The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-10-01
PREMIUMS WON
AT STATE FAIR
Twenty-eig Prizes Taken by
COunty's Products
FIRST ON CORN DISPLAY
Corn Exhibit Center of Attraction.
Won First on Blue Stem Wheat,
Sheaf Flax and Spring Wheat

NOIu LAHILAI NcHtcT VI AttIdCtIOu.
Won First on Blue Stem Wheat,
Sheaf Flax and Spring Wheat
Valley County farmers came off
with flying colors at the Montana
State Fair last week, winning a total
of twenty-eight premiums. The re-
suit of the showing proves most graft
flying and is very considerable in
crease over the winnings made in
1914, when fifteen premiums were
taken. The products exhibited were
entered under the name of the grow
er this year so that credit for win
ming in each class or division reverts
to the proper individual.
The Valley County farmers to car
ry off laurels of victory in premiums
won are c. A. Collins, VIM. Biddle, z.
j. Foust, E. F. Jacobs, Herman Sic
wing, j. L. Byers, John Detchman,
A. Breckenridge, F. L. Belzer, E. E.
Aune, L. H. Fitzgerald. c. M. Peter
son and C. H. Richardson. While
these men produced the grains and
vegetables awarded prizes at the State
Fair, many others in Valley County
contributed to the showing made and
although their products were not
among the winners, yet the exhibit
could not have been complete without
their generous assistance.
The exhibit made by Valley County
was a most commendable one receiv-
ing it's full share of attention from
fair visitors, and many very compli-
mentary expressions favorable to the
farmers of the county were received
by S. C. Moore. Great surprise was
shown, by visitors from eastern and
southern states, at the very commend
able display of corn. The exhibit
booth was trimmed with corn stalks
as we'll as husked corn and shelled
corn, including all the varieties grown
IN the county. 1t made a most at
tractive display of corn, so that the
first prize for best display of corn
came to it. Valley County now holds
the distinction of winning this prem
ium two years in succession
More places were won this year by
the grain of Valley County than in
1914, showing an appreciable develop
ment in the quality grown as we'll as
demonstrating the greater care shown
by the farmer in preparing the grain
for exhibition. Root crops and vcge-
tables also came to the front in a
most gratifying manner, conclusivcly
displaying the fact that Valley Coun-
ty soil grows anything adaptable to
the temperate zone and grows it to
perfection. With the added know
ledge gained by competing this year
at the State Fair it will be possible
to go in another year and win even
more prizes.
When the judging was over on Fri
day, the final results were very graft
flying as compared with the winnings
of the other older counties and the
citizens of Valley County have good
cause to be proud of the showing
made. Following is list of the pre-
miums won:
First on peck Of Blue Stem wheat,
display Of corn special premium by
Rogers-Templeton Co., sheaf of flax,
peck of hard spring wheat, collection
of corn, cucumbers, display of pep
pers, collection of tomatoes, sheaf
string beans.
Second on peck Macaroni wheat
Canadian peas, speltz, sheaf blue stem
wheat, variety of vegetables, peck
large white oats, six row barley, she'll
corn, gallon flax seed, six sugar beets
Third, on smooth garden peas, she'll
ed corn, 12 stalks N. w. Dent, peck
hard winter wheat, buckwheat, navy
beans, 10 ears white dent corn, six
cucumbers, sheaf six row barley.
"While it would have been pleasing
to have won more premiums and es'
pecially more firsts," said Stillman C
Moore, Secretary of the Commercial
Club, who was in charge of the Valley
County exhibit at the State Fair, 81
am sure every one in this county will
feel proud of the record made by il
when consideration is given to the
fact that the county is virtually a new
one from an agricultural standpoint
and our products must go up agains,
those of counties that were exhibit.