SPORTS FESTIVAL 



(CuiitinueJ from />Jge 13/ 



Girls' Events 



(2 cLisso for each evtnt. 



Girls IS and umlc-r. Giri> 16 aiuf ciljtr) 



1. KM) Yarv.1 Dash 



2. Hich Jump 

 > Broad Jump 

 HORSESHOES 



1. Men. (Sinj;lcv anJ dnuWev diviMims. 

 playtr may inter only one JiviMoo ) 



2. Vi'omeii. (Rules same as tor men except 

 M) toot <i]-tance.) 



TIG OVi'AR TOLRNAMENT 

 1- Eiclit (S) men on each team, 

 HORSE FILLING CONTEST 



1 Two (2) diviMons — teams over sOOO 

 Ihs., teams under iOOO lbs. 



TRAP SHOOTING 



1. Official Rules of the Amateur Tiap 



Shootinp Association will he used. 



Open to any member of shooters. 

 RIFLE SHOOTING 



Separate division for men and wnmen 

 \XOMENS EVENTS 



1. Women's Rifle Shootini;. 



2. Checkers Tournament. 

 ^. Horseshiie Tournament. 



•t Rolling; Pin Throwing; Contest, 

 "i Husband Calling Contest. 

 6. Darts Throwing Contevt. 



Hit bulls-eye with 5 dart^, "'j" size, at 



12 feet. 

 ~ Tenni-Quoit or Deck Tennis Contest. 

 SPECIAL EVENTS 

 I. I'xperiment Station Tour 



2 Hou Callinj;. 

 s. Swimming. 



(Events for both Boys and CiirN). 

 ■1 Checkers. 



(Separate divisions for men and wcmien). 

 s. Prize Drawing Pony 



(For youngsters ■) to 11 years inclusive). 

 6 Largest Farm Bureau Family. 

 " Oldest Farm Bureau Nfember. 

 N Bicgest Farm Bureau Smile. 

 Misk: AND FOLK DANCE CONTESTS 



All preliminaries at 10;(10 AM. Friday. 



Sept. 3. 

 I Family Singing Contest 



(Not less than s Members). 



Notice 



Illinois Agricultural Association 

 Election <if Delegates 



Notice is hereby given that in con- 

 nection with the annual meetings of all 

 County Farm Bureaus to be held during 

 the month of September. l')>", at the 

 hour and place to be determined hv the 

 Board of Directi^rs of each respective 

 County Farm Bureau, the members in 

 giiod standing of such County Farm 

 Bureau, and who are also qualified vot- 

 ing members, of Illinois Agricultural 

 Association, shall elect a delegate or 

 delegates to represent such members of 

 Illinois Agricultural Associatii>n and 

 vote on all matters before the next an- 

 nual meeting or any special meetini; of 

 the Assocation. including the election 

 of officers and directors as provided for 

 in the Bv-I.aws of the Association. 



Durrng September, annual meetings 

 will be held in Christian. Macon and 

 JetTerson counties. 



(Signed) P.lul I" M.itl^i.is. 

 July 21, 19s" Co'porate Secretary 



lohn Spencer 



2. Square Dance Contest 



(-1 Couples, 8, or 9 with caller). 

 .s. Folk Dance Contest 



(1 or S C;ouples, 16 in all). 



4. Novelty Dance Band Contest. 

 {h to 6 Members). 



5. Square Dance Band Contest. 

 ( i to 6 Members) 



FARM BlREAl' BANDS 



Farm Bureau Bands from Boone, Sanga- 

 mon .md Logan ciuinties will be assigned 

 pi. ices on the two davs Sports program. 

 MISIC AND DANCE FESTIVAL 

 PAGEANT — C)rgaiii/ed Farmers March- 

 ing On " 



2'i ^'ears of Agricultural Extension and 

 Farm Bureau \X'ork in Illinois. 



It's "Soil Improvement" 



To avoid confusion the newest lAA 

 dep.irtment will be known as Soil Im- 

 provement rather than Soil Conserva- 

 tion. John R. Spencer be^an work 

 July I, as ilirector. 

 1' h i s department 

 was established in 

 reponse to Farm 

 Bureau members 

 for assistance in 

 assembling infor- 

 mation about lime- 

 stone and phos- 

 phate, prices, 

 sources and quality. 

 "I feel that this 

 department will be 

 of tremendous 

 value to farmers in the important work 

 of con.servint; and in building up the 

 soil on their tarins, " Spencer says. 



Mr. Spencer was born April 10, 1896, 

 in Henry county. He worked on Bureau 

 and Henry county livestock farms until 

 he graduated from high school in 1 91-1. 

 Before he received his degree in agricul- 

 ture at the University of Illinois in 1920, 

 John served 16 months in the United 

 States Army. 



I'rom 1920 until 192'i, Spencer was 

 engaged in agricultural extension work 

 at the University of Kentucky. He re- 

 turned to his home state as Wabash 

 county farm adviser in 192^. Three years 

 later he became farm adviser in Rock 

 Island county. 



The nine years that Spencer remained 

 in Rock Island county were the most 

 strenuous in Farm Bureau history. Dur- 

 ing those years the (Quality Milk Asso- 

 ciation. Rock Island, and the Producers 

 Creamery, Moline, were organized in the 

 (acc of bitter opposition. It was in this 

 battle that Spencer won his spurs and the 

 first Illinois Producers Oeamery was 

 established. 



He was instrumental, too. in develop- 

 ing the Rock Islan^i Service Company, 

 one ot the fastest growing (arm supply 

 cooperatives in western Illinois. The 

 Rock Island I"arm Bureau has a splendid 

 morale, is well financed and has a mem- 

 bership of 675. 



16 



S^ebillDope 



Believe it or not, 19 County Farm Bu- 

 reau baseball nines are cavorting around 

 the diamonds these days having a lot of 

 fun and furnishing some high class en- 

 tertainment for the fans. At going to 

 press time, it looks like anybody's race 

 for the state title with Peoria, Lake, De- 

 Kalb, Fayette. Bond, Will, and Carroll 

 more or less in the lead. At any rate 

 these teams seem to have the edge. At 

 least four can look ahead to playing in 

 fast company when they run head on into 

 each other on Illinois Field during the 

 Second Annual Farm Sports Festival 

 Sept. 3-4. 



Here's the lineup based on reports re- 

 ceived up to and including luly 2.S: 

 DIVISION I Won Lost Pet. 



Carroll • 2 1 .66" 



Jo Daviess 2 2 .500 



Ogle 1 2 .^^^ 



DIVISION II 



Lake -i 2 66" 



DeKalb 4 2 .66" 



Boone 2 4 .'S^i 



McHenrv 2 4 .ss^ 



DIVISION III 



Vi'ill 4 1.000 



LaSalle 1 000 



Livinuston s 1100 



DIVISION IV 



Peoria 4 1,000 



Vi'oodford 4 1 .800 



McLe.in 1 s .250 



Henry I s 2^0 



Marsiiall-Putnam s .000 



DIVISION V 



Favette 6 1 .85" 



Bond 5 1 .8V^ 



Montgomery I 5 .16" 



Macoupin 1 6 .143 



Peoria county is an example of the 

 worm that turned. After being kicked 

 about like the Chicago White Sox for so 

 many years, Peoria got tired of the per- 

 .formance. And thus far it has tromped 

 "all over each adversary much to the de- 

 light of the patient Peoria cotinty fans. 

 Woodford, of course, is up there disput- 

 ing each step of the way, but it looks 

 like a new state champ in "hi for Henry 

 county, the '36 winner, is dovvn the list 

 and may never emerge from the district 

 competition. 



Here are some of the recent scores: 

 July 10 

 DeK.ilb (at Svcamore) 6 



B.onc 1 



Julv 17 

 Lake (at Harvard) ' _ <> 



McHenry d 



Will (at Ottawa) 8 



LaSalle 



F.ivette (at Carlinville) 11 



Macoupin 2 



DeKalb (at Belvidere) 2 



Boone 1 



Woodford (at Eureka) 14 



McLean 7 



Ogle (at Stocktim) 11 



Jo Daviess 6 



I. A. A. RECORD 



