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The Smith Hughes Act is named after a senator from Georgia. It provided federal funding for Vocational Agriculture in Public highschools.
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Virginia was the first. It was boys only.
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The first convention was held in the Hotel Baltimore in Kansas City, Missouri. The first dues were ten cents.
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The blue was taken from the blue field of our nations flag. The gold was taken from golden fields of ripened corn.
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The creed was written by E.M Tiffany. It was adopted at the third national convention of the FFA.
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The corduroy is an article of faith, honor, and pride. After the jacket was adopted, FFA licensed the rights to sell them to Universal Uniform Company.
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NFA was mostly found in southern states. The colors were black and gold.
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Formed to use funds to support FFA. 138,548 members were serving in the armed services in WW2.
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Gave the FFA a federal charter. Said that each school teaching agriculture must have an FFA program.
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The merge increased membership by over 50,000. This also increased dues from 10 cents to 50 cents.
