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-NQYembgr 35, 1945 • B.AILEY BUGLE BAILEY.NORTH CARailNA Page 9 1* Learning To Do Doing To Learn; '-X' ■ ] -f I' Earning To Live Living To Serve * Chapter AcloptsProgramOf Work Forty-four different acti vities are included in the program of work of the Bai ley chapter this year. The program was "worked out by the members, and ■ goals were set in each activity. These activities include making four-year plans for supervised farming, owning at least one project, and keeping accurate records. GOALS Goals for the income from farm practice are an average of $50 for fresh men, $75 for sophomores, §150 for juniors, and $250 for seniors, besides en tering ten exhibits of corn at the fat stock show at Rocky Mount in the spring, ACTIVITIES Cooperative activities taken part in' are setting up goals, financing chap ter activities, paying dues, buying and selling, and preventing livestock loss and rural fires. Each boy is to complete at least five repairs ov construction jobs and con duct home im.provement prac tices. CONTP^STS By taking part 'in ten statewide contests, saving an average of $50 each, and productively investing an average of §50 each, the FFA members practice leadership and thrift. Greenhandslnitiated Seventeen FFA boys were initiated and awarded greenhand pins' during the initiation ceremony at the ag. building Friday night, November 3. After the meeting was open ed, the regular initiation cercmony was conducted, which included the various activities performed in the shop. Immediately following these activities and the closing ccremony, the boys had a weinor roast. Scholarship is encouraged by each member's reading tv/o or more books from the FFA library and by 30Jt of the members’ averaj-ing 80 or more on all high school subjects. R’^CE'^ATION Recreation activities con sist of green hand initia tion , summer camp, state fair, educational tour, and Father end Son Banquet. For publicity the chapter plans to keep a scrapbook^ print three news bulletins, write articles for the ag, page ■in the Bugle cach issue, send four news arti cles to the state office, give two programs before some outside group. Finch Produces Bumper Crops • Making 115 bushels of Tennessee - 10 hybrid corn per acre, Irvin Finch Jr. used 1630 pounds of ferti lizer per acre and follow ed various other improved practices that help pro duce' high corn yield. The corn was planted in 3 1/2 foot rows, 16 inches on the drill, '^’hen plant ing the corn he used 400 pounds of 4-10-6 fertili zer; the third time plow ing he applied 215 pounds each of nitrate of soda and cotton seed meal. Dur ing the last plowing he ap plied 400 pounds each of nitrate of soda and cotton seed meal. By following this ferti lizer plan and cultivating properly, Irvin produced a rccord-breakjng yield of corn on his three-acre plot this year. BOYS BEGIN SHOP WORK To begin their shop work for this year the Bailey Future Farmers are con ducting various jobs which include soldering, weld ing, and sheet metal. Tin cups'and scoops are being made,'holes soldered and patched, and butt and lap welds made.
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