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 ^"^^J^ fun!" mii^'ht well be the 

 ^^ slogan of the second an- 

 nual I'arm Bureau Sports lestival to he 

 held on the University of Illinois campus. 

 Sept. 3-4. 



But there is more to the Festival than 

 just having fun. In backing the project 

 again with a generous appropriation, the 

 lAA board of directors see in this ac- 

 tivity an opportunity to balance the Farm 

 Bureau program, to bring young folks 

 and old together in wholesome recrea- 

 tion, to promote the spirit of organiza- 

 tion and achievement through team play, 

 to develop a more satisfying life on the 

 farm. 



So voicing, this sentiment. President 

 F.arl Smith, of the lAA and I'bb Harris, 

 chairman of the State Sports Festival 

 Committee join in extending an invita- 

 tion to all Illinois farm folks to lay aside 

 the more serious matters of life and 

 come out for a good time. 



How can you get in on the tun at the 

 Sports Festival? By first doing your 

 stuff at the county picnic or Field Day 

 where entries for the state tourn.iment 

 are selected on a competitive basis. Fn- 

 tries are official only when made through 

 the County Farm Bureau office. The list 

 of contests appear in the table accom- 

 panying this, article. Baseball, soft ball, 

 tug-o-war, and track will be underway all 

 over the campus. There will be plenty 

 of action from Friday morning on until 

 the last ribbon is awarded Saturday after- 

 noon. 



There will be plenty of games that 

 even the oldest can play. And some 

 corking good baseball games are in store 

 for those who like to just set and look 

 on. Ask about the contests at the Farm 

 Bureau office. You'll want to take part 

 in the county tournaments anyway. WJiat 

 if you do lose, you'll want to see the man 

 who tripped you up show the'boys from 

 other sections what your county can do. 



Take checkers, for example. Age and 

 experience count over the black and 

 white squares. The women will play 

 in a tournament all their own this year. 

 So come along to the Old Gym Annex 

 at Urbana and see the best players in the 

 state shove each other around over the 

 checkerboards. 



The horse pulling contest always is a 

 spectacular event. The University plans 

 to bring out a team of cr.ick Percherons 

 for the demonstration. To the lover of 

 good horses, that alone is a sufficient rea- 

 son for being there Saturd.iy morning. 

 .September i. 



A lively time is in store for target 

 shooters. Men can enter either the trap 

 shoot or the rifle match. Women will be 

 limited to small bore firing, the commit 

 tee says. 



But the ladies should worry! There 

 are plenty of other games they can play. 

 Darts throwing is a good one. F.ach con- 

 testant takes five feathered steel-pointeii 

 darts to throw at a regular rifle target. 

 Throwers stand \2 feet from the target. 

 It isn't difficult to make a high score and , 

 it's a sport the whole family will like. 



Deck tennis, too, is listed. Like dart 

 throwing, it s an all-family game that can 

 be played with simple ec^uipment. A 

 plot of ground. IS bv KJ feet, a piece of 

 binder tv<ine 20 feet long and a soft 

 rubber ring 7 inches in diameter are all 

 th.it is needed to play at home. 



Rules for deck tennis arc simple. 

 They are available at your county Home 

 Bureau or Farm Bureau office. Ocean 

 travelers were I lie originators of this 

 sport. Try it " it's a lot of fun! 



Here's a recif^' for a good time in 

 August. Take oiiie rolling pin. one half- 

 pint dummy with round bald heail and 

 one straw hat. well battered. Place hat 

 on dummy. Step back 20 feet and 

 vigorously propel rolling pin toward 

 dummy's head. Repeat serving five 

 times Season well with applause from 

 the sidelines when hat is well beaten to 

 the ground. Try this dish at your next 

 I'arm Bureau picnic. Serve it to hall- 

 baked husbands also. 



NX'ith leap year two years away, many 

 bachelor girls are looking forward to the 

 Sports Festival husband calling contest. 

 The committee says that there arc no 

 restrictions as to whase husband they can 

 call. Voice appeal ranks next to beauty 

 in getting a favorable reaction from the 

 impressionable male. So come on girls, 

 tune up. Let's see what you can do. 



Kiddies, too, can win a prize. Si 

 Simpson of the Illinois Livestock Mar- 

 keting Association is combing the coun- 

 try for the finest Shetland pony to give 

 some lucky boy or girl who registers at 

 the Festival up until noon Saturday. Get 

 the folks to come. You may win the 

 pony. 



The hog callers need no practice. They 

 strut their stuff "ever)' day. And there 

 , are those whose voices are so appealing 

 that they can make even a blind pig 

 come for his slop. Untess you've already 

 tried it, how do you know but that you 

 are the state champion hog caller.^ \X'ell 

 — there's only one way to find out ! 



It's a strange thing but most of our 

 top-nolch runners have had broken or 

 in|ured legs at some time in their lives. 

 They have overcome their handicaps to 

 wm over men with sound legs. If your 

 only hancficap is cold feet there's no rea- 

 son why you cTin t run in the Track meet. 

 Belter get in training so you wcin't have 

 to run "soft. ' 



1 he lively arts, music and dancing, 

 are sports, too. F.spccially peppy arc 

 those arts when they deal with to»ting 

 a horn in a novelty band or twiddling 

 a bow in a scjuarc dance band 



Let the city folks drag their scxks" 

 on ballroom floors. Rural people can 

 get a bigger kick than ih.U from old- 

 fashioned "hoe downs " and folk dances. 

 There's a whale of a lot more fun in 

 "mixing it' in a scjuare dance. And if 

 you want to learn some new calls you' 

 better come along to the square dance 

 contest. 



Perhaps you've been wcindcring how 

 the I'arm Bureau got its start. If you 

 have you can get the whole story in just 

 a little while on F'riilay evening, Septem- 

 ber V during tlie historical narration 

 which marks 2"^ years of .igricultural ex- 

 tension and organization Older men 

 and women will retail the part they 

 |ilayed in the Farm Bureau as its history 

 is dramatuallv unfokkd 



I.LST Ol I VIMS 

 ILLINOIS FARM SIHIKTS I I STIVAI. — 



.SEPTIMBFR < ■ i. I'M? 

 .Sp.Misdic.l bv II.LI.NOIS AC.RK I'l.TI'RAI. 

 A.S>()C;iA'ri<)\ and C ouii^ Farm an.l 

 Hiiiiic' Hiirc-.ui>. I'nivcrMty of lllllll)l^, 

 Prairic Farmir and .Slatiun WLS Co opnjt 

 in.i;. 



FARM BIRKAIJ BASFBALI. 

 Di\iMi)n C^liamps to pl.iy for tlu si.itt tiiU- 

 .SOFT BALL 



1. A.lult C!iiunty Le.i4;iii- Divi>i(>n 



(Open (o F.trm Hurc.iiis h.ivint; four to 



SIX t<)wnsliip or coniniunity It-.tnis). 

 J". All C^ounty Division 



(Any Counly F.irni Biirtaii tiam may 



inter) 

 V F.irm Bureau Members 0\er "sS Ye.irs ot 



Akc 

 ■t. Boys ^ H riub 



(i:nrolle<l Memhe.s of 4H). 

 5 Girls' Division 



(From Farm Biire.iu, Home Bureau, or 



•iH Member families). 

 TRACK 

 Bovs' Kvcnis 



(2 classes for each event 



Boys 1") an.l under. Boys 16 anJ older). 

 I 100 \.iu\ D.ish 1 hroail jump 

 2'. HHO Y.ir.l Run S Pole Vault 



i. Higli Jump (y Shot put 



7 Half Mile Relay 

 Special Relay Fvi-nts for Boys and Men 

 I 111) Wir.l Relay 



(Aties IS anJ over. 1 on team. i.kIi to 

 run 11)0 yds.) 



2. ^00 "^'ard Rel.iy 



(A.ws It to 1~ ineluMVe, -1 on te.ini, eat li 

 to run ""S yds ) 

 ^ SO "^'.ir.l Shuttle Relay 



(Aues 13 and under, 4 .)n te.im. ea< h to 

 run ^0 yds.) 



H.i'HtiaiitJ i-n f>.i_e.i. Id) 



AUGUST, 1937 



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