The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-08
FAIR PLANS BIC
FARM PROGRAM
Barn Dance, Rural Events
Featured at Chicago
Aug. II to 10.

L dli IN IL OpSiCu ISlS NldY -
Most of the throngs that have thrille
to the new spectacle, the new "foreig
villages" which Offer In themselves
tour of the world,' the new show
and the new free entertainment pro,
ects, are city jewellers. Chicagoans, Wis
itors from other cities all over tn
United States and visitors from for
eign countries have poured in, In larg
numbers.
But the real farmer-visitors' fnya
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
ance of the entire Fair. Plans to 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 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 10, will see special
music and farm programs interlinked
with the observance Of Chicago Incor-
poration day, with Chicago acting as
host to the out-of-town multitudes.
Rexford 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: 40.
600 persons saw this event In 1893.
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
papers and magazines will feature
Farm Press day, Friday. Saturday,
August IS, will be farm music day,
with it's high spot the gigantic Chica-
goland 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 hog-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 bul-
cts at balloon targets towed by air
planes.
Gihh nv AfC HiGIJ.
During Farm Week parties of farm.
rs will be taken on free guided tours
If the Fair grounds. Farm visitors.
With only a limited time to spend, viii
n this way be able to see everything
If vital interest to them.
Henry FOrd's industrialized barn.
where he shows how the farmer may,
t low cost, raise 10Y beans. obtain
residue and process ii himself,
making Industrial products for which
e can obtain a profitable evenue is
ne of the new exhibits. Another is
he international Harvester company's
adio-controlled tractor. which demon
how farming may be done from
n easy chair on the veranda. Mode!
arm homes will attract many rural
lghtseers, as will the exhibits of the
reat packing plants and the auto
lObile manufacturers.
The Brook Hill Dairy farm. with it:
lodel farm of 1880, shows the last
ord in modern milk production, from
DIV to bottle. The International f..
aging contest Is a huge laboratory
here the farmer may study tie III
st reproduction methods fiTst-hand
cores of commercial exhibitors VI.
aye displays Of prime interest tt
visitors.
Special Rates Lower Cost.
Special railroad and bus rates viii
axe it easier for the farmer to &c;
the Fair this summer Automobile
and oil. stations will give him
'sistance in highway trayei. At the
air, he will find costs surprisingly
W. Restaurants are cheaper, trans
,rtation is cheaper, there is blentifuI
ee entertainment and eighty per cent ;
all the comfort stations are free.
Probably n of the leading attrac
MS for rural visitors will be the for
gn villages. so faithful in %reproduc-
MS of life and scenes In fifteen cOun- 8
that they offer the equivalent Of 1