"AREN'T THESE NICE CUPS" 



Boy Plowing Champs, Roll In Boughton dnd Raymond Patterson, 

 who won at Wheatland. 



THATS A GOOD ONE!" 



Farm Adviser Braham. left o* Will County, tells « new 



Knock-Knoclt to R. G. Boughton, president. Wheatland 

 Plowing Match. 



Pick a New Plowing 



Champion at Wheatland 



Wm County's 59 Year 

 Expert 



f/TTi RVIS SCHROYtR of Lily Lake, 

 1^1 with a Store of 92, took the 

 \^^ title of champion plower away 

 Irom Carl Shogcr who had held it for 

 the last six years at the 59th annual 

 Wheatland Plowing' M.itch in Will 

 County, held Oct. 3. Sdiroyer used a 

 Mtf^ormitk-Deering tractor in winning 

 the event open only to those who have 

 won first in the men's class in past 

 years. 



The weatherman finally smiled on 

 the annual event after three postpone- 

 ments. The day was one of the finest 

 the competition has ever seen accord- 

 ing to old timers. Dust, frequently a 

 hazard, was almost absent. Little or no 

 wind stirred up the freshly turned 

 earth which had profited by recent 

 rains. It was just right for plowing. 



Paul Stiefboldt, Naperville, took sec- 

 ond, place with his Case tractor when 

 he scored 90 in the prizewinners' di- 

 vision. Otto Mueller, second place win- 

 ner last year, gave his home town of 

 Naperville a little more prestige by 

 taking third with a score of 89 12. 



Scoring was based on opening fur- 

 rows. 25 points, conformation of fur- 

 rows, 25 points, straightness of fur- 

 rows, 25 points, evenness of furrows. 

 15 points, and neatness of plowing. Id 

 points. Judges in the prizewinners' 

 class were Healy Alexander of Lock- 



Old Contest Brings Out 

 Plo'wmen 



port, Walbo Thomas of Big Rock and 

 Mungo Patterson of Wheatland. 



Twelve year old Raymond Patterson, 

 Plainfield, took first money in the boys 

 under 15 division. C~larence Shoger. 

 Wheatland, took second. Rollin Bough- 

 ton, l^, of Plainfield. took home the 

 cup in the boys 15-19 class. Boughton 

 drove an Allis-Cdialmers. Donald Mor- 

 ris of Big Rock, Decring outfit, came 



CAN HE REPEAT? 

 Irving Bauman. '35 State Husking Champ 

 Woodford County, will defend his title at State 

 Meet on Jake Berkes Farm near Maple Park 

 in DeKalb County, Nov. 4. 



home with second money. Both wm- 

 ners had steel wheels on their tractors. 



Milton I'oiiser. Plainfield, won first 

 in the men's division riding a John 

 Deere tractor. Second place went to 

 Ralph Minto of Wheatland 



Other champions at the match in- 

 cluded T. J. King of VC'heatland and 

 John Day of .Marley who hold a two- 

 way tie for first place in attendance 

 Neither has missed a match in the 59 

 years of its history. 



"They can't plow today as they did 

 in the first match," said King when 

 asked how plowing today and 59 years 

 ago compared. "At that time there 

 were no riding plows - today there 

 isn't a horse among the 3~ entries. Wm 

 had to plow two ridges and finish in a 

 dead furrow in those days. When the 

 plow ing was over, the field looked as 

 though the ridges had been patted 

 down bv hand. This can't be done 

 with a tr.ictor today " 



Cieneral opinion among farmers the 

 day of tlie match leaned toward med- 

 ium to deep plowing. They agreed 

 that too shallow plowing didn't do the 

 ■work, while too deep plowing spoiled 

 the ground in places. 



A crowd estimated at 5,000 and up- 

 wards witnessed the plowing classic. 

 Not all interest centered in the soft 

 loamy fields where farmers with prac- 

 ticed eyes exchanged oj^inions as to the 

 puints made by individual plowmen. 

 Lcjiialiv busy and important were the 

 women s departments in tents where 

 pickles, pies, hght cakes, fine needle- 

 work, home-wrought art and school 

 exhibits commanded attention. The 

 chicken dinner cooked and served by 

 nearly l(i(i women was one of the big 

 drawing cards. 



NOVEMBER, 1936 



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