Keen Ploiiing JUatcli 



More than 10,0()0 persons witnessed 

 a thrilling battle of champions at the 

 13th annual Rees Tractor Meet held on 

 the Milford Rees farm 10 miles south- 

 east of Jacksonville, August II. 



The winner in the professional class 

 was Chet Haynes, Franklin county, I '^3'' 

 champion. His score was 8^.27 points. 

 Runner-up with 83.11 points was Earl 

 Myers, winner in the amateur class a 

 year ago. Robert Gibson, a former 

 amateur champ took third place. 



Something of a record was made by 

 Gerald Snyder in the amateur class. He 

 was the first ever to win the event with 

 three-plow ccjuipment. This was Snyder s 

 ninth attempt tor the crown. His plow- 

 ing scored .88. s^ points. 



First contest of the day was won by 

 lames Rawlings, 13, son of -> Howard 

 Rawlings, Morgan county, in the junior 

 plowing match for boys and girls. His 

 work, judged on the same basis as was 

 the professionals', scored 77. fi?. 



Earl Myers won the fuel test meet con- 

 ducted Wednesday afternoon. This is 

 known as the manufacturers class and is 

 a test for fuel economy. .Myers scored 

 yi.3i to win. Second place went to 

 Dale Lebkuechler with 90.11 points. All 

 tractors in the test burned .Nlagic Alad- 

 din gasoline furnished by the .Morgan- 

 Scott Service Company. 



Morgan County farm adviser, \V. F. 

 Coolidgc directed the match which is 

 sponsored by the Farm Bureau. 



PROMINENT AT REES TRACTOR MEET 



Above: Claude lewsbury, left, manager of the Morgan-Scott Service Company, 

 talking it over with Milford Rees on whose farm the meet takes place. 



Below: These men. all past amateur champions, took down a major share of the 

 awards. Earl Myers, left, is holding the trophy he won in the fuel test and the second- 

 place ribbon. Carl Haynes. center, is champion in the professional class and grand 

 champ of the meet. Bob Gibson, right, placed third. 



vy production, low consumprion, 



w prices are the chief tharacter- 

 jf the ilairv industrv tod.iv. It 



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VIEWS 



Beginning Aug. 29 you'll hear spot 

 announcements about Country Life In 

 surance Co. each morning at 6 o'clock 

 over Station WLS. 



Tune in Farm and Home Hour on 



the NBC chain (WMAQ Chicago) Sept 

 10 for the monthly program of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation 

 Time 10:30 A.M. central standard time 



Heavy 

 and low pt.^^., ...» 

 istics of the .lairv industrv tod.iy. 



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1 be more of the same until factory 

 payrolls increase says the Bureau of 

 .•\gricultural Economics. 



The International Plowing Match 



will be held this year at Minesing, On- 

 tario, Canada, near the town of Barrie, 

 70 miles north of Toronto. The dates 

 are Oct. 11-It. Illinois farmers are 

 cordially invited. Trophies and prizes 

 are valued at S5,000. Last year more 

 than 100.000 persons attended says a 

 news report. 



10,639 Illinois farmers had applied 



for 1939 wheat crop insurance up to 

 Aug. 11. Ohio was first with 17,000. 

 Missouri second with 12.000. Kansas, 

 the leading wheat state, 7000 applica- 

 tions. 



Tom Day, 20, Livingston county 4-H 



club boy had the champion barrow 

 (Duroc) at the Illinois State Fair's 

 record -i-H barrow show. Three San- 

 gamon county members took the other 

 barrow diampionships. John B. Rice, 

 of Iroquois county judged the show 

 The champion barrow was fed ground 

 oats and .some corn to weanmg time, 

 then corn and tankage self-fed with 

 some oats, clover pasture, plenty of 

 water. Dorothy Harms, 15, Sangamon 

 county had the reserve champion, a 

 Spotted Poland China. 



The membership roll of the Illinois 



Milk Producers' Association is grow- 

 ing. Twenty-three milk marketing co- 

 operatives are now members of this 

 state milk producers group. 



Hog prices will probably drop less 



sharply from late summer to early 

 winter this year compared with last, 

 says L. J. Norton of the University of 

 Illinois economics staff. 



The future looks brighter for egg 



prices than for chicken prices. Reason, 

 low stor.age stocks of eggs, heavy hatch 

 of chickens this spring says the govern- 

 ment outlook report. 



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