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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



COLD, wet weather and delayed 

 ' farm work are interfering with 

 the opening of the Illinois Farm Bu- 

 reau Baseball League. Games sched- 

 uled for May 11 in most districts will 

 probably not be played until the lat- 

 ter part of the month when it is hoped 

 the corn will be in the ground and 

 farmers generally will have recovered 

 some of the lost time. 



T w e n t y-t wo to 24 

 County Farm Bureau 

 teams are expected to com- 

 pete for honors in the State 

 League this season. The 

 teams which have definitely 

 signed up to play are 

 grouped into six districts 

 as follows: Lee, Henry, 

 Knox, Stark ; Marshall- 

 Putnam, Tazewell, Peoria, 

 Woodford; Henderson, 

 Hancock, Warren Mc- 

 Donough; McLean, Logan, 

 Champaign, Ford ; Cass, 

 Morgan, Sangramon; Rich- 

 land, Wayne, Wabash. 



baseball has achieved considerable suc- 

 cess, as in the central Illinois divisions, 

 the tearits have been largely self-sup- 

 porting. Enough funds are derived 

 from free-will offerings at the games 

 to pay expenses. Such support, of 

 course, indicates considerable backing 

 from Farm Bureau members and 

 others who take an interest in watch- 

 ing the progress of their favorite team. 



Richland and Wabash counties have 

 organized teams in the southeastern 

 Illinois section where another three- 

 cornered district is in prospect. 



The first schedule of games is an- 

 nounced by Peoria county as follows: 



May 25 — Peoria vs. Marshall-Putnam, at 

 Mars hall- Putnam. 



June 1 — Peoria vs. Woodford, at Woodford. 

 June 8 — Peoria vs. Tazewell, at Peoria. 



FANNED OUT! 



HaU Loss Large l i 



In Williamson Co. 



May Enter 



Stephenson county on 

 the north is contemplating 

 entering a tepm and if so 

 it Mrill schedule games with 

 such counties as Lee, 

 Henry, and possibly 

 Whiteside. The latter has 

 not officially entered this 

 year, but may bring out a 

 team later in the season. 



Teams which played a 

 few games last year, such 

 as Scott, Mason, and De- 

 Witt, have shown little ac- 

 tivity so far this season. 

 The backward season seems 

 to have put a damper on baseball en- 

 thusiasm. A similar situation was noted 

 in 1927 when there was little farm 

 baseball interest until the middle of 

 June. I 



Warren In 



Warren county finally secured a 

 pitcher and decided to enter the com- 

 petition with Henderson, Hancock, and 

 McDonough counties. Hancock is 

 playing its first season and is expected 

 to show up well against its opponents. 

 Ford county is another beginner and 

 may be expected to give a good ac- 

 count of itself. 



There has been a marked tendency 

 in the State League for teams which 

 fail to win to drop out. In some 

 cases Farm Bureau executive commit- 

 tees have discouraged baseball be- 

 cause of the expense involved in pro- 

 viding equipment and expenses to and 

 from games. Where Farm Bureau 



4 1 F DO not think that the news- 

 A papers exaggerated the loss that 

 our farmers suffered May 1," declared 

 Dee Small, Williamson county farm 

 adviser, in response to a request for 

 information regarding the recent hail- 

 storm which caused an estimated dam- 

 age of half a million dollars to farm 

 crops and property in that county. 



"The hail started at Carterville," 

 continued Small, "which is three to 

 four miles west of the west border 

 of our county. The hailstorm went 

 completely across the county cover- 

 ing a strip three to four miles wide. 

 It seems that the hail varied in differ- 

 ent spots and the wind was 

 much stronger in some 

 parts of the county than 

 in others. Hailstones were 

 from the size of an ordi- 

 nary hen egg on down, the 

 majority of them being the 

 size of quail eggs. 



"Wheat was completely 

 ruined, pastures were cut 

 to pieces, and practically 

 all orchards in the path of 

 the storm were stripped of 

 prospects for fruit. Most 

 of the roofs of buildings 

 were damaged consider- 

 ably and many of them 

 were absolutely ruined." 



Courtesy Chicago Daily A'cu-s 



June 15 — Peoria vs. Marshall-Putnam, 

 a*- Peoria. 



June 22 — Peoria vs. Woodford, at Peoria. 

 June 29 — Peoria vs. Tazewell, at Tazewell. 



At a recent meeting in District V 

 held at Bloomington it was decided 

 that in case of rain the visiting team 

 must be called by 10:00 a. m. preced- 

 ing the game in order to postpone. 



\ew Baseball League 



The Plymouth County Farm Bureau 

 Baseball League was organized at Le- 

 mars, la., early in April. Over 70 en- 

 thusiasts attended the meeting and 

 standing room in the supervisors' hall 

 at the court house was at a premium. 



Jwo divisions, the American and 

 the National, were created, and the 

 townships allotted to these. The official 

 opening was set for May 5 while the 

 final county tournament will be played 

 August 30 to Sept. 2, probably at the 



Want Better Price 

 For Guernsey Milk 



DAIRYMEN about Bel- 

 videre who supply the 

 market with Guernsey milk 

 at $3 per 100 lbs. recently 

 organized to see what can 

 be done toward getting a 

 better price for their prod- 

 uct. Farm Adviser E. C. 

 Foley of Boone county was 

 instrumental in bringing 

 the producers together. 



Guernsey producers sup- 

 ply the Belvidere market 

 with approximately 3,450 

 lbs. of milk daily. Already they have 

 received an offer of $3.45 per cwt. for 

 4'/^ per cent milk which is the ap- 

 proximate average test for the milk 

 now being sold at $3. This offer 

 secured through the Farm Bureau rep- 

 resents a gain of approximately 25 

 cents per 100 lbs. over what the dairy- 

 men are now being paid. A. D. Lynch, 

 dairy marketing director, is assisting 

 the Boone county Guernsey men with 

 their marketing problems. 



stock yards park in Sioux City, on in- 

 vitation of the Stock Yards company. 

 An official admission charge of 25 

 cents will be made for games, with 

 women and children under 14 ad- 

 mitted free. The Lemars Globe-Post 

 will publish the official scores on Mon- 

 days, and has arranged to keep its 

 office open on Sundays until the last 

 report is in. 



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