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 AND YOURSELF ARE 

 THE FARM BUREAU 



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STATK FAIf.M JiL'RKAi: IMCNK', IJXCOLN, T LI.., AUO. 26, 1924. 



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THOUSANDS HERE FOR PICNIC 



PLEAS FOR AGRICULTURAL EQUALITY 



SHEPLER WINS 

 "BIGGEST LIAR 



SO mr;' title 



Three Lincoln Ministers Pick 



Local Man's Entry In 



Liars' Contest 



DAINTY MEDAL 



GIVEN BY RECORD 



BULLETIN 

 We are very sorry to (earn, just 

 as the Record goes to press, that 

 Mr. Shepler had the misfortune to 

 get run over by a car at the pic- 

 nic. His arm and leg were in- 

 jured l)ut no bones were broken. 

 Po&sibly the injuries are not too 

 serious to keep him from accept- 

 ing the medal. Durn it all, Mr. 

 Shepler, us guys fiamed up a big 

 joke on you. and here you go and 

 get hurt! We trust it is not ser- 

 ious, 6hep! 



iMENRY C WALLACE 



•'The HigKest l.iar So Far'* is the 

 honorary titlt* bestowed loilay uium 

 D. ('. Shtplrr of IJncoln t<ir his hich 

 ifnalUy contribution to thr IJars* Con- 

 test \vhi<h has h.'t'ii rimninj; in thr I. 

 A. A. Record since spring and which 

 will continue until the annual Itli- 

 ds Agritultural Association motMint; 



ToTh# 



Biggest 



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WALLACE WIRES 

 GREETINGS TO 

 I. A. A. MEMBERS 



r:iusin.ir from his niulIifariouR 

 duties at th<^ capitol of our na- 

 tion, Henry ('. Wallace. Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, loday wirod 

 hfs ^jrootiuRS and felicilations to 

 members of tlif Illinois AKricnl- 

 tnral Association as tlu*y Kulhcr- 

 ed for the iiicnic festivilies at 

 Lincoln. Th' telegram follows: 



Greetings to members of Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association. 

 Congratulations on good work 

 already done and more power to 

 you in task of promoting needs 

 of pgriculture and voicmg the 

 mind of the farmer and stimulat- 

 ing good farming, clear thinking 

 and right living. 



Henry C. Wallace. 



Will Kin of Torberts ; 

 Become Farm Bureau 

 "Golf" Champs Again? 



Tlip Farm Hurpau "barnyanl RoU" 

 champion.s of 1^24 will have to riiiK 

 up an unuHiial record in I. A. A. 

 horsoshoo hislory if tln'y Ijpat or im- 

 provo npnn the one whicli now stands 

 in the .Association's athletic annals. 

 \Vlu'n last year's winners, Walter and 



a handsome silver lup as their trophy 

 of victory, engravcMl with the record 

 of their porforniance. 



For three y.ars previous to the 

 time when thi^ DeWitt "Rolf" experts 

 annexed the cliampiouship title, their 

 father, Ed Torborl. and Joe Heskett. 



ED TORBERT and J(1E HESKETT won the State Farm Bureau Horseshoe 



Chaiupionship in "10. '21 and '22. 



FAMOUS DAIRY 



JUDGES HERE 



Till' team of dairy jiiiIkos from 

 Wliitt'Side <'ounly that lllinuin and 

 tlu' world has heard considerablt' 

 about before and since iu winning of 

 tht^ intt rnational judging contest in 

 Enpcland July U. was on the grouiids 

 today. 



The lioys came as guests of the Lo- 

 gan County Farm Bureau and were 

 invileil especially so that Farm Hu- 

 reau folljs could have a chance to 

 meet them. 



The Illinois AgiicuUural Associa- 

 tion helped defray their expenses 

 while abroad, as did several commer- 

 <ial companies. 



Harry Torbert. won from Loj;an coun- 

 ty after several sru^dlin;? rouiid.s of 

 horseshoe tossing, they took the eliani- 

 l)ionship into the HeWitt County 

 Farm Bureau fold for the I'onrlh sui- 

 eessivc year. 



The Torbert boys, l.'i ami 17 years 

 old when they won the honors of the 

 statu las'l yfiar. were the only 100 per 

 cent victors in a class of nineteen 

 teams at the 1. A. A. picnic at Hrbana. 

 The youthful i hampions were pivin 



representing DeWitt county, won the 

 honors at all three annual I. A. A. pic- 

 nics. .Mr. Torbert, it seems, is some- 

 tliing of a horseslioi" pitching mentor. 

 He (rained hiH two boys tor a year be- 

 fore the contest at I'rbana last year. 

 In the contest they were cool and 

 steady, unusually so tor two ama- 

 teurs. 



Both the boys arc real "dirt farmers" 

 •TUil real l*''arui Bureau boosters. Who 

 will be cl)ampit»ns after today? 



Farm Advisers Hunt 



! Scandal For Record 



The Logan County Farm Bureau 



hich will be at the I'niverstiy of 



f nois during Farmers' week in Jan- 



l.-y. The supreme champion of the Rasehall team must have thought they. 

 lar will be crowned at that time, i were participating in a track meet in- 

 I The winner, Mr. Shepler, is a mem- ,.,pa,| ^f a l)all game this morning 

 [•(vo) I when they beat Menard M-2. 



(Cimlinued on I'age 



,incoln Says '^Glad 



To Have You With Us 



To the Members of the Illinois Agri- 

 .ultural Association: 

 mere is nothing which can please 

 li:an county more than to have this 

 endid opportunity to entertain the 

 .1 of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 Jtion. Your association has coinpli- 

 fnted us greatly by choosing Lin- 

 In as its place to entertain. As Lin- 

 In is the heart of Logan county and 

 J the heart is the seat of all the 

 Iter sentiments of human nature. 

 1 t.iilay the hi'art of Logan county 

 tills with pleasure in welcoming 



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such men as you who are the backbone 

 of these great United States. 



Perhaps we cannot convey as noisy 

 a welcome as a great multitude might, 

 but whatever number there are of us 

 we {■■el the responsibility of such a 

 momentous day and extend to you a 

 thrice warm welcome in which there 

 is sufficient sincerity to equal the 

 heartiest welcome the greatest multi- 

 tude could extend to you. 

 Hospitality for Farm Bureau FolK^. 



We are not ignorant of the fact that 



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(Farm Advirwrs in c^ountios .AOjueent to Loean County Contributed Scandal to 

 I'iciilc IMltlon of IIIOCORD.) 



Ci. E. MetKger. the energetic I. A. A. organization director, boarded an 

 early train for Lincoln Monday morning about 3:30 to get here in time to 

 set up the exhibit. 



Tlie coach was crowded. Only one seat had less than two occupants and 

 this one contained a female. He genlly but firmly reijuested her to get her 

 feet off the seat so he ct)uld sit down. She moved 'em, and he sal down. 



She was sleepy and she was of the clniging vine type, .she .seemed to 

 be looliin.^ for a sturdy oak. She ro<!e two hours with her head on Metzger's 

 shoulder. 



This is all truth beiause he let it out in a cleaner's shop yesterday when 

 he asked: 



"If anybody here knows how to get this red paint off the shotilder of my 

 coat, 1 wish they'd t<'ll lue how." 



Farmers in Menard County Have a Nev* Worry. 



Mrs, Sewell y 

 Eulogizes 

 Farm Women 



Praising the agricultural industry as 

 the basic avocation of America and 

 farm life as the most wholesome va- 

 riety, Mrs. C. W. Sewell, talking to 

 the special meeting of women this 

 morning, eulogized the farm wife and 

 mother as a :figurc of genuine national 

 importance and the one who h*s really 

 seen life, i| 



"She it ll who is upholding the 

 morale of tit farm family todxiy and 

 bolstering u|p the tired faith of the 

 farmer," saH Mrs. Sewell, referring 

 to the farm wife as 'the presiding 

 spirit of this' farm home. She is pray- 

 ing like the Italian mother who carried 

 heavy burdens up the steep mountain 

 on a weary .iourney, where the tatnily 

 went to pray at the shrine of the Bless- 

 ed Virgin. 'I will pray that my little 

 daughters need not carry as heavy 

 burdens as I bear today." 



"The farm woman does not under- 

 stand bridge or golf, but the world's 

 problems cannot all be lifted by the 

 daintily manicured hands of women 

 who have never lifted anything heavier 

 than a bridge card or a golf club. And 

 this plain country woman, with sun- 

 bonneted little lassies or blue over- 

 allod lads on either side of her. is a 

 figure of national importance. She is 

 the woman who has trudged across the 

 ploughtid f^d some stormy winter 

 night to help her sister in the hour of 

 trial. She has tenderly dressed the 

 new born babe or silently, reverently 

 composed the limbs of the dead. She 

 has harnessed horses, milked cows, 

 learned the rude surgery of the farm 

 or carried baby lambs and baby pigs 

 into her clean, warm kitchen to save 

 them from perishing; .she it is who h;^ 

 really seen life." 



Farm Develops Leaders. 



Mrs. Sewell pointed to the fact that 

 S7 per cent of those rated in Who's 

 Who in Aiierica today were born in 

 farm homt s. "There seems no de- 

 nying the truth of the statement that 

 these lead* rs were not the result of 

 accident, lick or magic," she stated, 

 "but it wai the result of certain con- 

 ditions and environments that mould- 

 ed the chai acters of these individuals. 



"The foo of the ladder of success is 

 always crowded with those who will 

 always be followers. Rural life de- 

 velops leat ership in the character of 

 the boy seit half or quarter of a mile 

 from all ailwijh three or four horses 

 and soiraa pore or less complicated 

 piece 7MM|bjll7<^y' ^'^ ^^ plows row 

 after rov^B«ve tar-reaching battalions 

 of corn' hBVs time to think untram- 

 meled by ^Hipanion or distracting in- 



iiu estii'.aliou of the 



II Is reported that tli^ 



(The Oiain Market- 

 ing Company) has 



brought out that 



menihers of the 



Farm Bureau are 



responsible for the 



debts of the llew 



mergers wl^ ether 



they want to be or 



not. They are liable 



to the extent of the 



value of their pro|)- 



erty. real and ccui- 



cealed, hut not sub- 

 ject to jail sentence 



so far as has been 



leaini d. To give 



the rumor a kick, it 



is said that the new 



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Why not at the next annual picnic stage an old fashioned debate as an 

 added attraction to those who don't enjoy baseball .'ind horseshoes. We have 

 plenty of mnti'rial to tlraw from and suggest the following subjects and de- 

 baters: 



Farmer's Crain Merger 

 company is Insolv- 

 ent to the extent of 

 $60,00(1,000. Wotta- 

 life, wottalite! 

 * * 



Our President, 

 Sam Thompson, 

 had the luiafortune 

 to drop the Republi- 

 can plan on his toe 

 when he was before 

 the Republican c6n- 

 .vention at Cleve- 

 land in June. We 

 wonder if the plank 

 hurt him; it was 

 pretty heavy with 

 ises. 

 agricultural prom- 



nRSOLVKD: That it is better 

 Affirmative. 

 A. C. Kveringham 



V. Vaniman j ' 



Bob Cowles ■ ' 



t;po. Fox , \ 



Sam Thompson I 



to be bald headed than handsome. 

 Negative. 



C. K. Metzger 

 i; Ji.lin C. Watson (undecided) 



Win. E. Iledgcock 

 j, Frank Barton 



A. I). Lynch 



Just refer your friends to the Liars' Contest if you ever doubt 'em. 

 Political speakers barred to giVe the rest of us a chance. 



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Farm Adviser Hughes of Menard County has a fishing camp on the 

 Illinois river this summer. The fi.sh stories he could tell would be scandal- 

 ous, but he's too modest. If ne started anything, we'd enter him in the 

 Liars' Contest. 



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First 



baseball 

 Chi mpionship 

 Hayed Today 



settlement 

 the picnic e 



Although 

 ties were 



Base ball tans were in their natural 

 element toi »y when Marshall-Putnam 

 and Morgai county tangled horns this 

 afternoon li an effort to determine the 

 championsh P nine of the Illinois 

 Farm Buret n Base Ball League. Great 

 interest au ged under the skins of 

 farm burea i members from both of 

 these count es as the hour for final 



same on. Unfortunately 

 lltion of the RECORD had 



to go to pi fss before the game was 



finished. 



J\nox and Warren coun 

 heduled to put on thr 



exhibition g inie this nioniing. Warren 

 county wire 1 Farm Adviser Checkley 

 Monday tha threshing was upon them 

 and it wool 1 be Impossible for some 

 memljers of ^he team to get away. The 

 game was t i have been between the 

 two countie! with second high .stand- 

 ing in each of the two divisions of 

 the Illinois Farm Bureau Base Ball 

 League. Fa forable weather and pre 

 viously deli yed threshing kept the 

 Warren cou ity boys away. Menard 

 and Logan c ounties agreed at the last 



MURPHY STIRS 

 AUDIENCE IN 

 MAINADORESS 



Great Crowd Hears Speaker 



of the Day Recite 



Farmers' Status 



'SHOULD KICK LEGS 

 FROM UNDER TABLE" 



Shooting straight from the shoulder. 

 Fraiik \V. Murphy of Wheaton, Minn., 

 the speakin:; attraction of the I. A. A. 

 State Farm Bureau picnic at Lincoln 

 today resonrcefnlly aimed his addres:> 

 at the ineiiualily existing between the 

 prices of the commodities which the 

 farmer sells and those he buys, before 

 Farm Rureau members gathered for 

 the annual I. A. A. gala day. 



Kven though there has been an in- 

 crease in prices on wheat, corn and 

 fat livestock, Mr. Murphy stated that 

 the fundamental trouble still exists 

 and ,lhat united action by all farm or- 

 gani/alions through the American 



I. A. A. ANNUAL 

 FROLIC STARTS 



OFF WITH BANG 



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Clear Weather Causes Much 

 Speculation As To 

 i Crowd 



LINCOLN DECORATES 

 FOR ITS VISITORS 



FitA.N'K \V -MUKPHY 

 of Whi'aton, Minn.. Speaker of the Day 



Council of Agriculture is absolutely 

 necessary if agriculture is to be plac- 

 ed on an economic level with industry 

 and labor. Mr. Murphy is chairman 

 of the board of directors /of the .Amer- 

 ican (ouncil and became Widely known 

 to Illinois fanners when he spoke at 

 farmer-banker-business men's get-to- 

 gether meetings at Kock Island. 

 Springfield. Danville and Bloomington 

 in the spring. He was active in the 

 fight for the McNaryHaugen bill, hav- 

 ing spent considerable time and en- 

 ergy at Washington endeavoring to 

 get the bill passed. 



Pleads for Equality. 



"Industry and labor are now glut- 

 ting themselves at their well laden 

 table," said Mr. Murphy. "Agricullnre 

 is eating on the floor. But I want you 

 to see that Agriculture is gradually 

 awakening to its unfortunate position 

 in which it finds itself. Unless in- 

 dustry and labor give it a place at 

 their table, it is likely that Agriculture 

 will kick the legs from under the 

 table bringing all down to the same 

 level. We would rather not do it that 

 way; we wish to come up and eat with 

 them in a"BCTrtlrmanly manner. 



"We are here in peaceful assembl- 

 age. Farm Bureau folks," said Mr. 

 Murphy- ".Many of you have come long 

 distances today to add your presence 

 to the dignity and strength of this Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association picnic. 

 We are in solemn conference this day 

 because your inalienable rights have 

 been invaded. Not only you, but all 

 agricultural people find themselves to- 

 day in economic bondage by reason of 

 the projection across the current of 

 the natural flow of economic law% of 



Farm Bureou iiicknickeri) from all 



over the state, Ijat more especially 

 from (he central part i>f Illinois around 

 Lincoln, flocked to the annual Illinois 

 Agricultural Association picnic today 

 for one short sijell of "entertainment 

 for everyone." 



"Entertainment for everyone" h.is 

 been the slogan of the lA>gan Coun'y 

 Farm Bureau ever since It contemplat- 

 ed putting (»n a state-wide picnic with- 

 in the boundaries of its lounty for jill 

 Illinois ^arin Bureau members. 

 ' How Many Here? 



Speculation ai< to the number of 

 people who wiuiM be here today was 

 running rainpant this morning among 

 Lincoln Iblks. It had lieen estimated 

 by J. H. Checklfy, Logan County 

 farm adViser, who has be** nnHrlnj; 

 in making prej)aration for the crowd, 

 that from lO.iioO to 13,000 people would 

 be here. L 



.As tht" wea'ther cleared Monday for 

 what lo<>ked like a nice, long stretch 

 of good threshing weather, it became 

 apparnt that many farmers would not 

 be able to leave their shocks and 

 tlireshiug machines. 



Many Threshing 



However, others pointed otit that il.. 

 is still too wet in nuitiy places for^ 

 thrishing, so there was imssibility for 

 a great frowil. 



Autoint)biles from various counties 

 began to <lritt into ihe grounds early i 

 this morning. As many as IS coun- 

 ties wer^' rejirescnted by the time 

 many Lincoln folks were eating their 

 breakfasts. 



Lincoln. Is Host 



The city of Lincoln was host of tho 

 day. The Chamber of Commerce ex-* 

 tended a royal welcome to the Farm 

 Bureau folks, li has been active in 

 advertising the picnic and in helping 

 make arrangements for carrying out 

 the slogan 'entertainment for every- 

 one." Flags were hung out early to- 

 ilay by local merchants. 



The picnic has been widely adver- 

 tised. Stories about it appeared In 

 over fifty per cent of the papers of Ihe 

 state. 



Farm papej* reporters were on hand 



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Golf Contest 

 At Picnic Is 

 Biggest Ever 



With 20 teams entered, the 'Ibarn- 

 yard golf" contest surpasses all pre- 

 vious battles heUl under the auspices 

 of the I. .A. A. picnic committees. At 

 exactly 44 minutes and 32 seconds af- 

 ter nine o'clock this morning 40 fla.shy, 

 clear-eyed, steady-nerved artists of 

 horseshoe tactics tooV the courts, each 

 delermined to take the handsome sil- 

 ver trophy victoriously Into his farm 

 bureau fold. 



Gradually two by two these brilliant, 

 seasoned, polished mentors of golf 

 artistry have succumbed to the su- 

 perior pitching of their competitors. 

 As the Picnic Special goes to press 

 only ten teams remain in the thick of 

 the fray. 



After the final coniest'is played off 

 this afternoon, determining the state 

 farm bureau championship horseshoe 



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