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' One of the outstanding Farm Bureau 

 affairs held in August was the 12th An- 

 nual Rees Farm Plowing Meet on Wed- 

 nesday, August 11. More than 10,000 

 men, women, and children from the 

 farms of Morgan and surrounding coun- 

 ties attended the event, which was under 

 the direction of the Morgan County Farm 

 Bureau. 



The match was held on the farm of 

 Mr. and Mrs. Milford Rees, 10 miles 

 southeast of Jacksonville. Not only did 

 the three plowing matches of the day 

 constitute a big attraction, but also ama- 

 teur farm and town community talent 

 entertained on the lawn for several hours 

 under the direction of Fred Schofield. 



The plowing meet was under the gen- 

 eral direction of W. F. Coolidge, Mor- 

 gan G)unty Farm Adviser. He states 

 that this annual plowing meet has done 

 more than any one thing to make farmers 

 pay more attention to good plowing. It 

 has become a real honor to win in the 

 contest. Efficiency in plowing, uniform- 

 ity of width and depth, straightness of 

 furrow, covering trash, a good job at the 



BILLY REES 

 "Plowing With A Tractor Since 8." 



Rees Plow 



Meet Attended 



By 10,000 



Farm People 



HAZEL REICHERT. 18 

 'The Only Girl in the Contest." 



ends and corners are among the im- 

 portant points upon which the contest is 

 judged. 



Governor Henry Horner awarded a 

 large cup to the winner of the profes- 

 sional contest. It was won by Chet 

 Haynes of Frankhn, Illinois, with a score 

 of 86.72. Other standings were: Paul 

 Carpenter, 2nd, 86.00; Robert Gibson, 

 3rd, 85.87; Dave Brown, 4th, 84.80; 

 and Earl Seymour, 5th, 83.60. 



Winners in the Amateur contest were 

 Earl Myers, 1st, 86.5; Biilie Franks, 2nd, 



85.93; Reed Carpenter, 3rd, 85.18; and 

 Biilie Rees, 4th, .84.83. 



Lawrence J. Flynn, won the Boys' 

 Plowing Match with a score of 8.5, while 

 John Brown was second, with 8.4. The 

 youngest contestant in the Amateur class 

 was 13-year old Billy Rees, son of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Milford Rees. He has been 

 plowing with a tractor since he was 8 

 years old and he has been in several 

 previous contests. The only girl con- 

 testant was Hazel Reichert, 18, of Vir- 

 ginia, who has been plowing with a 

 tractor for three years. 



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Eeltner Leaves Winnebago 



Charles H. Keltner, farm adviser in 

 Winnebago county since 1920 has ten- 

 dered his resignation to take effect Sept. 

 1. In a letter to President C. H. Wishop 

 of the Wiimebago County Farm Bureau, 

 Mr. Keltner said, "Next Sept. 1st will 

 be the 17th anniversary of the opening of 

 the office of the Winnebago County 

 Farm Bureau and the beginning of my 

 long tenure of service as farm adviser. 

 Since that date there has been a complete 

 turnover in the farm advisory staff of the 

 Bureaus in Northern Illinois. For a 

 number of years I have been the only 

 man in this section of the state serving 

 in the same county since 1920. Further- 

 more, the heavy demands of the work 

 have taken me from my home and family 

 almost every day and night during each 



of the 365 days of the year The 



resources of the Winnebago County Farm 

 Bureau which started without funds in 

 1920, have grown to almost $40,000 ex- 

 clusive of the holdings of the Winnebago 

 Service Co. The total active membership 

 has reached 871. The general use of ap- 

 proved scientific farm practices advocated 

 by the extension service is everywhere 

 evident. These facts are of no little sat- 

 isfaction to the writer." 



LA. A. RECORD 



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