The Fort Peck press., 1934-08-02
FAIR PLANS BIG
FARM PROGRAM
Barn Dance, Rural Events
Featured at Chicago
Aug. II to 10.

villages which offer in themselves
tour OF the world the new show
and the e free entertainment pro.
ects, are city dwellers. Chicagoans, Wis
ftOrS from other cities all over tn
United States and visitors from fol
eign countries have poured in. in larg
numbers.
But the real farmer-visitors' inva
sion Of A Century of Progress has no
yet begun. 1t will reach its peak whel
the Fair celebrates Farm Week, from
August II to August Is, inclusive.
Last year Farm Week accounted
for the largest single weeks attend
nee Of the entire Fair. Plans to make
the celebration interesting and i'm
pertant to farmers are even more
elaborate now than last year, accord
ing to the events division of the ex
position.
WIS Barn Dance at Fair.
Saturday, August II, will lead of
the program with 4 massive farm
parade, including bands, farm nipple.
ments, machinery and equipment and
farm animals. Depicting the modern
ization Of agriculture, it will be one
of the longest and most comprehensive
pageants of the entire exposition.
Sunday, August -. will see special
music and farm programs interlinked
with the observance of Chicago Incor-
porati0n day. with Chicago acting as
host to the out-of-town multitudes.
Reyford Tugwell, assistant secretary
of agriculture, has been invited to be
the principal speaker of the Farm Or
ganiZation day program Monday. Tues
day will be farm radio day. with the
entire WIS "Barn Dance" presenting
a program in the Court of States; 49,
coo persons saw this event In 1888.
Aerial Sham Battle Planned.
The farmers wife will have her
day Wednesday. August Is, which has
been named Farm Women's day, with
special programs arranged to pay trib-
ute to the women who battled to carve
a nation out of the wilderness. Farm
Youth day, Thursday, will be full of
recognition of the future farmers of
the land, with emphasis on All club
work.
Programs of interest to rural news
and magazines will feature
Farm Press day, Friday. Saturday,
August IS, will be farm music day,
with its high spot the gigantic Chica-
Music festival in Soldier Field,
adjoining the Fair grounds. This an
nual event has attracted more than q
half million persons in the four years
Of Its existence. This day will also see
many special contests. such as milk
maid, misunderstanding and h~og-calling
contests.
Saturday is also Illinois day. There
will be a review Of 10000 troops and
demonstrations by anti-aircraft artil-
cry units, shooting with tracer bull
cts at balloon ttrgets towed by air
Farm Exhibits Are Many.
During Farm Week parties of farm.
rs will be taken on free guided tours
f the Fair grounds. Farm visitors,
nth only a limited time to spend, will
this way be able to see everything
f vital interest to them.
Henry Ford's industrialized barn,
there he shows how the farmer may,
t low cost, raise soy beans. obtain
residue and process it himself,
industrial products for which
e cau obtain a profitable revenue, is
ne of the new exhibits. Another is
lie international Harvester company's
a~dio-c0ntrOlled tractor, which demon
how farming may be done from
easy chair on the veranda. Model
lrm homes will attract many rural
ghtSeers, us will the exhibits of the !
reat packing plants and the auto |
obile manufacturers.
The Brook Hill Dairy farm, with it's
odel farm of 1850, shows the last
ord in modern milk production, from /
w to bottle. The international Egg I
lying contest is a huge laboratory !
here the farmer may study the lat /
t egg-production methods f%irst-hand. /
of commercial exhibitors will !
displays Of prime interest to 4
visitors. /
Special Rates Lower Cost. I
railroad and bus rates will L
Ike it easier for the farmer to get (
the Fair this summer. Automobile B
encies and oil stations will give him 3
sistance in highway travei. At the 4
If, he will find costs surprisingly Z
V. Restaurants are cheaper, trans >
is cheaper, there is plentiful
se entertainment and eighty per cent
all the comfort stations are free.
Probably one Of the leading attrac.
for rural visitors will be the for =
n villages. so faithful in reproduc-
of life and scenes In fifteen coun-
es that they offer the equivalent of T.
our of the world. right on the Fair ~