Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-08-29
Praise Without Limit Continues
to be ELECTED by Custer
County's Exhibit al the
Helena F air.
But Yellowstone County's Jour
nalstic Exponent Chooses
70 View Us With a Jaun-
diceo Eye.

At tie risk ofsurfeitIng some OF our
people with the comments drawn fUrth
by our agricultural display at the state
fair, but tor tue benefit Of th1ze who do
not enjoy the pri selege Of reading the
Helena papers We publish This NOM
log the following highly laudatory
article from the independents
Custer county has, al great expense,
sent To the iair an EXHIBIT of more tuan
ordinary merit. IL was gotten up by
the Miles City Chamber Of Commerce,
who placed very contempt gen ileman
l.. A Huffman, n charge. Having
always been regarded by the Oih-r
paris Of the state hs merely n grazing
country, " hereit was Im possible "a raise
auy thing but grass aud sBgebTusn.
Custer people wIsh 10 have 1t under
stood. now they have irrigation, that
they are in itn with the best Of them.
| The exhi bit shows q gIeater varIety .:
products than has ever been credited
10 Montana Dy the most enthusiastic
agricuituralist. They come frOm The
various ranchmen of the county, A
sLeciAl feature ~ the corn, lots of
which Is raised near Miles City, both
/
stalks are many Of them twelve feet
high aud contain from twenty 10
tWenty-Iour rows arouLd the cob. The
wAIermelOns intended Tor the exhibit
were destroyed in transit, though the
| rsnchers are marketing both water
melons and tomatoes ia Custer cJuuty
( now. There are plenty Of Tomatoes IN
/ the Custer county exhibit, snu tuey
/ would 40 credit 10 any state IN TIE
union, being large anu a. firm az
dollar. The alfalfa, tOl, is wOudrs.
/ Three cutuugs fruIn the same ground
are shown, all maue tins summer.
! Tue fitst aud second cutungs are iUur
! Ice, ulgn aud the last, three ieet. Cali
/ furnia tninks he four Cutuugs ot alicia
are wonderful thing, tut Custer
county Is rapidly catcniug 40 4 tue
cOast state. All three cuttings we're
made d mile from town. duugariau
oats oi wonderful siz- a head are
alec gOWn. Inc squashes aud pump-
kins are something surprising. Tn y
are uuquestiOnably the best ever
snown al the state fair. One sqlssh Is
seventy eignt pounds IN weight, and
D Lweuty-tOur inChe- acrOs- aud n teen
incnts through. There l. n pumi kiu
also twenty four inches broad aud
eI shteeu inches deep, with lots vi 9TH
eTs pressing It for first place. Tue
beets Oh exhibition prove cUnclusIvvly
that Montana rancnmen can make
money by cultivatiEg hat vegetable
for sugar purpose. some Of them
must weigh ten OF twelve pounds, and
were NOT picked for tneir siz-, bat
were taken at random. The Grtinan
sugar betts are both large and euticiog
lOOKlng. Both the German ana rv'a
beets are raised In Custer county either
with or without Irrigation. One rais-
, ed without irrigation y eigateen
inches long and six inches Ihies. The
, eabbages seen are from twelve TO fif-
/ teen incnes across and very firm aud
: heavy. Besiles tbese vegetables are
carrots, red onions Of splendid size,
4 marvellous ru.abAgas, red peppers sro
/ Irish potatoes. The POTATOES were dug
at random and some Of them will
, | weigh uD in the pounds. A tobeccu
plant six feet nigh Is another attrac-
ton. Altogether Custer Is TO be con-
Riatulnted ON ner advance in'aE agri-
cultural way, and threalens 10 OutdC
the Bitter ROot and Gallatin valleys
And the Helena Journal. not con
tent with giving us = handsome notics
each day since the display has been on
exhibition, finds space In its issue o
Thursday for the following;
In the way Of agriculture the spleu.
did collection Of products from Custel
county easily takes the palm. It Is
striking example Of what can be uon'
in the versatile soil Of Montana. and
hiss many surprises IN Il for the closes
observer and the shre widest agricultur
ist. In the first place those magnih
cent pumpkins, which appear 20 b
fully ripe; the sugar beefs, equal, I
not superior 20 anything OF the klnS
in Germany; the splendid tomatoes
ready u ripeD; the beeis, which ar
oae of the gondeTs Of the vegetable
kinsdOm; the potatoes, cabbages, corr
and all the rect of the exhibit, show OF
its face that crops in Custer matur
earlier In the season than Is possible Il
the higher attitudes OF the state, anl
prove conclusively that Custer cunt.
alone viii be able Ia TIE future o pro
vide suslenanoe for an empire u
perfectly clear thai these exanples q
the soils yield sprnng sPontaneousll
from the earth An whichdhs seed va
dropped. No pampering or eOaxinl
was required, aud the farmer did no
have 10 wall about for the rain Q
come, but when he saw his crop
: needed drink be brought tue water Z
them promptly through hls unfaiiin
ditchta
Not qnsse n the same strain is th
following from our neiShbsr, the Bin
ings Gazette, though faint praise h ae
corded Us In the following paragraph
i. A. Huffman. one Of The early da
settlera Of Miles City, best known b