Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-11
EASTERN MAN
BOOSTS FAIR


fair, writes as follows:
1.-The Montana state fair for 1919
has come and gone, and in it's wake
has left world of satisfaction for
those who had it in charge, and a still
greater wealth of pleasant recOllec-
tions by the many who, for days,
strOlled among the incompatible and
beautifully arranged exhibits. The
weather was perfect, and exhibits the
best. and the attendance the largest
of any fair ever before held in the
state. More outsiders, probably in
proportion to the number admitted to
the grounds, attended this fair than
any other held in the west. And
right here is where the surprised peo-
pie came in. Secretary Cosgrove of
the truly great Minnesota state fair,
said, and in SO doing, voiced the opin-
ion OF many who had seen the two ex-
h1bits: I'VE handle the great crowds
of people all right, but when it comes
to exhibits, you have us backed clean
off the boards. Your poorest exhibit
is better than our best exhibits.
never saw Sill II fine exhibits as you
have here, at any fair in the country
Oh e:t Lesson to East.
''S'c' cary Cosgrove, along with
many other experienced state fair
men, from the east, were simply
amazed-nor did they attempt to dis
guise their amaZement or fail to tN-
press their admiration. Another east
ern fair man said to the writer, as we
were looking over the county exhibits
together: Our county exhibits looked
good to me until came here, and
they were fine IN some ways, but
these county exhibits make ours look
like 30 cents-we can and must do bet
ter
"Professor Atkinson, vice president
of dry farming congress, and Il man
who is thoroughly posted on such
matters, and Judge Of fairs from
Canada to the gulf, said: This is a
world beaten. candidly believe if Il
national exhibition were to be held
with exhibits from every state in the
Union and Canada and Il corps OF com
petent European judges selected. that
Montana would win first prize on at
least four products, oats, barley.
grasses and clOvers. | have never
seen their equal in all my experience,
at any rate, and to say the least, this
has not been limited. Our wheat dis
plays are very good, far above the av-
erage and we will soon beat the world
ut this. If we continue at our present
clip
At Omaha. recall, Montana
oats were barred from the COMPETE
ton on the ground that they had beer:
doctored, rs they weighed ~ pounds.
! Now, our first prize in Helena this
year, averaged 80 pounds. At Omaha
asked how they could he doctored
and the Judges replied that they did
not know, but that God never put a
pounds in bushel, yet, today, we
have So Personally, nothing pleas
ed us more than the splendid exhibit
of corn from Rosebud county. Here,
any Kansas or Iowa farmer would
stop to wonder and admire. TO be
sure, this corn was mostly grown this
year, upon irrigated land, but corn is
one Of the best dry land crops, when
its growing is we'll understood, and
where such corn can be grown by ir-
rigatiOn, as we saw in this exhibit,
most profitable crops OF it can be
grown in ordinary years, by simply
good tillage methods. There was
simply no fault to be found with this
corn. AS one old Iowa farmer said
rs he stood gazing wlstfully at the
bushels Of perfect golden ears: eff
hadn't seen this very corn growing
nobody could make me believe that
it hadn't been shipped in here by
these blamed land boomers from old
Iowa.
Small Livestock Show.
'''rlis, and the magnificent clover
and alfalfa exhibits from the different
! parts appealed greatly to us, and we
believe, mean more for the future Of
Montana than her warmest admirers
yet dream of. They mean among
other things. that some old stOckman
may find it hard to believe, that the
not distant future will see Il greater
and far better stream of beef and
mutton flowing to the market from
her mighty ranges than even went
from them in their paImiest past. And
right here, let us say that the stock.
dairy and poultry exhibits ut this fair
were far below what they should be
and below what we think they will he
in years to come. We must say. how
ever, that the cattle, sheep, horses
and poultry that were exhibited.