Trap & Skeet 



Shoot Moved 

 Up to Au^. 12 



THE Illinois Farm Bureau Trap and 

 Skeet Shoot has been moved up one 

 week to Friday, Aug. 12, according to 

 Roy P. Johnson, director of special serv- 

 ices for the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion. 



The previous date, Friday, Aug. 5, was 

 in conflict with the National Skeet Shoot 

 to be held at Dallas, Tex. Johnson said 

 a number of the men entered in the 

 Farm Bureau shoot protested that they 

 already had planned to attend the Dallas 

 meet. 



No change has been made in the loca- 

 tion of the shoot which will be held at 

 the Mather Gun Club near the old air- 

 port on route 4 southwest of Springfield. 

 The Farm Bureau Trap and Skeet Shoot is 

 held as part of the Illinois Farm Sports 

 Festival. Aug. 12 is also the first day of 

 the Illinois State Fair at Springfield. 



Prominent Southern 

 Illinois Farm Bureau 

 Leader Dies Suddenly 



I p. REDMAN of Cairo in Alexander 

 county, a member of the Illinois 

 Farm Supply Company board of direc- 

 tors since 1946, died 

 suddenly early May 

 10. 



He was also mem- 

 ber of the recently 

 organized Illinois 

 Livestock Producers' 

 Association, an lAA 

 affiliate. A few 

 years ago he served 

 on the lAA's live- 

 stock study commit- 

 J. P. Radmon (gg ggj yp (q f^ake a 



statewide survey of livestock marketing 

 in Illinois. 



Since 1933 Mr. Redman had been on 

 the board of the Fruit Belt Service Com- 

 pany. He previously served one year on 

 the Illinois Farm Supply board in 1935- 

 36. He also was a member of the board 

 of directors of the Pulaski-Alexander 

 Farm Bureau. Funeral services were 

 held May 12. 



Illinol* Future farmer 

 of Amerita top mein- 

 berM vftnntng trip o- 

 wards to Chicago from 

 Prairie farmer-WLS 

 are (left to right): 

 Bob Herrloit, and Don 

 Jacobs, both of Cham- 

 paign county; Slate 

 Leader J. B. Adamt, 

 Sangamon; Thomas 

 Sussenboch, Bond; 

 Robert Cumpsfon, Mc- 

 lean; George lewis, 

 BroMrn, and Arfhur C. 

 Page, associate edi- 

 tor, Prairie farmer. 



Join a Team Now! 



Get the Most Out of the Illinois Farm 

 Sports Festival By Playing With A Team 

 Ask at Your Farm Bureau Office Today! 



YOU'LL lose out on a lot of fun 

 and good, healthy, outdoor sport if 

 you don't get in on Illinois' 10th 

 annual Farm Sports Festival, Aug. 

 25-26. 



The University of Illinois again will be 

 host to nearly 25,000 farmer spectators 

 and contestants on the campus at Cham- 

 paign-Urbana. It is the biggest farm 

 gathering of its type in the nation. 



It isn't too early to call your county 

 Farm Bureau office and let them know 

 that you want to take part as a contestant. 

 And you don't have to be an expert to 

 pile up points for your county. What 

 would you like to do? There are events 

 for practically every member of the fam- 

 ily. 



Take your pick: baseball, softball, 

 swimming, hog calling, horseshoe pitch- 

 ing, tennis, track events, clock golf, knot 

 tying, shuffleboard, barber shop quartet 

 singing, novelty bands, folk and square 

 dancing, woodchopping, tug o' war, dra- 

 matic skits, and choral singing. 



Because bowling is a cool weather 

 sport, district elimination was held dur- 

 ing late winter and finals were played off 

 in Springfield in early spring. 



Because the Sports Festival is held dur- 

 ing the All-American trap shoot, the 

 Farm Bureau trap and skeet shoot will be 

 held Aug. 12 at Springfield, the first day 

 of the state fair. 



Besides the sports events an evening of 

 entertainment and dancing is planned in 

 three separate locations — entertainment 

 for the spectators, old time folk dancing 

 for those who prefer that type, and 

 modem dancing for those who prefer the 

 fox trot and the waltz. 



SI OFTBALL teams planning to enter 

 k district competition preliminary to 

 the Illinois Farm Sports Festival are 

 advised by Roy P. Johnson, lAA director 

 of special services, to get their official 

 entries to him at 43 East Ohio Street, 

 Chicago 11, 111., before July 1. Entries 

 must be accompanied by a $5 deposit. 

 Entries must be in, Johnson said, so dis- 

 trict chairmen can arrange for playoff 

 games. 



The Softball committee has set the fol- 

 lowing goals for 1949: (1) A boys' 

 4-H team from every county in district 

 competition; (2) At least two Rural 

 Youth teams in every district; (3) A 

 girls' 4-H team from every district; and 

 (4) encouragement of as many entries as 

 possible in the other divisions— county 

 league, all county; 35'ers, and girls' open 

 class. 



County Softball chairmen, all of whom 

 can be reached at their county Farm 

 Bureaus, by districts are: (1) Rolf M. 

 Vogen, Ogle county; (2) Virgil R. Smith, 

 Kane; (3) G. F. Miller, Henry; (4) 

 E. M. Holford, Hancock; (5) H. J. 

 Stevenson, McLean; (6) L. E. Wright, 

 Grundy; (7) Ansel H. Hare, Brown- 

 Schuyler; (8) James Hoyt, Tazewell; 

 (9) Earl Bantz, Champaign; (10) 

 Harold E. West, Madison; (11) G. I. 

 Coffev, Effingham; (12) Leslie W. Rog- 

 ers, Edgar; (13) Jack A. Wasson, St. 

 Clair; (14) A. A. Wicklein, Wabash; 

 (15) B. H. Wanstreet, Hamilton; (16) 

 H. H. Fulkerson, Williamson. 



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Shallow wells must be carefully protected, 



with good drainage, to prevent contamina- 

 tion by surface water. 



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