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THE Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball 

 League swung into action in two 

 divisions on Saturday, May 25, when 

 the first games of the 1929 season 

 were played. Several upsets resulted. 

 Woodford beat the state champions 

 from Tazewell at Morton 5 to 4. On 

 the same day Peoria defeated the 1927 

 champions from Marshall-Putnam 5 to 

 2. In Div. V Logan defeated McLean 

 at Bloomington 4 to 2 while Cham- 

 paign beat Ford at Tolono 8 to 4. 



Ford county is a new entry in the 

 League and showed up very well in its 

 first game. Champaign made 13 hits 

 and 7 errors, while Ford gathered 5 

 hits and made only 4 errors. 



All games were postponed on ac- 

 count of rain on Saturday, June 1. 

 Champaign and Logan played five 

 innings at Lincoln when the two teams 

 were tied 4 to 4, each team scoring 4 

 runs in the 5th inning. Buddemeier 

 of Champaign allowed 9 bases on 

 balls, 6 of which came during the rain 

 in the 5th inning. 



All teams in the League have been 

 notified to refer eligibility questions 

 to their district dictators. When there 

 is an appeal from the decision of the 

 dictator the dispute is referred up to 

 the State Arbitration Committee for 

 final settlement. The State Arbitra- 

 tion Committee so far has held to a 

 strict interpretation of the rules and 

 by-laws on all eligibility questions. 



The eligibility clause provides that 

 "Any Farm Bureau member, or de- 

 pendent member of his family, whose 

 principal financial interests are in 

 farming, shall be eligible to play in 

 this League. Said eligibility must be 

 certified by the director or farm ad- 

 viser from each county. 



"Eligible players can play only on 

 the Farm Bureau team of the county 

 in which their Farm Bureau member- 

 ship or connection is held." 



Up-to-date four full-size divisions 

 containing four teams each are or- 

 ganized. Div. VI, including Cass, 

 Morgan, Sangamon, and possibly 

 Greene had not played any games up 

 to June 1, but. the preliminary sched- 

 ule called for games at Arenzville 

 and Jacksonville on June 5. Wabash 

 and Wayne counties in southeastern 

 Illinois have definitely signed up to 

 play. An effort is being made to or- 

 ganize additional teams in that sec- 

 tion to round out the district. 



Twenty-one teams are now organ- 

 ized and entered officially in the 

 League. Several more will be added 



it is hoped before the season is well 

 advanced. 



The Lee-Stark county game post- 

 poned because of rain June 1 will be 

 played either July 6 or July 20 ac- 

 cording to Farm Adviser E. E. Brown. 



The following games in the Illinois 

 Farm Bureau Baseball League were 

 scheduled for June 22: Knox vs. Stark 

 at Stark, Lee vs. Henry at Henry, 

 Woodford vs. Peoria at Eden, Hender- 

 son vs. Hancock at Biggsville, War- 

 ren vs. McDonough at Monmouth Park, 

 McLean vs. Ford at Bloomington, 

 Champaign vs. Logan at Tolono, San- 

 gamon vs. Cass at Springfield, and 

 Greene vs. Morgan at Greene. 



Mid- West Training ! 



School, June 24-27 



I. A. A. Officers and Farm Bureau 

 Leaders to Attend i 



G. E. Metzger 



SPRING PARK, Minnesota, on Lake 

 Minnetonka located about 25 miles 

 out of St. Paul will 

 b e headquarters 

 for the fourth an- 

 n u a 1 Mid - West 

 Training School 

 sponsored by the 

 middle west Farm 

 Bureau f e d e r a- 

 tions. The confer- 

 ence will be held 

 June 24-27. 



President Earl 

 C. Smith and Sec- 

 retary Geo. Metz- 

 ger will head the 

 delegation from Illinois. District organ- 

 ization managers, local leaders, county 

 advisers and Farm Bureau members 

 are invited to attend. Mr. Metzger 

 will preside at the first day's session, 

 and Sam H. Thompson will deliver the 

 principal address that evening. 



President Smith will speak at the 

 banquet on Tuesday night. Among 

 the speakers who will address the 

 school during the week are Prof. Fred 

 Russell of the University of Illinois; 

 Dr. F. M. Rarig, University of Min- 

 nesota, M. S. Winder, Betty Eckhardt, 

 University of W. Va., John Brandt, 

 president, Land 0' Lakes Creameries, 

 Mrs. C. W. Sewell, and others. 



Problems of organization will be the 

 chief subject for discussion throughout 

 the week. 



200 at Conferences 



More than 200 live stock marketing 

 leaders and producers attended a se- 

 ries of four conferences held during 

 May at Indianapolis, Peoria, St. Louis, 

 and Chicago. 



The meetings were arranged by the 

 Livestock Marketing Department of 

 the I. A. A., the Producer agencies, 

 and the Illinois County Farm Bureaus. 



New Books 



EIGHT years ago I was County 

 agent of Jackson County, Mis- 

 souri," says E. A. Ikenberry, in a new 

 book on roadside marketing entitled 

 "MAKING YOUR OWN MARKET" 

 by Russell Lord and Thomas Deloh- 

 ery. "But I saw more money in rais- 

 ing apples myself and marketing them 

 myself," continues Ikenberry, "so I 

 quit. 



"My average crop of apples now 

 runs from 15,000 to 20,000 bushels a 

 year. Also, I have 12 acres of pears, 

 grapes, strawberries, and blackberries. 

 All small fruit is sold fresh at the 

 roadside. Apples at 75 cents to |2 a 

 bushel, and cider at 25 to 40 cents a 

 gallon net me 15 to 20 per cent more 

 than I would get by shipping, some 

 seasons." 



Ikenberry operates a large roadside 

 market adjoining his orchard and dur- 

 ing the busy season which is from Sep- 

 tember to December he and his helpers 

 often handle as many as 1,000 people 

 a day. 



This interesting story, together with 

 69 similar stories of actual experiences 

 of farmers in roadside marketing are 

 related in the book written by two as- 

 sociate editors of Farm and Fireside. 

 The stories are all short and to the 

 point. They present actual experi- 

 ences of farmers in all parts of the 

 United States and deal with every con- 

 ceivable product, including fresh and 

 canned vegetables, fruits, eggs, cream, 

 butter, and cheese, meats, cut flowers, 

 and dogs. The book is divided into 

 five parts. The first deals with road- 

 side markets; the second with other 

 ways of selling near home; the third 

 with retail routes; the fourth with 

 sales specialties; and the fifth with 

 mail order sales. 



This little volume contains a wealth 

 of practical, common-sense information 

 and suggestions for those who are sit- 

 uated to sell farm produce at roadside 

 markets, by mail, or by retail routes in 

 neighboring towns. The book is pub- 

 lished by MacMillan and sells for 

 $1.25. Send your check to the Dept. of 

 Information, Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chi- 

 cago, and we will order a copy sent to 

 you. 



Sued for $25,000 



E. A. Extrand of Champaign county, 

 a policyholder in the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Mutual Insurance Company, 

 is defendant in a suit for $25,000 re- 

 sulting from his automobile striking a 

 pedestrian a short time ago. The ac- 

 cident happened in Georgetown, Ver- 

 million county, 111. 



According to Extrand the injured 

 person negligently left the sidewalk 

 to cross the street and ran right into 

 the side of the car. The handle of 

 the door struck him and caused a frac- 

 ture of the skull. 



The Illinois Agricultural Mutual is 

 defending its policyholder and is look- 

 ing after his interests in court. 



