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in each event. Each contestant can enter 

 not more than three events. 



Scoring points will be credited as fol- 

 lows: First place, 5 points; second place, 

 3 points and third place, 1 point. This 

 rule will apply to all events. 



There will be a class for boys 1 5 and 

 under and one for boys 16 and over in 

 each of the following events: 100 yard 

 dash, 880 yard run, high jump, broad 

 jump, pole vault, shot put and half mile 

 relay (four on a team, each to run 220 

 yards). 



Three relay races for men and boys 

 have been planned. They are a 400 

 yard relay for men 18 and over,, a 300 

 yard relay for boys 14 to 17 and a 50 

 yard shuttle race for boys 13 and under. 

 Four runners make a team. 



Girls to Run, Jump, Shoot 



Tlie girls' track program is composed 

 of three events, two classes in each. One 

 class for girls 1 5 and under and one for 

 girls 16 and over. Tliey will take part 

 in a 100 yard dash, the high jump and 

 the broad jump. 



Rifle shooting has been added to the 

 list of women's events for the Festival. 

 Rifles to be used in the match will be 22 

 calibre and may be furnished with any 

 type of sight to suit the contestant. It 

 has been suggested that each participant 

 supply her own gun and ammunition. 



The match will be held in the Armory 

 on the indoor ranges generally used for 

 cadet instruction. The distance from 

 firing line to target is "SO feet. More de- 

 tailed information concerning rules are 

 available at your county Farm Bureau 

 office. 



The men, too, may enter the rifle match 

 in a special class. The same general rules 

 will apply to both classes. 



Trap Shoot Scheduled 



For the hunting males of the tribe who 

 prefer the shotgun to the small bore, 

 a trap shoot has been provided. This 

 event will be held at the Champaign Gun 

 Club west of Champaign. Regular rules 

 will govern the shoot. 



For those who like the more intellec- 

 tual games, the checkers tournament of- 

 fers an opportunity to do battle. This 

 year the ladies, too, will have a chance 

 to prove their mettle over the checker- 

 board. 



Women may enter the horseshoe pitch- 

 ing tournament but not in competition 

 with the men. They will be allowed to 

 pitch in either the doubles or singles 

 event. The committee frowns on one 

 contestant entering both. In the wom- 

 en's competition the distance will be 30 

 feet as compared to the regulation 40 

 feet for men. A game is 50 points. 



No woman's play is the tug o'war 

 tournament. County teams of eight 

 members will pull. Get the new rules 

 at your County Farm Bureau office. 



AT THE '36 ST. CLAIH COUNTY SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT 

 "A team for every community . . . the champions to the Sports Festivol." 



A deck tennis tournament for women 

 is planned. This is a fast, exciting 

 game similar to tennis. Get the rules 

 from your County Farm Bureau office. 



Dart throwing, an intensely interesting 

 game of skill, has been added to the list 

 of events for women. Feathered darts, 

 seven and five-eighths inches in length, 

 tipped with needle-sharp steel points will 

 be used. They will be thrown or tossed 

 at a rifle-type target from a distance of 

 1 2 feet. Each player will throw five 

 darts. 



The husband calling contest, open to 

 both married and unmarrjed women, will 

 be judged on volume, firmness, appeal 

 and originality. 



•Girls who would publicly test their 

 skill in throwing the rolling pin will be 

 scored on their ability to knock the hat 

 off a dummy at 20 feet, about the width 

 of the average farm kitchen. 



Music and Dance Events 



There 11 be music a-plenty and danc- 

 ing, too. Old fashioned "hoe downs, " 

 jigs, reels and folk dances will all be a 

 part of the show. Two dance contests 

 will be staged one for Folk dancers, an- 

 other for square dance experts. A folk 

 dance may be made up of 8 or 16 par- 

 ticipants. A square dance set is 8 per- 

 sons. 



Novelty bands of three to six musicians 

 will vie for honors. They will be judged 

 on musical performance, audience appeal, 

 harmony and originality. The prelim- 

 inary contest is scheduled for 10 A.M. 

 Friday, September 3. 



A square dance band contest open to 

 bands of three to six members will he 

 held. Bands are to be judged on musical 

 perform.ince, audience appeal and har- 

 mony. The preliminary contest will be 

 held in the George Huff Gymnasium. 

 University of Illinois. Friday A.M., Sep- 

 tember 3. 



Groups of family musicians will have 



an opportunity to display their musical 

 talents in the new family group singing 

 contest. Ihis event is open to three or 

 more members of an immediate family, 

 father, mother and - — or children. Each 

 group will be allowed to do two numbers 

 of not over 21,2 minutes each in length. 

 Judging will be based on musical [xrr- 

 formance, audience appeal, harmony and 

 originality. 



In addition to the musical contests, sev- 

 eral County Farm Bureaus are planning 

 to bring their bands to the Festival to 

 entertain the crowds at different points 

 on the grounds throughout the show. 

 Plan 25th Anniversary 



Twenty-five years of farm advisory 

 work in Illinois will be marked with a 

 pageant, Friday evening, September 3. 

 Ali phases of the formation and develop- 

 ment of the greatest state farm org.iniza- 

 tion in America will be re-enacted in the 

 huge Memorial Stadium 



As the story of the pageant opens, 

 DeKalb and Kankakee counties plan their 

 organization. That took place in 1912. 



Tlie first and second episodes cover the 

 period from 1914 to 1920 during v^hich 

 county organizations sprang up all over 

 the state. During that time too. a federa- 

 tion of Farm Bureaus was formed and 

 the lAA was born. 



Development of extension work in Il- 

 linois will he depicted in the third Epi- 

 sode which covers the period from 1920 

 to 1937. During this time swine dis- 

 ease control, 4-H Clubs, and soil con- 

 servation were the main developments. 

 The work of the lAA during these 

 strenuous years will also be dram.uized. 



Many of the first Illinois farm leaders, 

 some of whom are now national figures, 

 are expected to take part in the pageant. 

 Those interested in farms and farming 

 can ill afford to miss this inspirational, 

 historical and educational feature of the 

 program. 



JULY. 1937 



