FFA!!!!

By Hallie GrantPeriod 8

Future Farmers of America

Then.......• The Smith-Hughes Act supplies money to

states for vocational education courses. Hoke Smith and , Dudley Hughes represented Georgia in the U.S. Congress. the President Woodrow Wilson signed the act into law on February 23, 1917

• FFA first started in 1928 in Kansas City's Baltimore Hotel with 33 farm boys

• in 1935 they had 100,000 members active in FFA

• girls were finally accepted into the organization in 1969, also able to hold office and participate in all competitive competitions

Then.......

Now.......

•an event that i would have never guessed that they had created a housing process for convention facilities

Now.......

• there are 540,379 members

• each year nearly 55,00 FFA members attend the national FFA convention

• FFA has a national band choir and dance team

Works Sitedhttps://www.ffa.org/about/whoweare/

Pages/History.aspxhttp://www.humboldt.k12.nv.us/lhs/ffa/

ffahist.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_FFA_Organization