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Title: Illinois Agricultural Association record (microform)
Identifier: 5060538.1931-1934
Year: 1931- December 1934 January 1931- December 1934 (Jan0s)
Authors: Illinois Agricultural Association; Illinois Agricultural Association. Record
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: Mendota, Ill. : The Association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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September, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seven
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CONTESTANTS AT STATE FAIR FARM BUREAU DAY Seated—1931 Country Life Q,ueen, MIsh Frances Johnston of Lawrence county. Left to right, Rtanding—Ida I. Eppel, Mc- Henry county; Helen Kolnier, Monroei Elizabeth Meyers, Morgan; Eleanor Fergruson, Henry; Dorothy Roberts, Champaign, who placed second; Elaine Plott, Union; Helen Phillips, Mncon; Sara Blederbecic, Stark, and Helen Honiann, Efllnghani. 2,000 at Kendall Picnic SANDWICH, Illinois, August 29.— A parade of 4-H Club members with their livestock impressed the 2,000 peo- ple who sat in the grandstand at the fair grounds here this afternoon at the Kendall County Farm Bureau picnic. ' A compact column of boys and girls reaching more than 200 yards as they marched past the reviewing stand em- phasized the magnitude of this move- ment among the farm youth of the country. More than $500 in premiums was awarded to winners of the various divisions of the 4-H Club show. V. Vaniman, director of insurance service for the I. A. A., was the speaker of the day. He emphasized the fact that this is a day of organization when farmers must stick together. "Nobody is going to solve the farm- er's problems for him," said Mr. Vani- man, "and the individual farmer is not going to solve it. When a solution comes it will be reached by organized agriculture." The morning program consisted of judging 4-H livestock and judging the girls' 4-H exhibit. C. E. Gates, farm adviser of LaSalle county, was judge of all livestock and Mrs. Carl Lewis judged the girls' exhibits. Horseshoe pitching and music by the amplifying system of the I. A. A. also preceded the picnic dinner. In the afternoon the Plattville Community Band and the East Oswego Male Quar- tette furnished special music. Farm Ad- viser W. P. Miller presided. A baseball game between the LaSalle County Farm Bureau nine and Kendall County was the final event on the pro- gram. :' " - • . Picnic and 4-H Show at Lincoln LINCOLN, Illinois, August 31.— The Logan County Farm Bureau picnic held at Chautauqua Park here today closed the most popular month for holding annual Farm Bureau pic- nics. More than 40 Illinois county Farm Bureaus held their annual outdoor gatherings during August. A crowd estimated at 3,000 attended the picnic in spite of threatened rain. One feature that drew a good crowd during the morning was the county 4-H Club fair where more than 60 pigs, a score of baby beeves and lambs were exhibited. The entire morning was de- voted to judging livestock. In the afternoon at the auditorium, Larry Williams, manager of Country Life Insurance Company, spoke on the ideals of the Farm Bureau. He empha- sized that the organization was not formed to make more money, but to maintain and defend a decent standard of living. ; > "The farmer didn't start this organi- zation business," said Mr. Williams. "Every other industry in the world was organized first and the farmer was forced to do it as a defense measure. No organization has ever succeeded by making money its only ideal. The quicker Farm Bureau members realize that their organization has a greater goal than this, the better it will be for the organization." Other numbers on the program were as follows: a style show by Logan Coun- ty 4-H Club girls, a demonstration of how to make a bed properly by one of the room improvement clubs, and sev- eral selections by the Pawnee Quar- tette. Farm Adviser J. H. Checkley presided. As the last event of the day, the Lo- gan County Farm Bureau baseball team played an exhibition game with Sanga- mon county. Logan won 12 to 2. Livingston Co. Board Meets The Livingston County Farm Bu- reau board of directors held its regular monthly meeting in the I. A. A. of- fices on Sept. 8. Meeting with the board also were members of the or- ganization committee from the 18 units in the county. More than 50 attended the meeting. Raster Takes Bride Hermann Raster, field resepresenta- tive for the Illinois Produce Marketing Association, was recently married to Miss Mary Ellen F. Randolph of Can- ton, Illinois. They are making their home at Canton. .•'■■*^-:k

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