The Daily Missoulian., 1914-09-30

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traction than ever. 1t shows what
our farmers can do"
The display is made up of every
line Of vegetable Special mention
should be made of the tomato and
onion displays They certainly are
whoppers. Potatoes of unusual size
are shown and the corn is as tail as
a man.
Grain.
The grain exhibit is built around
the Missoula county display, which
won fourth prize at the state fair,
and is housed underneath the grand
stand, in the compartment at the
| eastern end. A number of recent en-
tries supplement the county display
and splendid exhibit of grasses and
srains is arranged around the walls
of the compartment and down the
center aisle.
The exhibit contains grains, in
sheaf and bulk, and grasses. All
| varieties of wheat oats and barley
are found among the entries. Sheaves
|
! a few specimens of rye. Among the
! grasses, clover and alfalfa predom-
| mate, while there are several entries
| of timothy to be found. Corn, which
| is included in this class is numerous
! and the abundance of the ears and
height of the stalks drew forth much
favorable comment. Some seed peas,
little hops and small quantity of
buckwheat complete the variety.
The winners of Individual prizes at
Helena attracted MUCH attention un-
| til the officials removed the premium
tags. Among these were the winners
| of first prize in the Great Northern
| special, the T. c. Power special, the
| Panama Pacific special and the Royal
! Milling company contest.
The entries were so numerous that
the space allotted to this department
| is overcroWded. Competition for the
| Missoula Mercantile company prizes
is keen and from the display it is
| apparent that several entries will go
| to the Panama Pacific exposition
Professor A. Atkinson of Montana
state college will judge the entries.
The Cattle Exhibit.
The cattle building was one of the
chief points of interest. The large
and roomy building was comfortably
filled with 106 head of blooded cattle.
The building is well lighted and
shows off the merits of the various
exhibits to good advantage.
Good specimens of both the dairy
| and beef types are shown. True to
her reputation as a dairy country, the
milch COW, especially the Jersey, pre-
dominates among the exhibits. The
Guernsey and Hostein breeds are
also represented. The awarding of
premiums among the dairy breeds
will be done today.
n A pleasing number of the cattle on
exhibit were bred in this vicinity.
4 Deschamp brothers are showing some
of their Herefords from Grass Valley
P. H. Griffin of Sunset is exhibiting
/ few of his pine Nook Shorthorns
/ which he has been showing at the
Spokane Interstate fair and the Mon
tana State fair A particularly good
bull from his herd, one weighing
1900 pounds, appropriately occupies
1 stall "A" He is the heaviest at the
fair and was the object of many ad-
miring glances.
II There are several exhibitors from
other parts of the west showing their
cattle at the fair. Tintinger brothers
of Big Timber have on exhibit some
representative Herefords and Short
horns from their herds. In the dairy
section Charles Talmadge of Newport,
Wash, has a large exhibit of Jerseys.
To anyone at all interested in cattle,
the exhibit at the fair is certain to
prove attractive
Fifty stalls containing as many
horses, ranging in weight from 500
to 1900 pounds, and each one a
beauty in itself, make the horse show
at the Western Montana fair one of
the most attractive displays of live
stock ever assembled IN this part of
the state. Not only is western Mon
tana represented in this fine display,
but other parts Of tins state as Well
as other states. Among the most at
tractivc displays is that of an Illinois
firm which has six fine percheron
and Belgian stations and mares at
the show.
AS one passes through the building
he cannot help but marvel at the fine
appearance of this collection OF
| horses. Every one, from the smallest
/ roadster to the largest draft horse
shows the result of good breeding and
attention.
Another noticeable thing is the
conspicuous display of blue ribbon.
which We're won by the horses at th,
state fair, held at Helena, last week
Fourteen of the horses which max,
up this fine display We're at the stat
fair, and they represent a large par
of the cream of that exhibition.