The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-08-18
The State Fair at Helena

ucts at the Forthcoming Montana
State Fair, September 26 to October
1, inclusive, will create one of the
keenest, though good rival
ries known to the Treasure state SO
varied are the offering of the railway
magnate. In fact, the prizes offered
by Mr.. Hill include not only every
thing raised in Montana, but there
are collective gifts as we'll, such as
for the best county exhibit, the great
est individual display and the most
presentable Offering from Montana
experimental stations. 10 make his
donations complete, Mr.. Hill has
likewise included prizes for fruits
grown without irrigation. The priz-
es offered by Mr.. Hill aggregate sew
eral thousand dollars and are in fact
quite on a parity with those made for
displays at the recent Omaha exposi-
ton.
First, second and third prizes have
been offered by him for the best dis
plays of threshed grains and seeds as
follows: Red and white fall wheat,
red and white spring wheat, macaro-
nj wheat, fall rye, barley, two-rowed
siX-roWed and hulless, oats, peas.
beans, flax, corn of several varieties,
alfalfa, timothy, bronze, orchard
grass and millet. Similar purses have
been hung up for the best displays of
forage crops and sheaf exhibits as
follows: Red and white fall wheat,
red and white spring wheat, fall rye,
spring rye, macaroni wheat, barley,
two-rowed, siX-rowed and hulless,
sheaf oats, sheaf peas, sheaf beans,
white and yellow corn, sheaf millet,
orchard grass, bronze grass, timothy
and alfalfa. Likewise he has an
nounced substantial cash premiums
for all manner of seed grains, such as
spring wheat, macaroni wheat, turkey
red wheat, sixty-day oats, two-rowed
barley, hulless barley and alfalfa
seed, as we'll as the following vege-
tables: Cucum bers, squashes,
pumpkins, late cabbage, early cabba-
ges, celery, string beans, cauliflower,
tomatoes. muskmelons, citrons, wat
ermelons and the following root
crops: Rutabages, turnips, carrots,
horse radish, beets, mangelwurzels,
parsnips, radishes, onions and early
white and red potatoes.
That the eighth annual Montana
State Fair will be a distinct improve
ment in every respect upon it's prede-
cessors seems certain and chief
among these will be in the agricul-
tural and mineral displays. So great
has been the demand for space in the
agricultural building in the past that
the fair directors this year deter
mined upon the erection of new
mineral building and this is now
pra aetically y complete. Heretofore
the mineral displays have made ser
ious encroachments upon the agri-
cultural displays in the main build
ing, but now the entire main floor of
that spacious structure will be devot-
ed entirely to agricultural exhibits.
Thus every county in the state is as
sured ample opportunity for the ex-
hibit of it's every product and to good
advantage. Likewise, mineral ex-
hibitors will have ample space and
well-lighted quarters for showing the
product of that important industry
of the Treasure State.
Already many new counties have
applied for space in the agricultural
building and it seems certain that de-
spite the added space, every inch will
be availed of in the display of prod
nets, both dry farming and irrigated
And, similarly that it has been al
exceptionally dry year, is going to
make the display of the former all
the more conspicuous. Judging from
reports received by the fair manage
ment, the dry farming display will
be little short of remarkable and
will unqnestionably serve to stop
criticism of that important develop
ment of Montana, for it must be ad-
mitted that if dry farming is sue
cess a year like the present, it's future
is assured beyond peradventure in
years of ordinary precipitation.
Many other new features have been
determined upon by the fair man.
agement, which will be treated from
time to time up to the opening of the
gates on September 26.
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