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Now tliat scliool is out, what are you going to do with the "free months"
ahead? No doubt many of you will plunge right into farming activities
at home. For others, it's not that simple. Part-time farming or no farm
at all has cut down on the opportunity for an adequate farming program.
Have you thought about working on a good f;irm for farming experience?
The only place where experience in farming can be acquired is
on the farm. This subject was tossed around by a panel at the North
Atlantic Regional Conference of workers in agricultural education. The
panel was composed of former FFA members, vo-ag teachers, and farm-
ers. Here are some of the ideas they brought out;
The farm selected should be a good one that provides the opportunity
lo learn a variety of jobs. You can learn more from a bigger operation
since a small supervised farming program doesn't offer adequate experiences
for learning. You "learn by doing" when you work on a good
farm. When \ou work for wages, you have more ready cash coming
in than you would from a snudl productive enterprise. This offers a
real opportunity for savings, or investing to enlarge your own farming
enterprises. One FFA member saved his earnings and later made a
sizeable down payment on his own farm.
It should be remembered, however, that tor those who live on a good
farm, the best place to secure farm experience is usually at home through
the dexelopmcnt of an ownership or partnership type of farming program.
Welcome to Joe Dan Boyd, our new Associate Editor. He joined The
Niitiontd FUTURE FARMER staff April 1, coming to us from Winnsboro,
Texas.
Joe Dan is no stranger either to farm news or FFA work. He was a
member of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's agricultural staff before enter-
ing the U. S. Army at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he completed the
artillery officer's basic course. His employment
record also includes Farm
and Ranch magazine and the Texas
Agricultural Information Office.
During 1952-53, Joe Dan was State
President of the Texas FFA Association
and served on the State's March
of Dimes Advisory Council. He en-
tered Texas A&M College following
that tenure on a four-year Opportunity
Award scholarship. While majoring in
agricultural journalism, Boyd was President
of the Collegiate Young Farmers;
Managing Editor of the school's agricultural
magazine; Hometown Club
President; writer for the college newspaper
and was listed as a "Distinguished
Student." Other organizations included
Alpha Zela. national agricultural honor
fraternity, and Sigma Delta Chi. professional journalism fraternity.
At A&M, Boyd also served three years as Editor of the Texas Yonng
Farmer News and during his senior year was selected for listing in Who's
Who at American Colleges and Universities yearbook. He was 1955
winner of the Clayton Foundation's Agricultural Journalism Award.
Joe Dan is 24 years old, and holds a State Farmer Degree, American
Farmer Degree, and a Distinguished Service Award from the Texas
Young Farmers. His wife, Barbara, also hails from Winnsboro, Texas,
where both attended high school.
Spealiing before a group of agricultural education people at a dinner
in New York City recently, Hugo Reimer, Chairman of the FFA Foundation
Sponsoring Committee, made this comment about farmers: "Many
farmers approach farming as a way of life and not as a business. But
farmers can operate their farms as a business without losing their way
of life.
It's worth thinking about.
\
Joe Dan Boyd
Editor
The National FUTURE FARMER