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This what the Ledford FFA in North Carolina put in teacher mailboxes to celebrate the Smith-Hughes Act.

This seal was created by ACTE and individuals are encourage to copy and use it.

Senator Hoke Smith from Georgia.

Representative Dudley Hughes from Georgia.

The Smith-Hughes Centennial Logo. This was designed by Leeah Luepke, an undergraduate agricultural education student from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

Dr. Brian Parr from Murray State University portrayed Hoke Smith at the National FFA Convention. Dr. Gary Moore from North Carolina State played the role of Dudley Hughes. Dr. Jacque Deeds tried to keep the two under control.

"Dudley Hughes" spoke to the National Association of Supervisors of Agricultural Education (NASAE) and then presented a gavel made from a Magnolia tree from Hughes's Magnolia Plantation in Georgia to Tom Maynard, President of the NASAE. The plan is to present a Dudley Hughes gavel to the three agricultural education professional organizations and the FFA. See the FFA Minutes under the "other resources" tab to learn more about this one-time tradition.

In the late 1930s and early 1940s a national FFA convention delegate from Georgia would present the FFA with a gavel to use to use during the convention (see the FFA minutes under the Other Resources tab). The gavel was made from either Magnolia or Cedar from the farm of Dudley Hughes. The gavel on the right is one of these gavels. The 3 gavels on the left are replicas (but just a little larger) and were made from trees from the Hughes farm.

Tom Maynard from Texas had presentation cases made for the Hughes gavels (the cases were made by inmates in the state pen in Texas). The National FFA, NAAE, NASAE and AAAE will all received Hughes gavels.

Magnolia and Cedar limbs retrieved from the Hughes farm. The gavels were made from these limbs.

A high school in Atlanta was named after Hoke Smith.

A high school in Macon named their vocational wing after Dudley Hughes

There are historical markers for both Hoke Smith and Dudley Hughes. The Smith marker is in North Carolina where Smith. was born.

The Dudley Hughes historical marker is outside of the entrance to his house and farm in Danville, Georgia.

During World War II 4-H and FFA members grew Victory gardens, sold war bonds, and collected scrap metal to aid in the war effort. If they collected enough scrap metal they could name the ship that was built because of their efforts. The ships were called Liberty Ships and were used primarily to transport goods to our allies. The ship on the left is the U. S. Hoke Smith. There was also a U. S. Dudley Hughes.

At the Georgia FFA/FCCLA camp one will find the Smith Hughes cabin.

This is the plaque on the Smith Hughes cabin at the Georgia camp.

The Hughes Chapel can be found at the Georgia FFA/FCCLA camp.

The plaque on the Hughes Chapel.

This is the original barn on the Hughes Plantation.

These cotton scales came out of the Hughes barn. They were used to weigh bales of cotton. The scales are now housed with the Agricultural Education faculty at North Carolina State University.