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The 16th Annual
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Fifteen minutes before noon on FRIDAY, ovemeee 3rd, the
explosion of a huge aerial bomb will start twenty-two husky farmers on a
gruelling contest to determine who will be the world’s champion corn-
husker. And this year, with the contest staged in the fertile Kaw Valley
with a 75-bushel yield of corn, a new all-time husking record may be
established.

The twenty-two contestants will be champion huskers from eleven
cornbelt states, proven performers for the 80-minute race down the corn
rows which will be watched by approximately 150,000 people. The field,
3 miles northeast of Lawrence, is surrounded by several hundred acres
of free parking space, with surfaced roads leading in from all directions.

The “Farmer’s World Series’, as the contest is frequently called, is
the greatest agricultural event of the year: a huge midway with more than
$500,000 in farm equipment; a tremendous natural resources exhibit;
broadcast by more than 100 radio stations; an army of 2,500 men to run

the show.

Resource-Full Kansas Exhibit

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER lL, will be the open-
ing day of the Resource-Full Kansas Exhibit, a

display which is certain to draw
acclaim as an effective showing of
the great natural resources and
commercial development of pro-
gressive Kansas. Under a huge
tent, 50 feet by 500 feet, will be
exhibits of many state depart-
ments, agriculture, mineral re-
sources, leading industries and
state schools. Dr. R. C. Moore,
state geologist, has developed this
important 38-day exhibit under
sponsorship of the Kansas legis-
lature and state administration.
Prepare for several hours of en-
tertainment under the ‘“‘big top’.

FOOTBALL

ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3,
at 2:30 p.m., after the close of
the husking contest, the football
teams of Kansas and Kansas
State will meet in their tradition-
al annual battle. The mammoth
K. U. Stadium with seats for
40,000, is located only five miles
from the contest field: Admission
price is $2.25 for a reserved seat.

Farm Power & Equipment Day

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, the roar of a mass
of tractors will usher in Farm Power and Equip-

men Day. Under auspices of
the Kansas Farmer, a Capper
Publication, which is sponsoring
the national contest this year,
farm implement manufacturers
are preparing for one of the larg-
est implement shows ever staged
in America. Every type of farm
equipment, including about 300
tractors, will be put thru the
paces on this day. Primarily an
exhibit for farmers, this show will
be entertaining for city dwellers
who will be amazed at the scope
of the display and the unusual
showings of individual exhibitors.

Lawrence, Kansas, November |, 2 and 3, 1939

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