The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-02-25
THE MAR CAR
FARM EXHIBIT
MOntana's Greatest Travelling
Sh0rthorn Demonstration and
Sale at Glasgow, March IL.
SCHOOLS JUDGING CONTEST
Some of Nations Prize Winning Cattle
to Be Placed on Exhibit Here. A
Special Feature Is Judging
Contest by School Teams
for Silver Cups.

Announcement is made this week Of
the unique plan of Low & Powers, of
Culbertson, Montana, in presenting
their annual sale offering of registered
Shorthorns from their Mar Car herd,
to the people of Montana, by means
of travelling sale and demonstration
tour. They are going to offer forty
head of their choicest animals by
means of holding demonstrations and
sales at many towns in eastern Mon
tana, and everyone should arrange to
attend this demonstration.
Judging Contests.
AS an additional feature they are
staging livestock judging contest,
open to all schools in the state, three
pupils, either boys or girls, or mixed,
constituting team representing a
school. These teams will be required
to judge four high class show heifers,
and to score them according to a table
which has been compiled, placing them
as for show purposes, according to
their judgment and rating.
Five Silver Cups.
AS prizes in this contest, Lowe &
Powers are offering five handsome
silver cups for the winning teams, and
we trust that Glasgow will enter a
team in this contest.
The judges selected for this contest
are Professor C. N. Arnett of the Ag-
ricultural College at Bozeman; John
Dexter, editor of the Northwestern
Stockman & Farmer at Helena, and C.
c. Davis, editor of the Montana Far
mer at Great Falls.
The following is schedule of the
tour, and the cattle will be on exhibit
tion and offered at private sal eat each
of the following towns and dates:
Mar Car Farms, Culbertson, March
5th; Glasgow, March 18th; Malta, Mar
18th; Chinook, March 18th; Havre,
March 10th; Big Sandy, March 22nd
Lewistown, March 25th and Goth; Bill
lings, March 30th and 31st. Fors ythe
April 2nd; Miles City, April 4th and
5th; Glendive, April 7th; Sidney, Apr
Sth and 9th
In discussing the matter with Mr.
Powers, we are advised that this is an
entirely new feature in the Livestock
industry and that it is an experiment
on their part, the principal object be-
ing to meet the present unsatisfactory
financial conditions by bringing right
to the homes of those interested in
Registered Shorthorns, at the least
possible expense, the best annual offer.
ing they have ever made, thereby elm
mating the heavy expense such as ad
vertising, auctioneer fees and Other
expenses incidental to the usual auc
tion sale.
Prize Winners.
The offering will include severa
cows, some with calves at foot, year
ling heifers and yearling bulls, and w:
are advised that the cattle will prov,
revelation as to type, quality ant
condition. Many of the cattle are
sired by their herd bull, Earl of Glen
coe, a grandson of Sultan Stamp OF
the Cruickshank Victoria family, ant
several of the cows are bred to thei,
! junior herd bull, Mar Supreme, hall
brother to Lady Supreme, the latesr
international Grand Champion. L
will be remembered that their two here
bulls stood first and second at the Pa
clfic International Live Stock Show a
Portland, Oregon, last November.
We are advised the cattle they are
offering include several members O
their sensational 1920 show herd, man,
of them blue ribbon winners at Mon
tana and North Dakota state fairs. a.
well as elsewhere. Mr.. Powers state,
they have desire to make this ven
ture success and for this reason hav,
included in this sale several head tha
they would not otherwise consider sell
ing, in order that they may clearl,
demonstrate the advantages in tn,
breeding of registered Shorthorns. t,
the farmers of Montana, and that a
good as the best are being produce,
within our state.
The Mar Car herd is a federal ac
said to represent one of the larger Cd
Grating companies of the southern
states, has secured lease on larg
tracts and states that his cnocern viii
commence operations within a YER
short time.
Company Organized at Scobey.
Articles of incorporation of an oi
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