Ada High School - Viking Yearbook (Ada, MN)

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FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA The 1948 Viking Chapter of Future Farmers of .Xmerica consists of forty-eight members, twen- ty-one freshmen, eleven sophomores, nine juniors, and seven seniors. The chapter had a very successful year in 1947. They had four judging teams that won out in district competition and went to the convention to judge, The teams were as follows: upper left hand corner, the poultry judging team. Left to right are Arlie Askelson, Donald VVagner, and Richard Landsverk. They placed thirteenth out of twenty-one teams at the state. In the upper right hand corner is the crop judging team. l.eft to right are Richard Wagner, Alvin Yakoch and Larry Skalsky. They placed first out of eight competing in the district and eighth out of twenty- five at the state. In the lower left hand corner is the general livestock judging team. Memhers are, left to right: Delmar Benesh, Lowell Austinson, and Clayton Drake. They placed second out of fifteen teams at the district and twelfth out of twenty-six teams at the state. Clayton Drake was lifth highest individual out of seventy-eight at the state. In the lower right hand is the dairy judg- ing team. Meinbers are, left to right: Alfred Kirchmeier, Ronald Baker, and Oliver Sorenson. They placed second out of fifteen teams competing at the district and they placed twelfth out of twenty-six at the state. Ada had five representatives at the l948 national F.F.A. convention at Kansas City, Missouri. They were Richard VVagner, Alvin Vakoch, Arlie Askelson, Richard Iands-verk, and Melvin Benneiield. They also had representatives at all district meets. The 1949 V1'ki11g 27

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Rim' 3' -Rohert Herkman, Earl Fineh, Donald Rinerson, Charles Johnson, Darrell Bremer, Bernard Gross- man, Richard ilrivno, ltldon lzeklund. Row 2-Vernon Rage, Ronald Halzum, Virgil Stenberg, Curtis Lee, Karol Bergland, Lester Taralson, Elmer Sorenson, Delmar Ford. Row I--Robert Visser, Dale lijorem, Melvin Benneiield, Howard Neuman, Donald Wagner, Donald VVall- man, Orin Self. F. F. A. i l i Row 3-Virgil Anderson, Delmar Benesh, Burton Rockstad, Oliver Sorenson, Lowell Austinson, Donald Lee, Marwood Moe, Richard Wagner. president. Row 2-Ural Bjorem, Robert Burley, john Bremer, Sanford Sorenson, Clinton Sorenson. Clayton Drake, Robert Voje, Larry Skalsky. f Row lAJames Bartz, Arlie Askelson. Alvin Vakoeh, Ronald Baker, Richard Landsverk, Jerome Rage, Joe Roeseh. 26 The 1949 Viking

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Row 1, seated-D. Stark, J. Alexander, R. Riner- Row 1, seated--V. Larson, H. Broens, S. Otterson, son, A. Strand. Row 2, standing-H. Lovass, J. Merkins, H. Olson. Row 2, standing-H. Gulleckson, A. Hasz, C. Hopwood. L. Merkens, J. Gilbertson, A. Wilkens, A. Lerud, L. Sipe, W. Hanson, M. Satterlee, K. Buckle, A. Iverson, H. Severson. A. Olson. Not in picture-L. Skalsky. VETERANS The Veterans' Agricultural on the Farm Training Program is starting its third year of operation at the Ada Public Schools. The program has been under con- tinuous supervision of Carl Knutson. This is a national program under the Veterans' Administration and the State Department of Education. The scope of the program has been very broad so as to give the veteran a chance to pick up the new ideas and programs that will bebeneficial to them in successful operation of a good farm. Of the group now in training, thirteen of the men are farm owners, with about tive more that are looking for a suitable unit to purchase for their business. The main point of the entire program is to help rehabilitate the men in a satis- factory unit, that will meet the needs of the type of farming in which they are most interested. These men have used several of the new methods of operation in the past year, helping point out to neighbors that they are essential for good opera- tion. Among these projects are crop spraying, artificial breeding, testing associa- tions, new crop varieties, and purebred animals. This group will be one that will further changes in the farming program because they are alive to a better and more scientif1c way of farming. They have put the farm foremost in their minds as an independent way of life, and to them we can look for new horizons in American agriculture. Carl Knutson 23 The 1949 Viking