WAS ON. 



VAULTEHS 

 ED 



DeKalb and Kankakee counties, the nar- 

 ration broii^'lit out, organization and ex- 

 tension work proceeded throu£;h the 

 establishment oi 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 'JOs when readjustment and better 

 business methods were needed by farmers 

 of the state. How farmers organized to 

 fight tor 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 prues 

 was dramatized The narrative ended b\ 

 honoring pioneers in agricultural exten- 

 sion and organization work 



1 he Hrairie Ramblers and Fatsv .Mon 

 tana. W'l.S radio stars, wound up the 

 program with a half hour of hilarious 

 corned) mingled with tine music and 

 sweet songs. 



Salurday was a d.iv of hustle anii 

 bustle. A track meet in which 577 con 

 testants were entered was run otT in the 

 stadium. Horseshoe pitchers, checkers ex- 

 perls and Softball players went into their 

 lin.il rounds ot play. Tug o war. rifle 

 shooting, horse pulling, and swimming 

 tournaments got under way. 



Horseshoe pitching featured close 

 games. In (he 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 ol the last game won the deciding 

 point. 



Lee Dikeman, Peoria county, won the 

 checkers tournament. I'rank Galloway. 

 DeWitt county, was runner-up and Floyd 



Dean Mumiord: "More satisfactory ways 

 muat be found." 



AS THE FESTIVAL OPENED 

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

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

 Adviser, George Thiem; standing (1. to r.) George C. Biggar, WLS, E. C. Foley. 

 Boone county. Frank Gingrich, D. E. Lindslrom. Univ. of Illinois. 



Jackson. Champaign county, took third. 



The Douglas county tug o' war leam. 

 weighing IV.^0 pounds, outpulled teams 

 from Will. Vermilion (19s6 champs). 

 DeKalb .ind McLean counties to win the 

 title. Seven of the team were Rahns 

 William, his ekiest son. Roy. (win sons 

 I'loyd and Harold. William s cousms. 

 George and Albert and their nephew. 

 Victor. Charles ^'<)u^g. the other mem- 

 ber of the team, is a salesman for the 

 f olesDouglas .Supplv C umpanv. 



Winners in the horse pulling contest 

 were Tonv Reynolds. .McLean county, 

 light weight Jass. and Homer Oawford. 

 Vermilion countv, in the class for teams 

 sOOO pounds and over. Reynolds team, 

 weighing 2900 pounds, pulled Jstxi 

 pounds 271 i teef. Craw lord's team, 

 weighing 3.^^0 pounds pulled a load ot 

 2750 pounds the full distance. 2"' , 

 feet. More than 1000 persons witnessed 

 the contest. 



Saturday atternoon. thousands were 

 attracted to Illinois Field to watch the 

 tinal Softball games, the baseb.ill tinals 

 and special events. 



One of the most spectacular was the 

 rolling pin throwing contest Mrs Harr\ 



Wm. G. Eckhardt at 1919 lAA Meeting 

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

 the lAA be S5 per year." 



( r.me. Vermilion countv. retained the 

 title she won last year. She was the onl\ 

 cliam|Mon to successfully defend a title. 



New contests for women in addition 

 to checkers, horseshcx- pitchin; and ritle 

 shooting were deck tennis anil darts 

 throwing. Of the ti\e. ritle shooting was 

 ;he most popular among the ladies. 



I. D. Hendricks. Pratt county displa\ed 

 the biggest Farm bureau smile. 



John Maker. WLS announcer, ae- 

 comjslished a remarkable feat with a 

 portable "mike ' .ind a few hundred leet 

 ot wire. He success! ullv bored throui;h 

 the crowd to put husband c.illers and 

 hog callers on the air. .\fore than that, 

 he kept up a (onlinual description of 

 lontests going on around him. 



.Arnold Hinrichs, Champaign countv 

 yoiingster was speechless when he won 

 Tony, a beautiful Shetland ponv pre 

 sented b\ the I.\A as an attendance 

 prize. 



Festival Winners 



( hampaign county won the participa 

 lion prize in district one, DeKalb in 

 district two and Boone in district thrcx- 

 DeKalb had JJ lO points; Champaign. 



OUE (T. W. May) and ELMER (C. A. 

 Hughes) 

 ELMER: "They're goin' to hire an expert 

 to shov/ us hovf to farm." 



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