THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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Page Five 



B Thousands Attend Farm Bureau Picnics 



14th District Gathering at Monmouth Leads All in Size 



Monmouth, 111., Aug. 27: .....■■ -., ^j^^ lighted grandstand on the fair grounds. 



4 CROWD estimated at 15,000 gathered here Congressman Henry T. Rainey, the speaker 



-^ today in the picturesque city park at the of the afternoon, ulked to a full grandstand 



edge of town for the 14th district I. A. A 

 Farm Bureau picnic. An ideal day and a 

 morning baseball game between Warren and 

 Henderson counties induced a large early at- 

 tendance. The crowd came from Warren, 

 Mercer, Hancock, Henderson, and Rock Island 

 counties. All were well represented. 



Henderson defeated Warren in the morning 

 baseball game, while McDonough won a close 

 decision from Henry, championship contenders, 

 in the afternoon contest. The score was 3 to 

 1. Heavy hitting by "Boots" Runkle, star 

 shortstop for McDonough turned the tide of 

 victory. The game was hard fought and well 

 played by both teams. 



Harold Kessinger, state senator from Aurora, 

 was introduced by his colleague. Senator Han- 

 nah of Monmouth. Kes- 

 singer spoke optimistically 

 about the future of agri- 

 culture, emphasizing the 

 need for thorough organ- 

 ization. M. G. Lambert 

 of Ferris presided. All 

 Farm Bureau presidents in 

 the district were there. 



Games, contests, races, 

 and good music provided 

 in both morning and after- 

 noon kept the crowd en- 

 tertained. Observers de- 

 clared this the largest 

 farmers' picnic held dur- 

 ing the year in Illinois. 



on farm relief and the marketing act. Mr. 

 Rainey, a Democrat, was for the equalization 

 fee and the debenture plan, and said so. His 

 talk was well received. 



Farm adviser C. J. Thomas of Jackson 

 county broke his leg while sliding into home 

 during the baseball game between local pickup 

 teams. A crowd estimated at 4000 attended. 



Others who spoke briefly were Sec. Geo. 

 E. Metzger and Pres. E. W. Tiedeman of the 

 Sanitary Milk Producers. Fred Dietz of DeSoto 

 presided. 



OIney, 111., Aug. 30: 



A crowd that overflowed the grandstand and 

 the Richland county fair grounds heard gray- 

 haired Sam Thompson, president of the Ameri- 



These siffns 

 near the main 

 entrance 

 greeted State 

 Fair visitors, 

 Auc 19-24. 



Bloomington, 111., Aug. 28: 



Threatening clouds in 

 the morning and a light 

 shower early in the after- 

 noon cut the attendance 

 at the 17th district Farm 

 Bureau picnic held at Mil- 

 ler Park here today. The 

 crowd was somewhat small- 

 er than that of last year 

 when 8,000 to 10,000 peo- 

 ple attended a similar 

 gathering. 



McLean bested Wood- 

 ford county in the morn- 

 ing baseball game played 

 on the Teachers' College 

 grounds at Normal. C. V. 

 Gregory, editor of Prairie 

 Farmer and speaker of the 

 afternoon, gave a scholarly 



address tracing the history of agriculture and 

 farm relief from biblical times to the present 

 day. He spoke optimistically of the future, 

 the agricultural marketing act, and the federal 

 farm board. The Middle West has lagged be- 

 hind in organizing grain marketing coopera- 

 tives, he said. Farmers must federate to secure 

 the benefit of the new legislation. 



Salem presided, getting the program under- 

 way and finishing on schedule time. - . i-'-. 



Ottawa, III., Aug. 31: 



The story of the Cook county reassessment 

 and the long struggle for a fair and equitable 

 valuation of real estate was told here today 

 in a short vigorous address at the annual 

 LaSalle County Farm Bureau picnic by William 

 H. Malone, chairman of the Illinois Tax Com- 

 mission. Mr. Malone accompanied by Mrs. 

 Malone arrived in a great tri-motored metal 

 monoplane which after circling about over the 

 picnic crowd landed at the Ottawa airport 

 two miles from the city. 



Mr. Malone commended the Farm Bureau 

 and Illinois Agricultural Association for their 

 fairness in tax matters before the Commission. 

 "I have never heard Farm Bureau representa- 

 tives ask the commission for tax reduction," he 

 ^ said. "They invariably 



appealed for tax equaliza- 

 tion and when the facts 

 showed that ineqiulities 

 existed we have not hesi- 

 tated to grant relief." 



A 4-H club style show, 

 a baby beef club demon- 

 stration, baseball, horse- 

 shoe pitching and other 

 events featured the pro- 

 gram. 



The largest county pic- 

 nic in the history of the 

 Marshall-Putnam Farm 

 Bureau was held on the 

 Swaney school grounds 

 near McNabb on Aug. 27, 

 according to R. J. Laible, 

 county adviser. The crowd 

 was estimated at 8,000 by 

 experienced gatekeepers. 



The speaker, Wm. H. 

 Malone, chairman of the 

 state tax commission, ar- 

 rived in a Curtiss -Robin 

 airplane from Chicago. 



The I. A. A. 

 pavilion was 

 a popular 

 meeting place 

 for farmers 

 through- 

 out Fair week 

 at Springfield. 



Sparta, Aug. 29: ';.-■■ 



The 4-H Club pageant in which nearly a 

 hundred boys and girls from every part of 

 Randolph county participated, featured the 

 2Sth district picnic held here today. The 4-H 

 program provided the evening entertainment in 



MEMBERS FIND QUIET AND REST AT STATE FAIR 



can Farm Bureau Federation tell about the 

 struggle for farm relief here today. The crowd 

 of 8,000 to 10,000 was similar to that of last 

 year. Mr. Thompson said he started his speak- 

 ing career as president of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association at Olney about six years ago. 

 "Our Sam" spoke interestingly and optimistic- 

 ally about the future of agriculture. 



Baseball between Clay and Wabash County 

 Farm Bureau teams featured the morning pro- 

 gram along with barnyard golf. Boy scout 

 demonstrations, and a style show by 4-H club 

 girls preceded the speaker in the afternoon. A 

 variety of games and races entertained the 

 picnickers until evening. W. L. Cope of 



Four hundred twenty- 

 five members already have 

 been signed in the renewal 

 campaign of the Hender- 

 son County Farm Bureau, 

 and the membership shows 

 prospects of approaching 

 ^ 500 within the next week 

 I or two, according to R. 

 J. Hamilton, district or- 

 ganization manager. The old membership in 

 Henderson county was 434. Practically all the 

 new members are signed by voluntary solicitors. 



Loyd V. Steere, American Agricultural Com- 

 missioner at Berlin, Germany, and Dr. Erich 

 Kraemer from the same country were visitors 

 at the I. A. A. office recently. Represenutives 

 of the Soviet Government from Moscow, 

 Russia, spent a day at L A. A. headquarters 

 several weeks ago studying the Farm Bureau 

 setup and program of service in Illinois. . 



Don't fail to read page 11 of this issu«. 



