CHAMPIONS OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY 

 Youll *«• these boys oi the St Clair Community, winners oi the county soit ball 

 league, at the Farm Sports Festival Champoign-Urbona. on Sept 2-3. Last year well 

 over a hundred soft ball teams competed. 



Surwey Shows That Most Counties Will Be 



Represented /It Big Event On tinive Of 



Illinois Campus Septe 2-3e 



^^V^ ARMINGS not all chores and 

 ^""T/^ fieldwork these days. Not by 



y_J a jugfull! And it's not only 

 the young ones that get away for their 

 share of fun. Mother and Dad, the hired 

 man. Grandpa and Grandma, too, have 

 their sport. Yes sir! The whole family 

 is going to the big Farm Bureau Sports 

 Festival, Champaign-Urbana, September 

 2-3, and have their fun. 



Just look at the report that Frank Ging- 

 rich, Festival committee's secretary, 

 worked out the other day. He asked all 

 the county farm advisers in the state 

 whether or not there' d be a Farm Bureau 

 picnic or sports festival in their counties 

 this summer. Frank sent each one a spe- 

 cial card on which to check off the sports 

 that would take place. 



Well sir I These cards came a-sailing 

 right back. In just a few days he had 

 heard from more than 60 counties. Al- 

 most 50 farm advisers said, 'We'll have 

 a festival here. " Others said, "No county 

 festival but look for us at Urbana.' 



Softball was "way ahead of the other 

 contests in popularity. Forty cards in- 

 dicated that those counties would have 

 from one to five teams in the running. 



But good ol" hoss-shoes wasn't far be- 



hind. Track events, too, were in demand. 

 These sports ran neck and neck with 30 

 votes all around. 



It was amazing the way the women- 

 folks went in for the new games the 

 Home Bureaus sponsored this year! Chair 

 quoits, paddle tennis, shuffleboard and 

 clock golf along with last year's dart 

 throwing make a set of games of skill that 

 is hard to beat for fun, both for players 

 and sf>ectators. Twenty-eight counties 

 planned these events for their picnics. 



Bellering along just behind women's 

 events came lusty hog calling with 26 

 county contests planned. Who said wom- 

 en make all the chin-music' 



Then came that classic of grunts and 

 groans, the hay rope derby. Twenty-one 

 counties checked tug o'war. It's a tough 

 sport, but shucks, put a bunch of farm 

 boys together for ten minutes with noth- 

 ing to do and it's a cinch that the first 

 thing they'll do is devise a strength test. 



With all the shouting about strength 

 and skill, don't forget that farm folks 

 have another side to their natures, too. 

 They like to sing, dance and make their 

 own music. Plenty of families gather 

 around the piano or parlor organ eve- 

 nings after chores and sing the old favor- 



Farm 



Sports 



Festival 



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Farm Sports Festival 

 Photo Contest 



CASH FOR PICTURES — taken at 

 the Illinois Farm Sports FestivaL 

 Here's all you have to do: 



1. Bring your camera to the Festival. 



2. Take pictures oi the events that in- 

 terest you most 



3. Send your clear, glossy prints to the 

 Festival Photo Dept. Room 1200. 608 

 S. Dearborn St. Chicago, 111., before 

 midnight Sept 15. 1938. 



Here's what happens: 



1. Eighteen oi the most interesting 

 photos will win cash prizes. 



2. Pictures will be judged on the basis 

 oi their human interest and quality. 

 Pictorial excellence will not be con- 

 sidered. 



3. The judges' decision will be pub- 

 lished in the October issue oi the 

 lAA RECORD. 



Here are the judges: 

 Dave Thompson, Assistant editor oi 



Prairie Farmer. 

 Andrew B. Hecht, Associate Editor oi 



Popular Photography. 

 The Editors of the lAA RECORD. 



These Prizes will be aworded: First 

 Prize — $5; Second Prize — S3; Third 

 Prize — S2; Fiiteen $1 prizes. 



If you want your pictures returned, 

 send postage. Pictures smaller than 

 2 inches by 3 inches will not be ac- 

 cepted. The contest is open to mem- 

 bers oi Farm Bureau or Home Bureau 

 families or 4-H Club members only. 

 Pictures submitted by professional pho- 

 tographers. Farm and Home Advisers 

 or their assistants, or staff members oi 

 the LAA or the University oi Illinois 

 will not be considered. 



Bring your camera to the Illinois 

 Farm Sports Festival, Champaign-Ur- 

 bana. Sept. 2 and 3. You may get one 

 oi the lucky pictures. 



ites. It's as fine a pastime as we have. 



Young folks are taking up the square 



dance where their parents left off. It's 



a pure American folk dance without equal 



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