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Thousands Attend Farm Bureau Picnics 



14th District Gathering, at Monmouth Leads AH in Size 



Muiinioutli, 



Auk. 



4 C:RC)Vil) cMinmcd at 15,(tOU (jatlicrcd luri; 



' * tuiijy in the picturcquo city park at the 

 i.df;e ot town for the I4th district I. A. A- 



l-arm Bureau picnic. An ideal day and a 

 niornini; baseball game between "Warren and 

 Henderson counties induced i large early at- 

 tendance. The crowd ciiiie tr»nii Warren, 

 Mercer, Hancock, Henderson, and Rock Island 

 counties. All were well represented. 



Henderson defeated ^'arren in the morning 

 baseball >;.*"ic', wliile McDonough won a close 

 decision from Henry, championship contenders, 

 in the afternoon contest. 1 lie score was 3 to 

 I. Heavy hilling by "BiK)ts" Kunkle, star 

 shortstop for McL)onouj;h turned the tide of 

 victory. The game was hard fought and well 

 played by both teams. 



Harold Kcssinger, slate senator from .\urora, 

 was introduced b>- his colleague. Senator Han- 

 nah ot Monmouth. Kcs- 

 singer spoke optimistically 

 about the future of agri- 

 culture, emphasizing the 

 need tor thorough organ- 

 ization. M. Cj. I.amberl 

 ot Ferris presided. All 

 larni Bureau presidents in 

 the district were there. 



Ciamcs, contests, races, 

 and good music provided 

 in both morning and alter- ■ 

 noon kept the crowd en- 

 tertained. Observers de- 

 clared this the largest 

 farmers' picnic held dur- 

 ing the year in Illinois. 



the lighted grandsiand on the fair grounds. 



C-ongressman Henry T. Rainey, the speaker 

 of the afternoon, talked to a full grandstand 

 on farm relief ariil the marketing act. .\lr. 

 Kainey, a Democrat, was for the equalization 

 fee and the debenture plan, and said so. His 

 talk was well received. 



farm adviser C. J. 1 homas of Jackson 

 county broke his leg while sliding into home 

 during the baseball game between local pickup 

 teams. A crowd estimated at 4000 attended. 



t)thers who spoke briefly were Sec. Cieo. 

 \. Met/ger and Pres. li. W. Tiedeman of the 

 Sanitary .Milk Producers. Ired Dietz of Ue.Solo 

 presided. 



Olius, III., Aug. iO: 



.\ crowd that ovcrllowed the grandstand and 

 ihc Richland county fair grounds heard gra> 

 li.ured Sam 'I lioinpson. president of the .-Xnieri 



Salem presided, gelling ihe program under 

 was iiid timshing on schedule lin»e. 



t)lljwa. III., Aug. II : 



I lie story of the Cl<Mik 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 

 1 aSalle Ciiunty I-arm Bureau picnic by Vi'illiam 

 H. Malone, chairman of the Illinois lax C oin- 

 missiun. Mr. Malone accompanied by Mrs. 

 Malone arrived in a great tri-inoiored nietul 

 monoplane which after circling about over the 

 picnic crowd l,(nded at ilu Dttawa airport 

 two miles troni ihc city. 



Mr. .Malone commended the larm Bureau 

 jiid Illinois Agricultural Associatiim for their 

 lairiKss 111 ta\ matters before the Commission. 

 "I have never Kcard larm Bureau rcprcsent*- 

 ii\es ask the commission lor lax reduction," he 

 said. " 1 hey invariably 

 appealed for tax equali/^- 

 tion and when the facis 

 showed that iiiequaliti^ 



These sii^ns 

 near the main 

 entrance 

 Greeted State 

 Fair ' visitors, 

 Aug. 19-24. 



The I. A. A. 

 pavilion was 

 a popular 

 meeting place 

 for farmers 

 through- 

 out Fair week 

 at Springfield. 



tiloominglon, 111., Aug. 28: 



Threatening clouds in 

 the morning and a light 

 shower early in the after- 

 noon cut the attendance 

 at the 17th district harm 

 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 ^X'<M]d- 

 tord county in the morn- 

 ing baseball game played 

 on the Teachers' College 

 grounds at Normal. C. V. 

 (iregory, editor of Prairie 

 farmer and speaker of the 

 afternoon, gave a scholarly 



address tracing the history of agriculture and can larm Bureau federation tell about the 

 farm relief from biblical limes to the present struggle for farm relief here today. The crowd 

 day. He spoke optimistically of the future, of 8,000 to 10,000 was similar to that of last 

 the agricultural marketing act, and the federal year. .Mr. Thompson said he started his speak- 

 farm board. The Middle West has lagged be- ing career as president of the Illinois Agricul- 

 hind in organizing grain marketing coopera- lural Association at Olney about six years ago. 

 lives, he said. Farmers must federate to secure "Our Sam" spoke interestingly and optimistic- 

 ilie benetit of the new legislation. ally about the future of agriculture. 



Baseball between Clay and Wabash County 



Sparta, Aug. 29: Farm Bureau teams featured the morning pro- 



The 4-H Club pageant in which nearly a gram along with barnyard golf. Boy scout 

 hundred boys and girls from every part of demonstrations, and a style show by 4-H club 

 Randolph county participated, featured the girls preceded the speaker in the afternoon. A 

 2Uh district picnic held here today. The 4-H variety of games and races entertained the 

 program provided the evening entertainment in picnickers until evening. W. I.. Cope of 



existed we have not hei>l- 

 laicd lo grant relief." 



.\ 4-H club style shinf, 

 J baby beef club dcmun- 

 straiion, baseball, horsi- 

 slioo pitching and oth<tr 

 events featured the pnj- 

 gram 



The largest county pic- 

 nic in the history of ilk- 

 .Marshall-Putnam I a r ni 

 Bureau was held on tine 

 Swancy school grounds 

 near .McXabb.on Aug. 17, 

 according to R. J. I.aiblf, 

 county advisee. The crowd 

 was estimated at 8,000 b^' 

 experienced gatekeepers. 



The speaker, VC'm. ] I. 

 Malone, chairtnan ai tJiit- 

 slate tax conimission, ar^ 

 ri\ed in a <!-urtiss-Robifi 

 airplane from <J)icago. 



MEMBERS FIND QUIET AND REST AT STATE FAIR 



■K ^^^ . Four hundred tweniyi- 



\Jm ^^^B 1 I've members already have 



flA^^^^^J iK-en signed in; the rcnewajl 



^^^^^^^r campaign of the Hcnderl 



^ttfKK ""'" (^unty larm Bureai*, 



•^ ^^ ^1 and the membership showt, 



prospects of approaching 



SOU within the next wee^ 



or two, according to R,. 



J. Hamilton, district or- 



gaiii/atioii manager. 'Ihe old nieinlKTship io 



IKiidersiin cooniy was 454. Practically all tht 



ii.w members are signed by voluntarv sulicitorv. 



loyd \. Sieere, .\merican -Xgricultural Com- 

 missioner at Berlin, Germany, anil Dr. Erich 

 Kraciiicr from tlie same country were visitors 

 ai the I. .'\. A. ollicc recently. Representatives 

 111 ilie Soviet <iovernmcnt from Moscowi, 

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

 several weeks ago studying the Farm Bureau 

 setup and program of service in Illinois. 



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