Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-03
FARM BUREAU PICNIC
ATTRACTS BIG CROWD
FIFTY.FIyE HUNDRED FARMERS
AND THEIR FAMILIES ATTEND
THE BIGyPICNIC
SUCCESS DUE TO AGENT COMBS
Program as Announced Was Carried
Out. Speakers Deliver Able
Addresses

The first annual countrywide, strict
ly Farm Bureau picnic, held at the
Fair grounds at Manchester, Friday.
July 10th, was huge success. In fact
beyond all conception. With thresh-
ing in full swing, there was total of
$500 people. The automobiles were
counted at 1116 and there were %
teams of horses.
Everything was carried out in AL
shape and reports Of having a good
time were heard everywhere. The
address by C. w. Hunt was worth the
effort OF any farmer driving miles to
hear. His talk carried message that
every thinking man should hear. He
is we'll posted and so thoroughly sat-
urated with information that everyone,
especially farmers, should know. Mr.
Hunt is a man OF deep study and fair
mindedness. 1t should be gratifying
to the Farm Bureau members to know
that they have man OF this type at
the head of their state organization.
Peder Peterson, a dairy farmer liv-
ing near Cedar Falls, gave short
and interesting talk on the necessity
OF cooperation, both in your home and
with your neighbor.
The ball game between the Buchan-
an County White SOx and the Dela-
ware County Sluggers was close
game for six innings but was won by
the sluggers by score OF to 5.
The horse shoe pitching contest was
won by Ed and Arthur Fisher; Gus
Dorl and N. Darrow getting second
place: Dave McElliott and Geo. Hauit-
ness, third; and l.. D. Stubbs and
Maurice Maroney, fourth.
In the free-for-all running race
Amos Scbwab took first money; Ray
mond Engelhorn, second; and Tommy
Ryan, third.
In the Pony race Lester Bushnell
took first; Lloyd Boxwell, second; and
Tommy Ryan, third.
The Ladies' Nail driving contest,
with twelve entries, was won by Mrs.
Myrtle Pierce; Mrs. John Elsbury
took second and Mrs. Mark Hazelrigg,
third.
The. wheel barrow race was won by
Arlie Smith; Geo. Jaycox, second, Roy
Todd, third.
Suitcase race, Marvin Logan, first.
The tug-of-war, between the north
half of the, county against the south
half, with thirty husky farmers on each
end of the rope was freely contested
for about ten minutes before the south
half gained the victory
The morning ball game between the
Milo Cubs and Dundee was won by
Milo by score of to Z. The after
noon game between the Delaware
County Farm Bureau and the Buchan-
an County Farm Bureau was won by
Delaware county by a score OF to 8.
This was fine contest and showed
that number of the farmers had not
forgotten what they used to know
about baseball when they played on
the bush league teams Of this vicinity.
A return game will be played at the
Buchanan County Farm Bureau picnic
next Wednesday.
County Agent Robert Combs, who ar
ranged the program, is to, be congrat-
ulated on the success of the day
which will no doubt be an annual fea-
ture hereafter. The date was selected
early in the spring when it was not
known that threshing would begin so
early, and the excellent crowd showed
the fine spiritaof the farm bureau mem
bers in this county. Visitors who had
attended number of farm bureau pic
mics this year stated that the crowd
here was twice as large as any they
had seen. Next year, with date
coming when the farmers are not so
busy, the picnic will doubtless draw a
much larger crowd, but, hardly one
that could be better pleased than the
crowd this year.