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J Radio Schedule 



Station WJJD, Mooseheart 

 Monday to Friday Inclusive 



9:S0 to 10:30 A. H. — Ellen Rose Dickey "Hap- 

 py Thouerht Hour" 

 10 :45 to 11 :S0 A. M. — Musical Program 

 12:00 to 12:30 P. M.— Palmer House Noontime 



Musical 

 12 :30 to 12 :45. — Daily Farm Program Broad- 

 cast from Illinois Aerricultural Association, 

 Transportation Buildiner, Chicago 

 12 :45 to 1 :00 — Palmer House Orchestra 

 2 :00 to 3 :00 — Studio Program 

 3 :30 to 4 :30 — Mooseheart Children 

 4 :30 to 6 :00 — Singing — Victor Half-hour Mus- 

 ical Gala and Organ Recital 

 6:20 to 6:30 — Newscasting 

 6 :30 to 6 :55 — Palmer House Symphony 

 6:65 to 7:00— Sport News 



7 :00 to 10 :30 — Mooseheart Children, and Mus- 

 ic by Palmer House Quintette 

 10 :30 — Weather Forecast 



On Saturdays the program over WJJD opens 

 at noon, with music, newscasting, and weather 

 forecasts as usual in the evening. On Sundays 

 the program opens at 6 :00 P. M. and continues 

 throughout the evening until 11:00 o'clock. 



"I tuned in on WJJD at noon today, 

 and although there was practically no 

 static or other interference, will have 

 to say that I have never had a Chicago 

 station come in so distinctly." 



A. B. Leeper, 

 Centralia, 111. 



"We get Station WJJD, Mooseheart, 

 probably better than any other in the 

 whole country," writes E. E. Click, 

 farm adviser in Franklin county. 111. 



FRENCH GOV'T. TO BROADCAST 



THE French government plans to 

 institute a regular broadcast of 

 weather reports and market and crop 

 news within the near future. 



Professor Bernard Trouvelot of the 

 French national school of horticulture, 

 who recently visited America, was 

 particularly impressed by the great 

 number of farmers having radio sets 

 and getting reg:ular information and 

 instruction through the air. He also 

 noted that one American radio manu- 

 facturer had produced 50 per cent 

 more receivers than all the radios 

 owned in France. 



FLORIDA LEADS IN PHOSPHATE 



FLORIDA was the source of 83 per 

 *■ cent of all the phosphate rock sold 

 or used by producers in the United 

 States in 1927. Last year producers 

 in the United States used 3,166,102 

 long tons of phosphate rock valued 

 at $11,234,863. The value of Ten- 

 nessee rock used was $2,300,296. All 

 of the rock phosphate used in Illinois 

 comes from Tennessee. The use of 

 phosphate rock sold or used by pro- 

 ducers in the western states in 1927 

 increased 37 per cent as compared 

 with 1926. 



THE 1928 NATIONAL CHAMPION 

 Walter Olson, member of the Knox County Farm Bureau, is the new Illinois State 

 and National champion com husker. He husks with both a peg and a hook. Elmer Williams 

 of Stark County placed second in both state and national contests. 



Knox County Man Is 



1928 State Champion 



Husker with 27.8 Bu. 



Noses Out Elmer Williams from Stark, 

 Former National Winner 



FIVE thousand fans saw Walter 

 Olson of Knox county win the 

 1928 state corn husking championship 

 in the annual contest held on the 

 Morgan brothers' farm near Galva, 

 Nov. 3. Olson nosed out his old rival, 

 Elmer Williams of Stark county, by 

 more than a bushel and a half of corn 

 after deductions. Williams, former 

 state and national champion, defeated 

 Olson in the 1925 contests held in 

 Montgomery and Mercer counties. Wil- 

 liams and Olson placed first and sec- 

 ond respectively in the state and 

 national meets that year. 



A disagreeable drizzle, which started 

 on the afternoon of Nov. 1, continued 

 throughout the night and the follow- 

 ing day when it developed into a 

 steady downpour. A hasty conference 

 between local officials and Prairie 

 Farmer representatives, who sponsored 

 the event, resulted in postponing the 

 contest originally set for Nov. 2 until 

 the following day. Elaborate prepa- 

 rations had been made for an expected 

 crowd of 10,000 to 15,000. Nearly 

 $1,000 had been invested in food, and 

 to continue with the contest in the face 

 of the weather would have jeopardized 

 the success of this venture. With the 

 aid of a telephone and Prairie Farm- 

 er's radio Station WLS news of the 

 postponement was spread throughout 

 the state. Scores of contestants, their 

 sponsors, and visitors arrived from dis- 

 tant points, but nearly all willingly 

 acquiesced in the new arrangement 

 and stayed over for the event the next 

 (Continued on col. 1, page 8) 



Olson and Williams 

 I Place First, Second 



In National Contest 



f" 1 1HE two Illinois entries, Walter 

 X Olson of Knox county and Elmer 

 Williams of Stark county, defeated all 

 comers in the fifth national corn husk- 

 ing contest held at Fowler, Indiana, 

 November 13. Olson and Williams 

 are members of the Knox and Stark 

 couBty Farm Bureaus, respectively. 



The match was to some extent a 

 repetition of the second contest held 

 in Mercer county, Illinois, in 1925. At 

 that time Elmer Williams broke all 

 corn husking records and placed first 

 with 35.8 bushels of corn net, husked 

 in one hour and 20 minutes. Walter 

 Olson was second that year. This 

 year it was Walter Olson who carried 

 off first honors with 26.62 bushels 

 husked in the 80-minute period, while 

 Williams placed second with a record 

 of 2p.31 bushels. 



I Favorable Weather ' 



A great crowd variously estimated 

 at from 8,000 to 16,000 saw the 14 

 buskers from seven states compete. 

 The men were all first and second 

 prize winners in their respective state 

 contests. Beautiful, clear weather 

 and dry fields made conditions un- 

 usually favorable for the big farm 

 sporting event of the year. Many fol- 

 lowers of the sport in Illinois drove 

 to Benton county, which borders Illi- 

 nois on the east, to see the match. 

 Backers of Olson and Williams of 

 Knox and Stark counties were there 

 in nnmbers. 



I Corn Wa« Light j 



An excellent field of upstanding 

 corn had been prepared for the busk- 

 ers; The fact that many of the ears 



