FFA History

Who is Dr. Charles Homer Lane?

• First National FFA advisor (1928-1934)

• Cowrote the first official FFA Manual

• Wrote the FFA motto

• Wrote the FFA's code of ethic

Who are the creators of the Future Farmer of Virginia

• Henry Casper Groseclose

• Harry Warriner Sanders

• Walter Stephenson Newman

• Edmund C. Magill

• Leslie Applegate

Who is Henry Casper Groseclose?

• One of FFV founder

• National executive secretary (1928-1930)

• National executive treasurer (1928-1941)

• National President (1928-1934)

Who is J.R. Thomas?

• New Farmers of America Advisor

• New Farmers of America executive secretary (1945-1956)

• A teacher at the Virginia State College

• New Farmers of America executive treasurer (1957-1967)

Who is Harry Oscar Sampson?

• Cofounder of Future Farmers of America

• Cofounder of New Farmers of America

• Founder of the Young Farmers Organization of New Jersey

• Wrote the FFA Constitution

Who is George Washington Owens?

• Teacher-trainer at Virginia State College in Petersburg,Virginia

• NFA executive President

• Cofounder of New Farmers of America

Who is Dr. Harvey Owen Sargent?

• Cofounder of New Famers of America

• The base of H.O. Sargent award

• Writer of the first NFA manual

• Cofounder of Future Farmers of America

• Federal agent for agricultural education at the United States Office of Education

Who is Erwin Milton Tiffany?

• Executive President of the FFA (1934-1956)

• Wrote Future Farmers of America Creed ( Summer of 1928)

• The chief teacher in the Department of Agricultural Education at University of Wiscosin

• Design the FFA emblem

Who established the Smith-Hughes National Vocational Act and when?

• Dr. Harvey Owen Sargent

• Senator Michael Hoke Smith and Representative Dudley Mays Hughes from Georgia

• 1917

• 1956

When was the Future Farmers of Virginia established?

• 1987

• 1956

• 1934

• 1925