CALIFORNIA CALLS! 



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the toot of the peninsula, is the worl*!- 

 renouncil Golden Gate - - about a niilc 

 wide. 



An overnight journey ot ahout lOO 

 miles on the Southern Patitit will take 

 the party throut;!) Los Ani;eles to its 

 suburh Pasadena. Mild weather is the 

 boast of Los Angeles. Its year round tem- 

 perature averages 6J deurees and sOO 

 days of the .^6^ are generally clear. The 

 city is situated on a plain extendini; from 

 the Sierra Madre ranue to the ocean. Its 

 water supply is carried 2 iO miles from 

 the mountains throuL;li the creat Los 

 Anceles at]ueduct leading from the 

 Owens River in the Sierra Nevada 

 Rant;e. 



Pasadena, the I'arm Bureau convention 

 city, is famous for its palm-bordered 

 avenires and lovely homes. It has beauti- 

 ful semi-tropic trees and flowers. 



Pasadena will be preparing for its 

 annual Tournament of Roses which it 

 holds New ^'ear's Day. Thousamls of 

 blossoms are gathered for th.it event 

 and useil in decorations tor the lavish 

 parade of flowered floats. 



Illinois dairy farmers who are mem- 

 bers of the party are likely to have 

 opportunity to swap experiences with 

 California Dairymen. Dairying is an 

 important part of ( alitornia agriculture. 



Visitors will encounter many strange 

 and new crops in C^alifortiia. They will 

 hear talk of citrus fruits - lemons, 

 limes, grapefruits and oranges. They w ill 

 hear of olives, prunes. Lnglish walnuts, 

 loijuats. melons of various kinds, and an 

 astonishing variety of vegetables. 



Iwo return routes are available to 

 those taking the tour. Return route "A" 

 will leail from Pasadena by way of 

 Boulder Dam, Great Salt Lake. Royal 

 Gorge, and ( olorailo Rockies. Return 

 route ■ B" will traverse the South. This 

 will include Cirand C anyon. New Mex- 

 ico. Houston and Cialveston, Texas, and 

 New Orleans. L'rom that point north- 

 ward to C hicago you come up the Missis- 

 sippi \'alley via Illinois Central. 



Tour "A" will leave Pasadena by 

 Union Pacific at 7:Jy P. M. on Saturday. 

 December 12. Tour "B", on the other 

 hand, will not leave Pasadena until Sun- 



Soil Conservation Talked 

 at 15th District Conference 



■TundamenlaK of Soil ( onservation," 

 was the subictt of a talk by State Leailer 

 J. C. Spitler at the nth district lAA 

 conference in Gales- 

 burg September 9. 



Between 60 and 

 "■() delegates repre- 

 senting all counties 

 in the district at- 

 tended the meeting 

 which was presided 

 over by Ray Ihrig. 

 lAA director from 

 Adams county. 



Harry Gehring of 

 Ray Ihrig Knox county dis- 



cussed cream marketing, and S. F. Rus- 

 sell. Ad.ims county, told about the I'arm 

 Bureau's wiki life conservation project. 

 I'our protected areas will be established 

 in Adams county tor i[uail and other 

 inscct-eatini; birds. 



day, December 1 3. Members will have 

 a longer time to visit the convention 

 city, Los Angeles, and California beaches. 

 Le.iving time of Tour "B" will be 12:45 

 noon, on the 1 sth, via the Santa Fe. 



On December Is. Tour "A" travelers 

 will visit Boulder Dam. On the 1-lth 

 they will view Salt Lake City. The next 

 d.iy they will be in the Colorado Rockies, 

 Glenwood Springs and Denver, arriv- 

 ing in Chicago at ''lOO A. M, December 

 17. 



Tour ' B ' travelers will see the Grand 

 Canyon December 1-i, will visit a ranch 

 near (lovis. New Mexico on the I'^th. 

 On the 16th, they will be at Houston, 

 Texas, and will make an automobile side- 

 trip to Galveston. 50 miles distant. The 

 ITtli will be .spent in New Orleans. 

 Arrival at Chicago will be at 9:30 P. M. 

 December 18. Exact schedules arc now- 

 being worked out to assure the most 

 convenient hours for arrival, sightseeing 

 and departure at all points. Definite 

 cost of the complete round trip via the 

 two return routes is quoted below. In 

 the price of each ticket is included all 

 necessary expenses en route. Individual 

 souvenirs, etc., and the stay in Pasadena, 

 of course, are not included. 



CO.VCH 



All expense for the ci'ini; 

 trip (inly with riniiu) 

 trip rail ticket 

 RiuinJ trip with re- 

 turn trip ' A ■ all- 

 expense except while 

 in Pas.ulena 

 RiHind trip with re- 

 turn trip B' all- 

 expense except while 

 in Pas.uleiia 



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lAervlhinf; 1 have heard re.i;arilini; the II- 

 liniMS Farm Spnrts Festival since my return to 

 Chic.i.uo has been must flatterini;. It seems 

 to be yencrally aureeel lh.it it w .is a wh.ile cit 

 a fine idea — caiiied nut with pr.utie.illy 100 

 percent success. 



I'll confess that when the pieliminary plans 

 for the phvsieal hanilhiit; of the two davs' 

 schedule were beini; peifeeled in lune and 

 July. I could not see how the pmcr.iin could 

 lio off very smoothlv durini; this lii st .ittcmpl. 

 When the two-d.iy I'esti\,il was conchuled - - 

 and it ended almost cm time - and w ithout a 

 single hitch. " 1 certainly felt that you and 

 your rommitlce haJ done .i wonderful job — 

 PRAIRI1-: FARMIR-W'I.S was very happy to 

 ha\e li.id the opportunity of cooperating in 

 such a splendid unelertakini^ th.it no tloubt 

 me. ins the st.ntinc of a new epoch anion.i; the 

 farm youth of Illinois and their parents as 

 well Those farm bovs and mils .md older 

 people as well to the extent of over 2,M>0 



from 6" counties - - will always remember the 

 first Illinois F,irm Sports Festival as i\ hich- 

 li.uht in their lives. The idea is bound to 

 urow and become a tremendous think;, not 

 onlv in Illinois, but in other a.cricultural states 

 as well. 



Conuratiilatioiis to all of you for putting 

 over a big job. 



George C Bi.c,i;ar 



Promotional Director, 

 R.idio Station WLS 



(Congratulations on the fine way in which 

 the Farm Sports Festival came off. '\'ou m.iy 

 count on mv helping in any way I can an- 

 other year, for I enjoyed very much working 

 with the committee this year. 

 D. E. I.indstrom, 

 Rural Sociology, 

 L'nivcrsity of Illinois. 



Our sports program at the County Farm 

 Bureau picnic in preparation for the Farm 

 Sports Festival aroused more interest and re- 

 sulted in more favorable talk about the Firm 

 Bureau than anything that has happened in 

 a long time. 



I. F Parett. 



Vermilion county. 



The Farm Sports Festival is one of the 

 finest things the lAA and the County Farm 

 BiMcaiis ever sponsored. 



Herman W. Danforth, 

 Irociuois county. 



I am writing this letter tc» tell how much 

 I.og.in county enjoyed the recent Sports Fes- 

 tiv.il. I think it cm easily be made an out- 

 standing event in the year's work It reaches 

 a group of people who heretofore have not 

 had direct contact with Farm Bureau .ictivities. 

 X H. Anderson. 

 Logan county. 



I assure you it was our pleasure- to w-ork 

 with the committee and the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Associ.ition in promoting the Sports 

 Festival. The Association is certainly to be 

 congratulated on this fine move and I am 

 in hopes that it will be an annual affair from 

 now on. 



Fdcar L. Bill, 



Station WMBD. Peoria 



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