Agricultural Education History By matthewj31 Feb 9, 1917 Smith-Hughes Act Feb 9, 1920 Future Farmers Club Boys only Feb 9, 1928 FFA becasues a national organization Feb 9, 1935 New Farmers of America (NFA) was formed Feb 9, 1950 Public Law 740 Feb 9, 1965 FFA and NFA merged Feb 9, 1969 Girls allowed in FFA for the first time Feb 9, 1988 Name Change Feb 9, 2012 Nation Convention compltes 7 year run in Indianapolis