2024 Fall Farm Outlook Lincoln Daily News Oct 2024 Page 27 engine without taking the tractor out of gear. Thus when they turned over the engine with the crank, the tractor would move, sometimes running over the farmer. Bishop concluded saying that it was fitting that the old tractor stood facing the new complex, that it was a statement of “here’s where we came from, and here is where we are going.” He said that 1927 was a year of change, but there are even more changes on the horizon and that the agriculture industry will need the best and the brightest minds to keep it moving in the right direction. He encouraged each student present to consider furthering their education in agriculture. When Bishop was finished there were a series of ribbon cuts starting with the FFA members who had actually worked on the tractor. About half of the youth present lined up around the tractor with Matthew Sebastian doing the honors of snipping the ribbon. Continued --
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