thus proving a J'reater attraction than

~ver before.

The 1934 Vocational Congress has f o u r main divisions. Under .the first division, judg-

ing activities, we find the live stock ju'dging ,contest, the dairy con- test, the meats contest,

the milk contest and the poultry contest. It will be noted that the dairy, milk and poul- try contests are the new additions t h i s year to the national judging program. Mr.

R. D. Maltby will have charge of all judging

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activities. These judg- ing contests will occur on October 22nd and 23rd.

of F. F. A. will furnish a 65-piece F. F.

A. band which will be the official band for the congress. The J ational Ex-sec- retary is responsible for the arrange- ments in connection with the F. F. A.

activities at Kansas City.

Edn<'ationaJ and recreational activities eonstituk tlie t11ircl division of the con-

OUT-OF-STATE LIVESTOCK TEAM.

A Busy Year Ahead

The State organization and the local chapters seem to be off to a good start towards achieving the objectives of the 1934-35 program.

Several chapters are certainly ahead of the game when it comes to the payment of annual state dues, because checks have already been received for 100 per cent paid up memberships although October first, the date specified, is still better than ten days distant. We wish to par- ticu·tarly commend the memberships in

the Carrsville, Liberty Hall, Glade Spring, Pennington Gap and Gloucester Chapters for promptness ancl devotion in assisting in the vital job of fi- nancing the work of the association .

Information h a s

The F. F. A. ac- tivities make up the second division of the congress and include a meeting of the na-

Left to right: Tom Brooker, Fisherville; Ecmon Thompson, WilJis; Owen Grove, Weyer's Cave; John Peck, Pearisburg, T. J. Sharitz, Pisherville, Coach.

Leen coming from va- rious quarters that chapters are more ac- tive than heretofore iu meeting promptly, outlining their local programs and getting down to work. Thu month of Aug. seems to have been general- ly t h r o u g ho u t the state a month of re- creation, and from the accounts that we have l>een receiving, a largo number of members havo thoroughly en- joyed the variou·s trips eamps, and outings of different kinds. Old cb apters will, we fer l sure, be delighted to tional advisory council, a meeting of the

board of trustees, a 3-clay convention, the national public speaking contest, star far- mer awards, the state association award and national chapter contest. The confer- ring of the American Farmer degrees and the awarding of the Star American Farmer prize of $500 offered by the Weekly Kansas City Star are two high points in the convention adivities. The tonvention dates are Oct. 23, 24 and 25, with the public speaking contest occuning on the evening of Oct. 22 and the radio broadcast at 11 :30 a. m. (E.S.T.) Oct. 23.

Since the national organization of F.

F. A. is, this year, defraying the trans- portation expenses of one delegate tu Kansas City, it is expected that the en- tire 49 associations of F. F. A. will be represented. The Utah state association

g-ress. This event is arranged for its edu·cational value to· 3,000 students, teach- ers and guests in attendance at the con- gress and it includes tours, trips, hoTSe shows and similar features. This part of the program is in charge of Mr. Ray Cuff of Kansas City who is also respon- t:1ihle for local arrangements.

The general activities make up the fourth main organization division of the ninth vocational congress. Within this section we find the exhibits of various kinds, the arena parade and the great banquet for prize winners and guests on the evening of October 24th.

( ote-The judging teams from Vir- ginia who will make the trip to Kansas City are beginning to prepare them elves as indiviflu•als to give the best that they

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know that tho benefits of the organi- zation will this year be made avail- able to a relatively large number of schools that have not had departments of vocational Agriculture before. We feel eonficlent that the instructors in charge of these new departments wi11 use every possible means of extending to these new students in voeatioJJal Agriculture f he privileges mul opportunities of the .ltuture Parmer organization, and we hope that nearby chapters will also offer assistance in such matters as initiating members, assisting in their local set-ups, etc.

In the following schools vocational Agriculture is IJeiug offered for the first time and. we are looking forward in th , near future to receiving applications foJ

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CROPS JUDGING TEAM'S TRIP TO CHICAGO.

(Note-The following statements have been taken from letters written by vari- ous members of the Crops Judging Team, which was given a trip to the World's Fair at Chicago.)

My Trip to Chicago.

It is a mighty hard job for a fellow to tell which is the most interesting fea- tu·re of a trip to Chicago and A Century of Progress, since there were so many things to see. I will tell about a fe-w of the things that were more interesting to me.

At A Century of Progress many of the states exhibited their products which were interesting to compare. The auto- mobile industry was most instructive, showing the different stages of building a car from the beginning to the finish.

One of the most interesting features was ou·r visit to the Stock Yards of Chi- cago. '1¹here we saw hundreds of head of live stock waiting to be bought, some of which were cattle taken from the drou·ght area. We also noticed how fast the Stock Yards were being rebuilt since the lJig fire this year.

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Centu:ry of Progress at Chica.go, about this trip.

The Theodore Roosevelt was docked by the Michigan Avenue bridge and was waiting for enoug hpassengers to take a cruise on Lake Michigan. After about twenty minutes the ship was loaded with one thousand, eight hundred pa.ssengers but this was not the ship's capacity, as it could carry two thousand, one hundred passengers.

We sailed along the side of the fair grounds for about an hou'r and saw the beautifu'l colored lights of the fair and the display of fireworks. On the third deck there was a free dance for the pas- sengers. After this dance we saw some p:ro,fessional dancers p e r f o rm. The steamer then sailed out on the lake about twenty-five miles where the moon's re- flection on the water was sparkling like diamonds. We spent about two hours of this delightful cruising on the lake be- fore returning to the dock at Michigan Avenue.

I had a ve1·y fine time and wish a.ll of the Future Farmers could have been with

me. GEORGE THORPE,

Newsoms, Va.

OUT-OF-STATE DAIRY TEAM.

Left to right: r_rwyman Dinkins, Appomattox; Cecil Weary, Sunnyside-Mc- Kenny; Hinton Smithers, Lee-Maury; Fletcher Blankenbaker, Criglers-

ville; G. V. Nelson, Sun nyside-McKenny, Coa~h.

Returning from the Stock Yards we Jungle Life.

passed by the place where the famous The most interesting thing I saw at the gangster, Dillinger, was killed. World's Fair was Frank Buck's jungle I wish all of the Future· Farmers of life. As you walked up to the ticket Virginia could have been with me. I stand and saw the way it was built you thank the organization for making it could imagine what you would see as you possible for me to go on this trip. entered. The stand was constructed of SIDNEY WORTMAN, JR. bamboo from the jungles with a straw

Chase City, Va. top.

An Evening's Cruise o,n Chicago's Million Dollar Steamship.

After returning home from tlrn great- est trip of my life, I was asked by a friend what was the most exciting thing 1: saw and did. I told him it was the lake trip, and I want to tell my fellow F. F. A.'s who have not attended the

As we entered the exhibit the largest thing which attracted me was the arti- ficial mountain which was used for the monkeys to play on. There were cliffs on the side of the mountain for the monk- eys to ju:mp from, one to the other. The mountain was hollow on the inside so as to furnish shelter for the monkeys. In- side the hollow was a,. f1r~

t<?

lreep

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monkeys warm. This mountain was sur- rounded by a pool of water about six feet wide. There was a place in which.

you could buy food to give the monkeys·. to see them eat. This was very interest- ing when an orange was thrown on the'.

side of the mountain there was a great. rush to the spot it hit.

The next thing we saw was another· native hut which was used to keep the small animals. Some of these were very interesting. Then to one side of the building in a cage was a python, which was twenty-five feet long that killed1 the·

black tiger in Frank Buck's "Wild C:-.1.I--

go.'' G. C. POWELL,

Ivor, Va ..

NEW FEDERATION.

Attention of the members is called toi the very attractive name selected for the· federation of chapters from Bath, Aug- usta and Rockingham counties. B A R is the name of this new federation, which formerly was organized on July 23rd at Fisherville, Virginia, and embraces the following chapters:

Millboro, Middlebrook, Spottswood, Stu- arts Draft, Fisherville, New Hope, Mt.

Sidney, Weyers Cave, North River, an.

Churchville, Bridgewater, Dayton, Broad way and Timberville of Rockingham county.

Officers.

The slate of officers chosen follows:

Earl Shiflet, president; Layman Lantz, Broadway, vice president; J. H. Bosser- man, Mt. Sidney, secretary; Carl Spit- zer, New Hope, assistant secretary; Ray Michael, Bridgewater, treasurer; George McComb, Stuarts Draft, reporter; Oliver Cline, New Hope, assistant reporter; Ed- gar Shull, North River, watch dog. The executive committee consists of Martin Harris, Spotswood; O'Bryne Kelly, Tim- berville; Cletus Houff, Weyers Cave.

Objectives.

1. To put on a Vocational Agricultural exhibit at Staunton Fair as specified in 1934 Fair catalog.

2. To enter a team in the livestock and crop judging contest as specified ii- 1934 Fair catalog.

3. To sponsor a Federation Basketba]

tournament according to the rules of Northern Virginia. The winning team to be awarded a suitable tro,phy.

4. To conduct a Federation pu'blic speaking contest. Each department have one speaker and the F. :F1. A. association rules be followed.

5. To engage in some form of Coop- erative buying and selling.

6. To publish a Federation paper quar- terly.

7. To have all articles pertaining to the Federation published in all the coun- ty papers within the service area.

8. To have a group recreational ac- tivity in August.

The first issue of the B A R, the offi- cial publication of the newly formed fed- eration, was issued on August 15th and is a very attractive four-page paper. The editor is George McComb, Stuarts Draft, and Oliver Cline of New Hope is associ- ate editor with Mr. T . .J. Sharitz advis- ory editor and Mr. George W. Miller ad~

visory manager.

MANASSAS AND NOKESVILLE CHAPTERS ENJOY EXTEN,D'ED

TOUR.

The boys from Manassas and Nokes.;.

ville went on the Future Farmer tour July 31, retu·rned safely August 11 and all reported a good time. It will proba- bly be sometime before these young men fully realize the extent of their tour which totaled eighteen hundred and sev- enty-one miles.

The scenery wa.s continuously chang- ing and many times strong contrasts ap- peared. The mountains and hills of West Virginia were quite picturesque in comparison with the miles of level coun- try through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and

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Fair were crammed full of changing scenes and it was hard for us to select

1 the woi-thwhile instead of being overcome

1 by the massiveness, of such a magnificent presentation.. \Ve' found everything one could ever exp-ect to see and quite a lot of the unexpected. Our sight seeing did:

not end when we left the fair. It was, generally agreed that the tour of Chica.go which inclu'ded the Board of Trade, Swift

& Company plant, the Union Stock Yards, Chicago University, a trip through the Loop, and a dip in the waters of Lake Michigan was very interesting.

On the return trip there were many high lights. The changing agricultural conditions were always in evidence. Tow-

OUT-OF-STATE POULTRY TEAM.

Left to right: Wm. Moone, Appomattox; Clair Compton, Haysi; Robert Red- dish. Madison; Fred Fadley, Mt. Jackson; C. E. Richards, Mt. Jackson, Coach.

Michigan. The first night was spent in

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1e municipal park at Mannington, West

\ irginia. Without a doubt everyone was thoroughly chilled when we awoke at

"Three O'clock in the Morning.'' As we gathered around the camp fire to pre- pare breakfast numerous expense accounts were hastily revised. Nearly everyone resolved to put all of his spending money in the price of additional blankets. Dur- ing the day as we left the mountains and oil fields of West Virginia and moved into Ohio the temperature climbed con- siderably. The second night blankets were for sale even though no extra ones had been purchased. Upper Sandusky was a nice warm spot and evidently the soil was safer than in West Virginia for everyone slept until the shrill sound of the bus horn had blasted the air several times. The aroma from fried apples, bacon and eggs blended with boiling cof- fee sounded a final call to which all re- sponded. In Canada on the return trip the natives were complaining of the se- vere heat. With a good breeze from the lakes and temperature below eighty we felt that they were unduly disturbed.

The three days spent at the World's

ering smoke stacks were almost constant reminders of industrial centers. From the Ambassador Bridge it was possible for us to get a most impressive view of Detroit, Michigan, the home of the "Ford Family." As the bus rolled across the international line and down the Canadian side of the bridge our view of Windsor, Canada wa.s exceptional.

Throughout Canada our party received a most cordial welcome. On numerous oecasions we were made to feel quite wel- come when various citizens asked if they cou'ld do anything for our plea.sure and comfort. Judging from the variations in crops grown Canada seems to be a coun- try of living. We were also very much impressed with the fact that considerable attention is given to leisure time. Play- grounds were found at regular intervals all through the country and every eve- ning these were filled with people join- ing in clean play.

Our visit to the Heinz Plant was most interesting. There we saw canning done on a scale beyond our conception. Just imagine one and one half million j a.rs of catsup in one pile. That was one of many such units in storage at this pla.nt

which su·pplies the wo!!ld with its prod- ucts.

The Welland Canal which makes it pos- sible for steamships to,, climb tlie moun-- tain and connects, Lake· E1·ie-' with¹ Lake Ontario, was very· interesting. lt is the·

second' far.gest cana:1 in the world. Here- we· witnessed the" lowering of a: seai going.

vessel f or,ty-six, and. one-hal.f feet through.

the eighth lock. The group, then saw the·

lock refilled with twenty million gallons of water in fifteen minutes. We also studied carefully the operation of the locks and received a detailed description from the gentleman in charge.

Our interest was taken by the largest hydroelectric plant in the world through the turbines of which passes one-tenth of the water from Niagara river. From this point we toured the great gorge of the Niagara river and crossed the Falls View Bridge, getting a wonderful picture of the falls. Spending a night and a half of the next day at Niagara we saw many notable sights and visited the "Home of Shredded Wheat."

Turning ou·r attention to a southern course we passed down through New York i:-tate and into Pennsylvania where we drove through beautiful mountains. At Gettysburg we spent two hours looking at the battlefields. Traveling on down through Maryland we soon found our- selves in Virginia and nea.r "Home Sweet Home."

The banners on our bus served a good purpose. People who saw we were from -Virginia seemed to put forth every ef- fort to see that our wishes were gratified.

In numerous cases we came across Vir- ginians who had strayed from home and were apparently very happy to see people from their native state.

PRICES IN CANADA.

Why were 1933 hog prices in Canada considerably higher than in the United States 1 This is being asked by thous- av ds of hog growers in all parts of the country.

rrhough there were several reasons for thi-., the most important one wa.s the prefere11.tial treatment shown by Great Britaiu for Canadian pork and its by- products.

During the first eleven months of 1933, bacon sales by Canada. to Great Britain were 65 million pounds, as compared with 29 million pounds for the same peri- od of the year before. Export sales of all other kinds of Canadian pork and its by-products increased in much the same way.

In return, Canada admitted British goods of certain kinds into Canada on more favorable terms. As a result of this reciprocal arrangement between Canada and Great Britain, the United States has lost much of the British trade.

A few yea1·s ago, Swift & Company marketed in Great Britain three-fou•rths of its total exports of hams and should- ers, half of its export bacon, and one- fourth of its export lard. Drops in the export trade on this and other American firms have tended to lower prices for meat animals throughout the United States.

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Published Bi-Monthly_ by FUTURE FARMERS OF VIRGINIA The State Organization of Stude·nts of

Vocational Agriculture.

Member of Future Farmers of America.

Address all communications to Future Farmers of Virginia, care State Depart- ment of Education, Richmond, Va.

MEMBERS OF STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 1934-'35.

President, William Shaffer, Maurertown.

Vice President, George Edward Law- rence, Zuni.

Secretary, Magruder Brown, Saluda.

Treasurer, Wesley Kessinger, Buchanan.

Reporter, Claude Overbay, Atkins.

Executive Secretary and Treasurer, Wal- ter S. Newman, Richmond.

Adviser, Henry C. Groseclose, Blacks- bu·rg.

Members at large:

John Ray Gee, Kenbridge.

John Cole, Appomattox.

Ross Minton, Smithfield.

Fellow Future Farmers:

The time is here again for the payment of the State F. F. A. dues.

The report of the budget committee for 1934 shows the following facts; that the expenses of the Sta.te organization have increased about $1,000 which is clue to an increase in Rally expenses of $350, and record and account books of $600. This increase has caused a smaller balance on hand, therefore in order to take care of the additional expenses the budget com- mittee makes the following recommenda- tions:

1. 'rhat all members, of judging teams, delegates, athletes, applicants for the state farmer degree, boys attending the school for leadership, and state offi- cers pay a registration fee of 50c for at- tending the Rally. This will increase the rer.eipts about $325.

2. '1¹hat a boy shall rnceive only one green hand pin, and one future farmer pin from the state organization. In the past some boys have either lost or mis- laid their pins and have received a sec- ond one at the expense of the state orga- nization. If this were eliminated it would save about $60 of the key, plaqu·es nncl medal item.

3. That each member and adviser of an out-of-state judging team pay $15.00 as bis part of the expenses in attending a national contest. This would reduce dis- lrnrsements about $300.

If the above recommendations were adopted the budget for the coming year would be the following, approximately:

Receipts ... $6,290.00 Expenditures . . . 6,229.00 Balance ... . 61.00 There are approximately 5,000 boys in the State organization ancl each one has the small amount of $1 to pay in order to he a member. When each one of you pay, there is no trouhle, but when you fail to pay the budget is not bal- ::mced. The dues account for n bout $5,- 000 of the budget.

I am sure each of you is proucl of

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your State organization and would do anything ju your power to aid it. .To help, I think it would be wise for each chapter to pU:t on a drive to get all paid, up memuers and send your dues ~o the state office as soon as possible. ·

We are counting on all of you to pay up 100 per cent.

Yours for a truly successful year, WESLEY T. KESSINGER, .JR.

State Treas.

REPORT OF THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS COMMITTEE

1934 RALLY. , Article V.-Officers.

Section A. 1. To be amended to read as follows:

1. The officers of the (State) Asso- ciation of Future Farmers of Ameri- ca shall consist of a president, vice- president, secretary, treasurer, ad- viser, executive secretary-treasurer, and reporter. These officers shall be elected annually by a majority vote of the delegates present at a regu- lar State convention of "Future Farmers." The officers shall per- form the usual duties of the respect- ive officers. Each local chapter shall be entitled to two delegates in the State convention, who shall repre- sent the local chapter in balloting for officers and members who are nominated to be advanced to the grade of "State Farmer.''

Section B. To be amended to read as follows:

Section B. The executive committee of the State organization of Future Farmers of America, shall consist of the State officers plus three active members elected at large by the dele- gates in the State convention. This committee shall perform the usual duties of an executive committee re- view and approve receipts and 'dis- bu'I'Sements, act as a nominating committee, placing in nomination at the State convention at least one candidate for each office of the State organization-other candidates may be nominated from the floor-and be responsible for the welfare of the organization.

ELBERT TURNER, Chmn.

REPORT OF THE BUDGET COMMIT- TEE, 1934 RALLY.

Estimated Rece·ipts.

1. Balance on hand ... $ 270.00 2. Annual dues . . . 5,000.00 3. ·Record books . . . 35.00 4. Commercial ads . . . 300.00 5. Registration fees (650 boys) 325.00 Total receipts ... $5,930.00

Estimated Disbursements.

1. Ral1y expenses . . . 1,050.0(J 2. Keys, plaques, medals, pins,

etc. . . . 1,180.00 3. Public Speaker to the Na-

tional Contest ... . 4. Chapter Cha ts ... . 5. Mailing ... . 6. Cost of reeord books ... . 7. Delegate to the National

60.00 800.00 182.00 600.00 Congress . . . 100.00

8. National dues ... . 0. Out-of-State judging teams, 10. Banquet programs for chap- ter ... . 11. Expenses of State officers to Richmond ... . 12. Prizes to State Fnir an

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Grain Show ... . 13. Chapter contests ... . 14. Miscellnneous ... .

500.00 1,200.00 16.50 20.50 50.00 60.00 50.00 Total ... $5,869.00 Estimated Balance . . . 61.00 Expenses of the State Association have increased about a $1,000.00, due to an increase in Rally expenses of $350.00, and record and account books $600.00. In order to take care of their additional ex- pense, the budget committee makes the following recommendations:

1. That all delegates, athletes, members of the judging team, applicants for the State Farmer degree, boys at- tending school of Leadership, and State Officers pay a 50 cents registra- tion fee for attending the Rally. In this way the receipts will be increased approximately $325.00.

2. That a boy shall receive only one Green Hand pin, and one Futur.

Farmer pin, without cost to himself.

In the past some boys have eithe1· lost or mislaid pins and have received a second at the expense of the State Association. If this were eliminated, it wou'ld save about $60.00 of the keys, plaques and medal item.

3. That each membe1· and advisor of an out-of-State judging team pay $15.00 as his part of expenses when attend- ing a N a.tional ~on test. This would reduce disbursements about $300.00.

If these recommendations were adopt- ed the budget for the coming year would be:

Receipts approximately. $6,290.00 · Expenditures " 6,229.00 NINTH ANNUAL CONGRESS;

( Continued from page 1.) have in an effort to make a good sh,ow- ing at the contest for the Virginia as. sociation. Candidates for the America Farmer degree are sending their appli- cations and credentials in now in order that the five candidates to be nominated by the Virginia association may be sent on to the National executive secretary- treasurer by September 24th. Just as Mr. Linke says, it loks as if the Ninth Annual Congress to be held at Kansas City will by far outshadow other such meetings.--W. S. N.)

BUSY YEAR AHEAD.

( Continued from page 1.) charters from chapters in these schools : Beverly Manor in Augusta county; Bea- verdam, Montpelier and Ashland in Han- over county; Goochland Court House in Goochland county; Gladys, Concord -and Brookneal in Campbell county; King George Court House in King George county; Centrnl in King William coun- ty; Volens in Halifax county; Sperry- ville and Washington in Rappahannock county; Palmer Springs in Mecklenburg county and Troutville and Eagle Rock in Botetou·rt county.

-Atlee:

The boys of Atlee chapter are begin- ning a new year of Vocational Agricul- ture with an enrollment of sixty mem- bers. The boys have set up the follow- ing objectives for the year 1934-35:

1. Ca.rry out the State objectives as far as possible.

2. Make improvements in Agricultural meeting room.

a. Protect the banner.

b. Purchase shades for windows.

c. Make bulletin board.

cl. Frame creed.

e. Secure an owl for permanent use in the chapter room.

3. Have an F. F. A. meeting every month to discuss various ideas.

4. Send at least four articles to Cha.p- te·r Chats during the year.

5. Put on some sort of an entertain- ment to finance the chapter.

6. Exchange ideas with other chapters.

7. Display objectives in chapter room.

8. Cooperate with the Richmond Fed-

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eration.

9. Send at least three exhibits to State Corn and Grain Show.

10. Take farm tour next summer.

11. Aid school officials in putting on athletic program.

12. Assist in improving school grounds.

13. Engage in some form of coopera- tive buying and selling.

14. Hold some form of Father and Son Get-together.

15. Purchase new material for Agri- culture library.

16. Purchase a truck for chapter use.

17. Have every member familiar with opening and closing ceremony.

18. Assist in helping some needy fam- ily at Christmas.

The ch:\.pter has also elected the fol- lowing officers for the session of 1934-~5:

President, Cecil Spencer, Hanover; vice- president, John Campbell, Old Church;

treasurer, Shirley Trimmer, Tunstall;

secretary, William Wad dell, Tunstall;

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reporter, Mahon Beal, Old Ch?rc~; watch ' dog, Johnnie Crowe, Mechamcsville; ad-

, vise1·-Harvey D. Seal, instructor, Atlee;

exec~tive committee, Winston Kirby, El- lerson; Wilson Chapman, Ashland; Sam- uel Williams, Atlee.

Part of the chapter's work-shop was given to make a laboratory for the school.

The remainder is being ceiled to make it more comfortable and convenient.

MAHON BEAL, Reporter.

Blue Ridge.

Prospects are bright for raisi,ng a large quantity of the food needed by the Blue Ridge Industrial School, in spite of the lack of sufficient tillable land and the disastrous freeze of last winter, accord- ing to 0. N. Davis, farm manager fo.r the past 15 years.

The seasons have been favorable and the crops are now looking fine. The peach crop, however, was entirely frozen out. Only about 15 per cent of the us- ual apple crop is expected.

Thue have been 300 bushels of wheat,

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bushels of Irish potatoes, and 22

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tons of fine clover hay harvested this year. The garden has been usually pro- ductive this year. Large crops of spin- ach, kale, mu·stard, radishes, lettuce, peas, beans, onions, tomatoes, cabbage, sweet corn, and rhubarb have been harvested.

-There are at present 68 head of cattle on the farm. Of this number 18 are dairy cows and 50 are calves and beef cattle. There are 3 horses, 3 mules, 36 hogs, and 30 sheep. There are 200 h~ns and 125 pullets on the farm. 600 eggs were custom hatched for the farmers in the neighborhood.

645 gallons of fruit and vegetables have been canned in the cannery. This includes 76 jars of spinach, 250 No. 10 cans of beans, 7 4 cans of squash, 17 cans of blackberries, 137 cans of corn and 27 cans of corn and tomatoes. All of this canned food will furnish ingredients for 7,840 individual meals.

Carson.

Carson Chapter held the first meeting of school year September 17th and adopt- ed the following aims for this yea.r:

1. Send Judging team to Rally.

2;. Ho,ld Father-Son-Mother-Daughter Banquet.

3. 100 per cent paid up du'es.

4. Raise money to finance the Chapter Aims.

5. Secure F. F. A. Banner for class- room.

6. Give prize to 15oy completing best Supervised Practice Program.

7. Nominate two State Farmer candi- dates.

8. Work out satisfactory scheme to promote saving among members.

9. 100 per cent members exhibit at local fair.

10. 50 per cent members exhibit at State Corn and Grain Show.

11. 50 per cent members exhibit at District Seed Show.

12. Hold county Field Day and Agri- cultural Day.

13. Assist with local fair.

14. Fix up classroom.

15. Enter Public Speakin.g Contest.

16.Initiate all eligible Greenhands.

17. Initiate all eligible Future Farmers.

18. Secure radio for classroom.

19. Hold "Paid-up" Party.

20. Put on F. F. A. Minstrel.

21. Hold Weenie Roast.

22. Can soup mixtu·re to sell at soup counter.

23. All officers learn the ceremony.

24. Monthly meetings of chapter.

25. Start scrap book for chapter.

26. Build or purchase exhibition case fo.r silver pitcher and other prizes won by chapter.

27. Send report to every issue of Chap- ter Chats.

Committees to carry out objectives 2, 3, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 2;"'5, 26 and 27 were appointed which providecl for practically every member of the chap- ter having a definite job.

Objectives 3, 14, 19 :a.nd 25 were set to be arcomplishecl during the month

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September. Date for "Pajd-up'' party is set for September 28th. There are 38 members in t.he chapter this yea:r. Ob- jective number 5 was aecomplishod in August.

ERNEST CERNEY, Reporter, CY~IL VEDOMSKE, Sec'y.

Dendron-Surry.

The Dendron and Surry F. F. A. chap- ters joined hands to make their first week end camping trip a succ~ss. The two chapters met at Chestnut farm on Aug.

3rd for a stay of three days. The boys had as their chief entertainment fishing row- ing and swimming, which was enjo;ed by everyone.

The Dendron-Surry chapters were hon- ored by having Mr. H. T. Rogers and his fine spirited chapter of Wyliesburg, Va., Eis their guest.

We can attribute the success of the trip to the fine cooperation given by every one present.

0. M. COCKES, JR., Reporter.

Eggleston.

Eggleston F. F. A. Chapter met Thurs- r1ay, September 13th and elected officers f_or the corning school pear. Duvall WiI- li~ms ~as elected president and Eddie Krng vice-president. Francis Meyerhoef- fer was re-elected secretary and Julian Bishop is the new treasurer. Robert Hodges, who was formerly treasurer, was elected reporter. Orley Kissinger was elected to the office of watch-dog and J. R. Mansfield, a<lvi.sor.

ROBERT HODGE Reporter.

Middlebrook.

The ~iddlebroo~ J?. F. A. chapter is sp?nsor~ng an agncultural and livestoek fair this year for the first ti.me to be held since September 12, on the Middle- brook school grounds. Three Middle- brook organizations the Frances Club ],. F. A. chapter, ~nd the Mic1d1ebrook 4:-H Club are cooperating together to put on the fair. Exhibitors and prize win- ners are limited to the community. The officers and board of directors are made up from the community at large while the following F. F. A. boys. are s~1periu- tendents of the following departments • Curtiss Tyree-Field Crops; Owen Mc~

Cauley-Truck gardening; Brown Haug- er-Fruit; William Hamilton- Poultry·

Cecil Bowman-Horses; Charles Rani;

- Sheep; Clifton Gregory - Beef and Dairy cattle. The following 4-H Club girls a.re superintendents of the follow- ing departments: Miss Maria Bowman- 4-H, Miss Evo~n T1wmpson- flowers.

While adu'lt members of the community are to act as assistant superintendents of all departments.

. The program for an entire clay and mght of entertainment is being ananged and will include the following features:

string music by Irvin Rosen and his band, greasy pig chase, hog calling con- test, Grand Parade of all livestock horse shoe pitching contest, Music by 'stone- wall Jackson Band, ancl arrangements are being made to secure a baseball game 1Je- tween Midway league team and the Mid- cllebrook all stars.

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The purpose of the fair is to develop better agriculture in the community and afford the farmers and future farmers of the community a chance to exhibit their livestock and crops in open competition.

N okesville.

The N okesville Chapter of Future Farmers of America he] d the first meet- ing for the school year on Thursday af- ternoon at which time new officers were elected and installed. Clifford Bear was elected president by a unanimou:s vote after Philip Reading made clear the fact that he wished to work in the ranks this year and delegate the first office to some- one else. The remaining offices were filled after considerable debate and dis- cussion of the qualifications possessed by the respective candidates. The elec- tion was as foilows: Robert Beahm, vice- president; Eugene Florey, secretary;

Ph i lip Reading, treasurer; William Scheaffer, reporter; Raymond Showalter, watch-dog; H. M. Love, advisor; Clem- ent Rollins, Roy Frederick and Robert Cooke compose the executive committee.

The applicants for membership this year will be conducted by Beverly King and John Hively.

The chapter is getting down to busi- ness at the very beginning of the school year and will hold regular monthly meet- ings on the first Thursday of ea.ch month.

All former members of the local are in- vited to 1·enew their membership and as- sist in making this a banner year for our organization. Plans are being made for our chapter to be represented in the judging contest which will be held under the auspices of the Piedmont Dairy Fes- tival on September 28th. In addition to this we are making complete plans for a Dairy and Pou'ltry show which will be held on October 19th in cooperation with the 4-H Club of Brentsville District.

WILLIAM SCHAEFFER, Reporter.

Shorthorn (Rich Valley).

"Slash Cottage" as the name for their chapter-this being the original name of the town of Ashland.

The following officers wern elected £or the year 1934-35:

President, Clifton Shorter, Ashland;

vice-president, Wilson Doggett, Dos.well;

secretary, J a.mes Via, Ashland; treas- urer, Jimmie Gardner, Ashland; reporter, Carlton Cameron, Ashland; watch-dog, William Tignor, Elmont; executive com- mittee, Dixie Davis, Spaulding Hedrick, Charles Mussick; advisor, Harvey D.

Seal, Agricultural Instructor.

Objectives for 1934-35.

1. Cooperate with state organizations in carrying out their program of work.

2. Equip chapter room.

(a) Picture rising sun.

(b) Plow.

(c) U. S. Flag.

(d) Owl.

( e) Ears of corn.

(f) Pictures of Washington and Jefferson.

(g) F. F. A. Banner.

3. Pay 100 per cent F. F. A. dues by October 1, 1934.

4. Give some form of entertainment to finance local F. F. A. chapter.

5. Organize Thrift Bank a.ncl have 100 per cent members with saving accounts by May 1, 1935.

6. Send at lea.st three ( 3) articles to Chapter Chats.

7. Hold a Father and Son Banquet.

8. Hold a meeting of the local chapter once every month.

9. Take a Farm Tour summer 1935.

10. Send a judging team, delegates, and athletic tea.ms to the 1935 F. F. A.

Rally at V. P. I.

This is the first year we have had agriculture in our high school but we hope to do our part in helping the de- velopment of the Future Farmer organi- zation in Vfrginia.

CARLTON CAMERON, Reporter.

Stuarts Draft.

The Sho1·thorn Chapter of Future The Stuarts Draft F. F. A. chapter or- Farmers met on August 2nd at 8 P. M. ganized a potato pool and are selling The purpose of this meeting was to dis- their potatoes cooperatively. All officers cu·ss plans for a display at Smyth County . of the F. F. A. chapter are acting as Fair, Aug. 27-31, which is to be put on officers of the pool. Ward Lee Cahron is by the Smyth-Wythe Federation, to· dem- aeting as sales manager with Billy Brad- onstrate work and achievements of F. F. ley as his assistant.

A's. We discussed plans for our part of Sales are made from the boys projects this display. If was suggested that we who planted the largest acreage..~ That put up a candy stand at the fair in order : is the boy who planted most potatoes to make money for our Chapter, but no gets to sell his first and the next largest definite decision was reached. acreage comes next. Each boy awaits Our Community Fair, which is to be : his turn to sell his potatoes according to held on October 5-6, was mentioned, and . the acreage he produced. This method a few plans made toward it. , has proved very satisfactory and has se-

The Chapter was much grieved because cured the best prices for the boys' pota- of the resignation of Mr. J. H. Brown, , toes through cooperative efforts of the our Instructor, who has so efficiently group and absence of individual compe- served us for the past seven years. But titian.

we have been fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Lewis of V. P. I., who is very energetic and interested in the work.

EDWARD HILT, Reporter.

Slash Cottage (Ashland) . The Agricu'ltura.l boys of Ashland High School met in their classroom Tuesday, September 18th, and organized their F.

F. A. chapter. After considerable dis- cussion the chapter members selected

Unionville,.

A group of vocational agriculture boys from the Unionville High School accom- panied by their instructor left Unionville at 5 :30 A. M., August 15, for a week's visit to a Century of Progress at Chi- cago.

rrhe members of the party were Mr.

John C. Moore, John Weaver, Dennis Hughes, Thomas and Harry Willoughby,

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Stanley Graves, Morton D. Coleman, Red Martin and Neil Martin. Cars were fur- nished and driven by Mr. Moore and Thomas Willoughby.

We passed through the states of West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana arriving in Chicago about 4:00 P. M.

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¹hu'rsday. Many interesting sights were seen going and coming. We passed through a part of the great corn belt and saw crops we had never seen before.

We also saw a small portion of Chicago in addition to the Fair.. We visited Jack- son Park and saw the oldest courthouse in Illinois. This is supposed to be one of the frontier courthouses in the second quarter of the eighteenth century when Illinois was a part o.f Orange County.

Another morning we visited Swift & Co.

and saw how the animals were slaughter- ed and the meat cured. From here we went to the Lincoln Park, in the northern part of the city, where we enjoyed_ watch- ing the animals in the zoo, particularly the monkeys as they ate their dinner.

Again we drove about 20 miles north on the Lake Shore Drive, which is a very in- teresting and beautiful drive. We enjoyed

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it a lot.

· At the Fair we saw an air battle over Lake Michigan, the marvelous display of lights and some of the many, many . e~-

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hibits. The hall of science and the horti- cultural building with its flower gardens were most interesting as well as beautiful.

We spent the nights. in tourist camps during our traveling and in the Y. M.

C. A. Hotel during our stay in Chica.go.

As a group we had a wonderful time and to add to our pleasure, Mr. Moore left his judging sheet at home. We arrived at home safely Tu·esday the twenty-first.

NEIL MARTIN, Reporter.

Weyers Cave.

1934-35 Objectives.

I. To Cultivate Thrift Habits-To give this objective first consideration by:

a. To discourage foolish spending.

b. To encourage productive invest- ments .

c. To save through approved plans and life insurance.

d. To establish good credit relations for each individual.

e. To avoid becoming heavily involved in, debt.

2. To cooperate fully with the B A R Federation in accomplishing their eight objectives.

3. To improve shop and class room by having La.wn Party, entering the Farm Bureau picnic and using Fair Booth money to secure funds for this work.

4. To entertain Dads.

5. 'I1o train and send two teams to State Rally.

6. To enter Bi-Cou·nty Corn judging con- test.

7. 'I1o compete for state chapter contest.

8. To hold monthly meeting and train in parliamentary procedure.

9. To assist in completion of sch o o 1 ground improvement plan.

10. To hold a crops and poultry show phi~ fall,

CHAPTER CHATS.

Whitmen.

The Whitmell chapter of the F. F. A.

has just returned from a camping trip to Irvington Beach, Va. All members re- ported a lovely time.

One member of the chapter was suc- cessful in catching 160 fish. Boat riding and swimming added much to the pleas- ure of the occasion.

The boys were particularly interested in visiting some of the large tomato, fields near Tappahannock, Va.

Due to a recent operation, our advisor, Mr. Pullen, could not be with the chap- ter and a former F. F. A. member of our elu'b, Mr. Aylor Harper, had charge of the trip. Much credit is due Aylor for his efforts in making the trip a su·ccess.

At our last meeting of the chapter Mr. Pullen stated that he was going to take the chapter on a trip to the State Fair at Richmond this fall. This is real- ly an education in itself if it happens to be your first trip to a State Fair.

Our new Agricultural building is now completed and will be ready for the next meeting of the chapter. It has been stated by many to be one of the best shops in Virginia.

It appears now that we will have about sixty students for the coming year.

ALBERT BAILEY, Reporter.

NORTHERN NECK FEDERATION POULTRY TOUR.

The Northern N eek Federation was the originator of a Poultry Tour which was conducted August 15, 16, and 17th, under the leadership of Mr. Kilpatrick.

Those of the Northern N eek Federa- tion taking the trip were: Bradley Cog- hill, Randolph Palmer, Milton Gauldin, and P. E. Rawls of Essex County; Alwyn Barrack Ellis Shelf, Jr., George Clark. Milton 'Packett, Lewis Walker, Calvin Bryant and R. A. Farmer of Richmond county; William Luttrell, Everett Dam- eron and M. F. Nuckols of Northumber- land county; Ashby Carver, Shelton Hall, Kendrick Hall, Walter Norris, Bernard Headly and H. F. Adams of Westmore- land county.

Points of interest visited on this tour were: U. S. Experiment Station, Dela-

·ware Experiment Station, Noah Hershey's Farm, Coatesville Egg Auction, Brubaker Brothers Duck Farm, Able's Tu'rkey Farm, Guy Leader's Poultry Farm and Getteysburg Battlefield.

Two of the most important lessons learned on this trip' were: Sanitation in the production of poultry and the pro- duction of high quality eggs.

Movies were made at Brubaker Broth- er's Farm, Able's Turkey Farm, and Leader's Poultry Farm.

MR. ROSS IS AGAIN NATIONAL F. F. A. SECRETARY.

Mr. W. A. Ross has been re-transferred to his position as specialist in subject matter and National Executive Secretary of the Future Farmers of America. All future corres.pondence regarding a,gri- cultural education subject matter or F.

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The 1934¥/ay

I ^{N 1900} a common way of packing poultry for shipment was to "ice it" in barrels.

The refrigerator cars used by Swift

& Company today are as superior to

the old "iced barrels" of the past as a late model automobile is to the ox-

~art of pioneer days.

Each car is a gigantic icebox on wheels. In it are compartments big enough to hold about 6,000 pounds of ice and salt. These hold the car's contents under the same tempera- ture during an entire trip.

Gustavus F. Swift, founder of Swift & Company, was one of the first to vision the need for such cars in transporting meats. More than 7,000 of them are now used by Swift

& Company for poultry, dairy prod-

ucts and meats.

All space in a car is utilized by placing boxed meat, dairy and poul- try products beneath the suspended

meats. The same salesmen sell a 1 of them to retailers in some 35,COO consuming ce~ters. Instead of

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dozen trucks being used to deliver a dozen different products, the same truck delivers all of them to the same store.

Refrigerator cars, as Swift & Com- pany uses them, have not only estab- lished vastly wider markets, but have reduced distribution costs.

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For years Swift & Company's profits from all sources have been only a fraction of a cent per pound

Visitors to the 1934 Century of Progress are cordially invited to visit the "Swift Bridge of Service,"

also the Swift plant at the Union Stock Yards.

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