2. 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
3. Then.......
• 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
4. Now.......
•an event that i would have
never guessed that they had
created a housing process for
convention facilities
5. 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
