CHAMPIONS OF ST. CLAIH COUNTY 

 You'll Bee these boya ol Ihe St. Clair Community, winners of the county solt ball 

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

 over a hundred soft ball teams competed. 



Surwej^ Hhiivws That lUii.st rountips Will He 



Represpntpd /It Kig EiPiit On Uiiiw. lit 



lllliiiils riimpus Sept. 2-:3. 



^J^^^ARMlNCiS not .til chores and 

 ^"^7^ fieldwork these d.iys. Not by 



^J^ A jut;fuli! And its not only 

 the youn^ ones that uet away for tlicir 

 share of fun. Mother .uid Dad. the hired 

 man. Grandpa and Grandma, too. have 

 their sport. Yes sir! The whole family 

 is going to the big larm Bureau Sports 

 Festival, Champaign-Urbana. .September 

 2-3, and have their fun. 



just look at the report that Irank Ging 

 rich. Festival committees secretary, 

 worked out the other day. He asked all 

 the county farm advisers in the state 

 whether or not thered be a Farm Bureau 

 picnic or sports festival in their counties 

 this summer. Frank sent each one a spe 

 cial card on which to chc\k otT the sports 

 that would take pl.nt 



Well sir! These cards came a sailing 

 right back. In just a few days he had 

 heard from cnore than 6() counties. Al- 

 most '>0 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 

 ccmtests in popularity. Forty cards in 

 dicated that those counties woidd have 

 from one to five teams in the running 



But gooil ol' boss-shoes wasn't f.ir be 



hind , Irack events, too, were in demand. 

 These sports ran neck and neck with 30 

 vciles all around. 



It was amazing tlie way the women- 

 folks went in for the new games tlie 

 Home Bureaus sponsored this year! Chair 

 quoits, paddle tennis, shufTleboard 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 spectators. Twenty-eight counties 

 pl.inned these events tor 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- 

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

 thing they II do is devise a strength test. 



With .ill 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- 

 ninys after chores and sing the old favor- 



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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 of 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. IS, 1938. 



Here's what happens: 



1. Eighteen of the most interesting 

 photos will win cash prizes. 



2. Pictures will be judged on the basis 

 of their human interest and quality. 

 Pictorial excellence will not be con- 

 sidered. 



3. The judges' decision will be pub- 

 lished in the October issue of the 

 lAA RECORD. 



Here are the judges: 

 Dave Thompson, Assistant editor of 



Prairie Farmer. 

 Andrew B. Hecht, Associate Editor of 



Popular Photography. 

 The Editors of the lAA RECORD. 



These Prizes will be awarded: First 

 Prize — S5: Second Prize — $3: Third 

 Prize — $2; Fifteen SI 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 of 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 of 

 the lAA or the University of 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 

 of the lucky pictures. 



Raymond 

 lack of 

 stop any 

 She know- 

 ton and 

 h,ive triec 



In thei 

 hole at 

 cape. Th 

 for the h 

 egg meals 

 blows bac 

 .1 picnic V 



A mess; 

 ncighborh 

 .Mrs. Nor 

 1 good-si; 

 ki-cps a s 

 napkins, i 



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



Young folks are taking up the square 



dance where their parents left off. Its 



a pure American folk dance without equal 



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I. A. A. RECORD 



