A reduction of $18 per car for un- 

 loading live poultry at New York and 

 Jersey City has been made as a re- 

 sult of the first poultry-rate case un- 

 der the new poultry amendment to the 

 Packers and Stockyards Act. The sav- 

 ing at these two cities alone will 

 amount to approximately $100,000 a 

 fear. 



More hogs will come to market next 



fall and winter, and prices will decline 

 seasonally in fall months, according to 

 U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 



Hog numbers continue to decline in 

 Czechoslovakia. Governmental restric- 

 tions, 1934 drought and unfavorable 

 corn-hog price ratios are reasons given. 



"The worst corn I have seen in Illi- 

 nois is better than the best in Kansas," 

 Phil Evans of the Kansas City Pro- 

 ducers, told farmers attending the ninth 

 annual cattle feeders' day at Urbana. 



An air conditioned sunshade for 

 horses consists of an old straw hat in 

 which ear holes have been cut and a 

 wet sponge placed in the crown. 



The resettlement administration an- 

 nounced recently it had made 2,747 

 loans and 5,103 grants totaling $1,- 

 916,231.27 in Illinois. Loans totaling 

 $1,615,354.19, although fewer in num- 

 ber, were far in excess of the grants in 

 amounts. 



Definite predictions whether the 



Illinois grasshopper population will be 

 worse next year than the hordes now 

 consuming Illinois crops is not possible 

 for nearly three months, W. P. Flint, 

 chief entomologist for the University 

 of Illinois, reports. "If conditions re- 

 main similar in late October and early 

 November to what they are now, num- 

 bers will be greater," Flint said. "An 

 early wet fall would prevent grasshop- 

 pers from laying the full quota of eggs, 

 thus cutting numbers considerably." 



The biggest invisible tax the farmer 



pays for wire fence and other steel 

 goods is that due to the protective tariff 

 which enables the small number of 

 companies to fix an artificial price free 

 from foreign competition. 



Legislation and 

 the Farm Home 



(Continued from page 7) 



Boardman is superintendent of the Sun- 

 day school, and both have been teachers 

 of young people's classes for many years. 

 Mrs. Boardman is treasurer of the County 

 Council of Religious Education. 



Although keenly interested in affairs 

 outside the home, Mrs. Boardman has not 

 allowed any phase of her children's edu- 

 cation or interests to be neglected. 



In Home Bureau work for 10 years, 

 she is local unit chairman and has served 

 four years on the county board, two as 

 vice-chairman and two as chairman. 

 Drama contests have been a special fea- 

 ture for her. One year she won the 

 county, district and state Home Bureau 

 speaking contest. She is a member of 

 the county program-planning committee 

 appointed by Dean Mumford. 



"Of course, I am busy," Mrs. Board- 

 man said, "but a busy person gets things 

 done. Home Bureau has taught us to do 

 simple things in the most efficient way 

 in order to have time for other things in 

 life." 



The farm on which the Boardmans live 

 was electrified 16 years ago. They use 

 electricity in pumping, grinding and in 

 the home. "I shall be glad to receive 

 letters from the women with suggestions 

 or questions regarding legislation. From 

 their letters I am assured of their inter- 

 est and cooperation. We hope to ap- 

 proach this work from an educational 

 standpoint. We are not lobbyists," Mrs. 

 Boardman emphasized. "Our plan is to 

 present lessons accordingly." — Nell 

 Flatt Goodman. 



Music and Dance Festival 



(Continued from page 22) 



Much credit goes to these 12 groups who 

 challenged the WLS entertainers to do their 

 best lest they be overshadowed. The winning 

 groups received the acclaim of the audience 

 and when winnings were announced, wild 

 demonstrations of joy and happiness came 

 from the members of the winning group seated 

 in the stands. All groups in the evening 

 performance were sufficiently creditable, how- 

 ever, that most of them were given first place 

 by at least one of the six judges. 



But that audience of 25,000 was phenom- 

 enal. Everyone was happy, in fine spirits, 

 they responded with thunderous applause to 

 the fine performances of all groups and yet 

 they were gentlemanly, orderly, appreciative, 

 courteous • — things which can rarely be found 

 in audiences of such large numbers out in the 

 open. They came from the rural and open 

 country communities in the State of Illinois and 

 illustrate the true spirit with which the aver- 

 age rural audience enters into an appreciation 

 of fine entertainment. The Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association, WLS, and other cooperating 

 agencies deserve much credit for the splendid 

 way in which this demonstration was staged. 

 But for the spirit and fineness of performance 

 and the splendid appreciation, credit can be 

 due to none other than the people who took 

 part and made up the audience and to the 

 great organization which they represent. 



opening baseball activity at the Farms Sports 

 Festival Sept. 4 at 10, Will County took 

 Adams into camp in the quarter-final round of 

 the State tournament, score 7-1. In losing the 

 game, Adams made six errors and was limited 

 to six hits by Zatteau, Will pitcher. McHugh 

 of Will led the hitting with three hits in five 

 tries at the plate. Although Murphy of Adams 

 was held to one hit in three trips, he managed 

 to keep his average high enough to win the 

 batting championship of the Illinois Farm 

 Bureau Baseball League. Leading 12 batters 

 will be found at the end of this article. 



In a game which featured eight errors, Car- 

 roll turned back Lake County in the semi- 

 final round, score 6-2. Big guns of Lake 

 County were silent in this game; D. Cremin 

 being held to one hit in five tries, and Keine 

 netting no hits in five times at the plate. Rupp 

 of Carroll led the hitting with two out of 

 three. 



Displaying the finest pitching of the State 

 tournament, H. Robson of Henr)' County held 

 Will County to two hits as his team pushed 

 on to victory in the other semi-final game of 

 the day, score 5-0. Will County was allowed 

 only the minimum number of times at bat 

 by the crafty Henry hurler, namely 27. Nine 

 Will players went out by the strikeout route. 



In the consolation game for third place in 

 the Farm Bureau League which was played 

 Saturday morning on Illinois Field, Lake 

 County triumphed over Will, score 8-3. Keine, 

 Lake County batter who ended in second 

 place in the batting race, showed his power by 

 boosting three out of five balls into fair 

 territory. Portegy was the winning pitcher, 

 and Waldvogel was the losing flinger. /' 



Henry County proved why it should bej; 

 champions in the Illinois Farm Bureau Base- 

 ball League by winning the State championship 

 game from Carroll County, score 3-2. In the 

 hard fought battle which brought spectators 

 to their feet time and time again. K. Stephens, 

 Henry pitcher, held the opposing batsmen to 

 a n>ere three hits while his teammates were 

 collecting eight. A. R. Pruitt, Henry power- 

 house, led the hitting by having a perfect day 

 — four hits in four tries. 



Henry's victorj- Saturday afternoon brought 

 home its first State championship. Although 

 Henry has been in the running several years, 

 the championship was never quite captured. 

 Will County took the championship in 1934, 

 DeKalb was victorious in 1935, and now 

 Henry adds its name for 1936. Who will it 

 be in 1937? 



Leading batsmen in the Illinois Farm Bu- 

 reau Baseball League, out of some 100 men 

 who have been" to bat at least 14 times, fol- 

 low (a cup will be given to the leading hitter. 

 Murphy of Adams, by the Baseball League): 



AB R H PER 



Murphy, Adams County 21 9 13 .619 



L. Keine, Lake County 26 4 15 .576 



D. Cremin, Lake County 40 28 22 .550 



B. Stephens. Henry County .... 21 10 11 .52} 



H. Olson, Henr>' County 23 7 12 .521 



B. Brook, McHeno' County .... 16 2 8 .500 

 Havens, McDonough County 14 4 ~ .500 

 McCoy, Kickapoo of Peoria 



County 14 2 " .500 



Drecksler, Will County 17 5 8 .470 



Spencer, Adams County „ 20 9 9 .450 



Paulson, DeKalb County 16 9 7 .437 



B. Slone, Kickapoo of Peoria 



County 16 3 7 .437 



OCTOBER, 1936 



