The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-09-16

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ley and this year he has large
acreage.
One of the finest exhibits we have
received for the fair came from the
farm of Frank Schempp near Cow
an. Mr.. Schempp sends in some
choice samples of corn from his big
tnirty-acre field and also choice
bunch of sweet clover. Several
fine citron from the Schempp farm
are also on exhibition at the fair.
In the corn display B. w. Brock
way has entered several samples of
Squaw corn raised on his farm just
west of the city. The corn this year
from the Brockway farm is the best
Mr.. Brockway has ever raised and is
proving the fact that good corn can
be raised here with the proper cul-
tivation.
In the vegetable display Mrs.John
Hardin has favored us with some Of
garden. Turnips, carrots, cucum-
bers, tomatoes, beets, squash, a
bunch of green peppers and some
choice alfalfa came from the Hardin
farm besides several other samples
of garden truck.
One of the largest punches of al
falfa that will 60 to Helena with the
exhibit came from the r. M. Traf-
ton farm near town and is about as
choice lot of this product as ever
grown in the valley. Mr.. Trafton
has always been successful with his
alfalfa crops andthis year it looks
better than ever.
Two extremely large heads of
cabbage have been sent in this week
for the exhibit by Mrs. Adolph La
Fond from west of the city. One of
the heads weighed 20 pounds and
both are good solid heads and will
show up well in the display.
Mrs. Alexander Elliott has in the
exhibit a choice branch of the Bur-
bank plums. Mrs. Elliott has been
quite successful growing fruit and
the sample sent in is from one of
the trees in her yard. Some fine
garden truck also came from the
Elliott farm and will be given a
place in the exhibit.
Fred Hall, cashier of the State
Bank, is something of farmer him
self and has in the Phillips county
exhibit some of the largest potatoes
in the collection and one extra large
cucumber.
Mrs. Lyman Barnes sent in yes
terday two of the largest cucumbers
ever raised in this valley. One of
them measured fifteen inches in
length and was ten inches in cir
conference. They will go as an
added attraction to the big Phillips
county exhibit.
Yesterday some fine specimens
were gathered at the James Lenoir
farm down on Beaver creek. Crab
apples, parsnips and white onions
formed the larger part of Mr.. Le-
noir's contribution and all were of a
high class.
A fine basket of plums was sent
in Tuesday by Mrs Viola Ebaugh.
They are from her orchard at the
Malta hospital and are the largest
and best looking plums we have
ever seen in Montana.
From the farm of p. S. Sperry
some very fine samples of several
different kinds of potatoes were re-
ceived and the best exhibit of corn
we have in the collection. Mr..
Sperry takes pride in raising good
corn and his crop this year is the
best he has ever raised
l. A. RAIDER contributed a choice
collection of potatoes late yesterday
afternoon and they will go to
Helena with the rest of the exhibit.
Mike Weist has in the collection
nice sample of Durum wheat from
his dry land farm. Mr.. Weist had
a large crop of this grain this season
and the yield was very heavy.
Miss Vera Gerber, who was one of
the teachers in the city schools last
year, sends in a fine sample of Blue
Stem wheat and three punches of
timothy. This timothy is the only
sample received and will go with
the large collection.
From John Aliens farm we have
an excellent sample of his Durum
wheat. Mr.. Allen is very proud of
his grain this year and he certainly
has right to be, as it is of the best
quality and the yield was abundant
Nick SchmitZ has some fine pota-
toes and sack of good wheat in the
exhibit that was raised on his farm
out on Alkalai.
Frank Gage of Strater, contrib
utes bunch of Soudan grass. This
is new product in the Milk river
valley, but has been raised extern
sively in Oklahon and the south
ern states. Mr.. Gage also has an
excellent sample of oats in the ex-
hibit.
A sample of potatoes from the j.
H. Atwood farm at Strater will add
to the collection of vegetables and
we were very glad to receive them
B. w. Brockway has contributed
several varieties of potatoes and
they are about the best looking
"spuds" we have received. They will
be. given a prominent place in the
Phillins comfy h0oth