•'.^ -r>- 



HOST WAHREN MOFFETT, LEFT, and 

 guoit W. A. Hobby of Paria, Tenn. who 

 drove 250 miles. "It's a wonderful sight," 

 ^ add Hobby. 



PRESIDENT EABL C. SMITH OF THE lAA. 

 left, lights the starting bomb. Dave Thomp- 

 son of Prairie Farmer cooperates. 



AT THE STATE 

 CORN SHUCKIK' 

 COIVTEST 



Winners of eleven county contests 

 sponsored by their respective Coiinty 

 Farm Bureaus come together in annual 

 husking derby sponsored by Prairie 

 Farmer on farm of Warren Moffett near 

 Modesto, Macoupin county. 



BANGI and 

 the race ia 

 on. 



MARSHAU - PUTNAM'S 

 FARM ADVISER HAGER 

 coaches his protege. Clarence 

 Endres who husked SO bu. in 

 the county contest. 



THE CROWD WATCHED FROM HAY- 

 STACKS, the sidelines and spilled over 

 into the huskers' rows. 



NO. 6 (WtU>ur ChoUond oi DeKolb) 

 COMES IN with his load and retinue of 

 gleoners, coaches, guar ds . 



U-.-q^ 



NOW FOR A SAMPLE OF HUSKS after the 

 weigh-up. 5 oz. oi husks allowed per 100 lbs. 

 oi ears. 



OHI OHI TOO MANY HUSKSI 1% de- 

 duction from the load for every ounce over 

 5 up to 9, and 3% cm. ounce after that. 



GLEANERS SORTING. THE NUBBINS 

 and rotten com don't count Three 

 times the weight deducted for good 

 com left. 



I; 





- ^Z 



WHILE THE CROWD WATTS TENSELY 

 for the scores to be posted. 



WOODFORD COUNTY THE WIN- 

 NERI Farm adviser T. H. Brock con- 

 gratulates Ervin Bauman whose 32.76 

 bu. won. 



