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DeKalb and Kankakee counties, the nar- 

 ration brought out, organization and ex- 

 tension work proceeded through the 

 establishment of county soil and crop 

 improvement associations headed by "col- 

 lege trained farm advisers. The develop- 

 ment of better farming practices, the 

 founding of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association and the new and baffling 

 problems of the post-war deflation period 

 were depicted. 



The narration continued on through 

 the '20s when readjustment and better 

 business methods were needed by farmers 

 of the state. How farmers organized to 

 fight for reduced taxes, improved market- 

 ing methods, quality farm supplies, parity 

 prices and insurance rates in line with 

 >rural risks was shown. 



Narrators and actors carried the story 

 into the depression. They showed how 

 farm surpluses piled up and finally broke 

 farm markets. The fight for parity prices 

 was dramatized. The narrative ended by 

 honoring pioneers in agricultural exten- 

 sion and organization work. 



The Prairie Ramblers and Patsy Mon- 

 tana, WLS radio stars, wound up the 

 program with a half hour of hilarious 

 comedy mingled with fine music and 

 sweet songs. 



Saturday was a day of hustle and 

 bustle. A track meet in which 577 con- 

 testants were entered was run oflF in the 

 stadium. Horseshoe pitchers, checkers ex- 

 perts and Softball players went into their 

 final rounds of play. Tug o' war, rifle 

 shooting, horse pulling, and swimming 

 tournaments got under way. 



Horseshoe pitching featured close 

 games. In the men's singles division, 

 Gaylord Peterson, Marshall-Putnam, bat- 

 tled Herbe.t Patrick, Livingston, three 

 extra games before Peterson could claim 

 undisputed right to the title. The last 

 pitch of the last game won the deciding 

 point. 



Lee Dikeman, Peoria county, won the 

 checkers tournament. Frank Galloway, 

 DeWitt county, was runner-up and Floyd 



Dacra Mumiord: "More sotiafactory wars 

 mvutt b* found." 



AS THE FESTIVAI, OPENED 

 The photographer rounded up a few state committee members. Left to right, 

 C. E. Yale, Lee county, Pres. Eorl C. Smith, Clareta Walker. Macoupin Co. Home 

 Adviser, George Thienu standing (L to r.) George C Biggar. WLS, E. C. Foley, 

 Boone county, Frank Gingrich, D. E. Lindstrom, Unir. of Illinois. 



Jackson, Champaign county, took third. 



The Douglas county tug o" war team, 

 weighing 1920 pounds, outpulled teams 

 from Will, Vermilion (1936 champs), 

 DeKalb and McLean counties to win the 

 title. Seven of the team were Rahns. 

 William, his eldest son. Roy, twin sons 

 Floyd and Harold, Williams cousins, 

 George and Albert and their nephew, 

 Victor. Charles Young, the other mem- 

 ber of the team, is a salesman for the 

 Coles-Douglas Supply Company. 



Winners in the horse pulling contest 

 were Tony Reynolds, McLean county, 

 light weight class, and Homer Crawford, 

 Vermilion county, in the class for teams 

 3000 pounds and over. Reynolds' team, 

 weighing 2900 pounds, pulled 2300 

 pounds 271/2 feet. Crawford's team, 

 weighing 3330 pounds pulled a load of 

 2750 pounds the full distance, 271/2 

 feet. More than 1000 persons witnessed 

 the contest. 



Saturday afternoon, thousands were 

 attracted to Illinois Field to watch the 

 final Softball games, the baseball finals 

 and special events. 



One of the most spectacular was the 

 rolling pin throwing contest. Mrs. Harry 



Wm. G. Eckhordt at 1919 lAA Meeting 

 in Peoria: "And so I move that the dues to 

 the lAA be SS per year." 



Crane, Vermilion county, retained the 

 title she won last year. She was the only 

 champion to successfully defend a title. 



New contests for women in addition 

 to checkers, horseshoe pitching and rifle 

 shooting were deck tennis and darts 

 throwing. Of the five, rifle shooting was 

 the most popular among the ladies. 



L. D. Hendricks, Piatt county displayed 

 the biggest Farm Bureau smile. 



John Baker, WLS announcer, ac- 

 complished a remarkable feat with a 

 portable "mike" and a few hundred feet 

 of wire. He successfully bored through 

 the crowd to put husband callers and 

 hog callers on the air. More than that, 

 he kept up a continual description of 

 contests going on around him. 



Arnold Hinrichs, Champaign county 

 youngster was speechless when he won 

 Tony, a beautiful Shetland pony pre- 

 sented by the lAA as an attendance 

 prize. 



Festival Winners 



Champaign county won the participa- 

 tion prize in district one, DeKalb in 

 district two and Boone in district three. 

 DeKalb had 2240 points; Champaign, 



OLIE (T. W. May) and ELMEB (C A. 

 Hughes) 

 ELMER: "They're goin' to hire on exp«rl 

 to show us how to iarm." 



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