Hyder weekly herald., 1934-08-11
FAIR PLANS BIC
 FARM PROGRAM
Barn Dance, Rural Events Featured it Chicago
 Aug. Il to 18.

mOst OI tnS tnrOuxS IHat nave thrilled 10 the new spectacle, the new foreign villages" which offer in themselves . tour of the world" the new shows and the new free entertainment proj. ects, are city dwellers. Chicagoans, wis. itors from other cities all over the United States and visitors from for eign countries have poured In, in large numbers.
 But the real farmer-visitors' inva- sion of A Century of Progress has not yet begun. It will reach It's peak when the Fair celebrates Farm Week, from August II to August IS. inclusive.
 Last year Farm Week accounted for the largest single weeks attend ance of the entire Fair. Plans 10 make the celebration interesting and i'm. portant 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 a massive farm patade, including bands, farm impls- ments, machinery and equipment and farm animals. Depicting the modern ization Of agriculture. 1t will be one of the longest and most comprehensive pageants of the entire exposition.
 Sunday. August l2. will see special music and farm programs interllnked with the observance of Chicago Incor- poration day. with Chicago acting as host to the out-0f-town multitudes.
 Rexford Tugweli. 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 WLS -Barn Dance" presenting . program in the Court of States; 4O.- GOO persons saw this event in 1883.
 Aerial Sham Battle Planned.
 The farmers wife will have her day Wednesday. August 15. which has been named Farm Women's day. with special programs arranged to pay trlb- ute to the women who battlsd to carve . 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. papers and magazines will feature Farm Press day. Friday. Saturday, August 1S, will be farm music day, with It's high spot the gigantic Chica- soiand Music festival in Soldier Field, adjoining the Fair grounds. This an- nuaI event has attracted more than a half million persons in the four years of It's existence. This day will also see many special contests, such as milk. maid. husband. calling and hog calling contests.
 Saturday Is also Illinois day. There will be review of 10000 troops and demonstrations by anti-aircraft artil- iery units. shooting with tracer bull lets at balloon targets lowed by air. planes.
 Farm Exhibits Are Many. During Farm Week parties of farm. CTS will be taken on free guided tours of the Fair grounds. Farm visitors. with only limited time to spend. will in this way be able to see everything of vita, interest to them.
 Henry Ford's industrialized barn, ! where he shows how-th farmer may, at low cost. raise scy beans. obtain the residue and process It himself. making industrial products for which he can obtain profitable revenue, is | one of the new exhibits. Another is the International Harvester company $ 1 radio-controlled tractor. which demon- strates how farming may be done from an easy chair on the veranda. Model l farm homes will attract many rural sIghtseers. aA will the exhibits of the great packing plants and the auto. mobile manufacturers
 The Hr0ok Hin Dairy farm. with It's
 model farm of 1850. shows the last
 word in modern milk production. from
 COW to bottle. The International Egg
 Laying contest Is .. huge laboratory