The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-08-13
FARMERS URGED
TO EXHIBIT
Bountiful Crops Should Induce
Farmers to Show Products
FINE PREMIUMS OFFERED
With Fair Less than . Month OG
Preparations are Being Made 70
Make it Best Ever.

>'AsseS - A~~oe A~v~es
With bumper crops throughout the
county, the Valley County Fair, this
fall, should be the biggest and best
ever held. The exhibits viii undos1k-
edly far surpass those Of former ysars
and the amusement and entertainment
features will be big drawing card.
Advertising the fair and getting the
farmers interested in preparing sx-
hibits takes up most Of Secretary
Moore's time these days. Wednesday
Mr.. Moore and County Commission
er Peter A. West went to Oswego in
Mr.. Vests car and distributed much
advertising matter, besides calling on
many farmers. This was Mr.. Moore's
third trip over different parts of the
county distributing fair literature and
getting the farmers interested in the
fair.
II never saw such beautiful fields
of grain and prospects are absolutely
certain for a great yield, and the
farmers will have an opportunity this
fall to show the great productiveness
of the county by making an exhibit
at the Valley County Fair. Hereto
fore the exhibits at the fair have been
made by farmers in the immediate
vicinity of Glasgow to large extent,
only a few farmers from distant parts
of the county have brought in exhi-
bits. This year the. farmers from the
outlying districts Of Valley County
will be in. position to make the very
best showing possible and they should
take the. time to gather. up. part
of each kind of grain and other crops
raised by them and bring them to the
fair.
F. "If any farmer is unable to come
with the exhibits, and will ship them
to the Fair Association from his near
est railway station, we will be glad to
place them on exhibit at the fair in
the regular manner. ...
"The farmer who has never exhi-
bited at the fair, has no realization
of the benefits to be derived from
making display and comparing his
products with those Of farmers in
other parts of the county. y
Everybody knows it takes little
extra labor and time to secure grains
and other products to exhibit at the
county fair, but every farmer should
realize that it is the way to secure
a rapid rise in the value of his farm,
by showing what it will produce at
the county fair, where visitors, not
only from the immediate locality. but
from many outside states will look
them over.
"The main object of a county fair
is to show the people at large what
can be produced in the county, and it
is by advertising these products in
this manner that we are able to prove
to the visitor that our land is pro-
ductive and worth as much as the
lands of Iowa or Illinois or any other
eastern state.
'The Fair Association wants every
farmer to bring something in, and to
that end has arranged premium list
that gives cash prizes for almost
everything produced on the farm. The
premium books have been sent out to
every part of the county. If we have
have missed anyone it is because we
have not got their name on our mail
ing list, and if anyone who has not
received a premium list will drop a
postal card to the Secretary, we will
be glad to send one.
"Now is the time for the farmer
to select his grain to be exhibited in
sheaves at the fair. The premium
list should be carefully read, as it
gives instructions just how to prepare
the sheaves for exhibiting. The best
stuff exhibited at the county fair will
be taken to the Montana State Fair
to compete with the whole state.
~ am positive that if the farmers
of the county will take a little time
and use good judgment in the selec-
tion of their exhibits that we can go
to Helena this fall and win a great
many more premiums than we did
last year. Every farmer will receive
his portion of the premium money
won at the state fair, the same as
he did last year."
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