The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02

talk NUI[O
The Grain Belt Circuit in North Da-
kota starts off at Bottineau with a
whirl on June 22nd. Five other good
towns follow in regular order. THE
HORSEMAN, May 25th issue.
A. H. White and Duncan Beaton at
tended the Shorthorn Sale at Minot
last Thursday. Mr.. White was elected
First Vice President of the Mouse Riv-
.er Loop Live Stock Association. You
can't keep Bottineau County off the
board even if Minot does think we are
suburb of the Magic City. The Of
ficial report of the banquet states
that Arthur and Duncan both gave
brief talks. Unless both Of these old
timers get into the exhibit game and
show some good well fitted stock at
our coming Fair they won't get a
chance to even peep into the dining
hall-let alone briefly speaking at our
banquet table. 1t is action we want
and not so much talk.
Minot fair boosters are having a
hard time to get a site for their fair
grounds, because the farmers around
are holding the land prices at prohib-
tive heights. Have heard Of some
land shark real estate men doing this
kind of business but seldom the farm
ers. Well say there are some naughty
farmers around Minot. Anyway, cheer
up Mint! It is only eighty miles to
the Big international Fair at Botti-
neau, North Dakota, and we have
room for you all here June 22-23 and
"a. Come on over and boycott those
would be profiteers who own the ad-
jacent Minot territory. r
More anent the Boy Scout Band
The Provincial Exhibition at Brandon,
Manitoba has also booked this band.
The boys have six weeks continuous
engagement beginning with the Bot
tineau Fair. They carry fifty tents
besides their mess tent. These tents
will be erected on the inner field on
the Fair Grounds here and will make
good showing in itself, and besides,
from all reports we will not be want
ing in good music. An addition to the
band stand will be necessary to seat
the fifty boys.
A kindly faced old gentleman may
be seen on our Fair Grounds most
any day now going the rounds and
taking exercise. Perhaps one reason
for his presence on the fair grounds
| is his Scottish blood or the fact that
during his younger days ne. was q
big factor in the very best shows OF
Canada and the United States in the
! way of fitting noted Shorthorn cattle
| for the show ring. A talk with this old
gentleman will reveal to you in his
hmodest manner that he worked on the
stock farm Of John Miller, Ontario
Canada, home of noted shorthorn cat
tie, and that later on he offlclated ov:
er the fine herd belonging to J. II
Pickeral, Of Harrisburg, Illinois
where he groomed and showed tne
best herd of shorthorns in Americs
I winning at such shows as the Ohit
State Fair. Illinois State Fair and 10
! wa State Fair. At the last mentioned
fair this herd under his management,
won a grand sweepstakes prize o1
100000 The bull heading this here
was imported by Mr.. Colburn~ OF Mon
treal, Canada. He was Baron Bootf
bred animal, his sire being one OF the
/ great sires of his day in Scotland. The
| proper fitting of an animal is an ar1
without which the best of bred animals
would fall by the wayside, and much
credit is due the person who is con-
stantly on the job when it comes te
the scientific feeding, care and atten.
tion necessary to make winner out
Of an animal that has the proper con ,I
formation and breeding to begin with
No wonder the old gentleman taken an
| interest in our Fair and when the big
event is finally pulled off the chances
are that he will be able to select the
prize winners before the awards are
made with keenness not boasted OF
by some of the younger chaps in the
game. .v
The rules for scoring the Dairy But.
ter exhibit at our fair are those pro-
| posed by the National Dairy Council
| Ladies, look the rules over and ther
| decide to show or not to show as the
case may be, and in the event thai
! YOU enter your butter and perchance
your neighbor cops off the blue, DOM
20 home feeling kinda hurt over \
for you may have excellent butter ane
yet not win because of a slight oDJec'
! tionable flavor or some other mlno1
defect, considered, in comparison by
the Judge. The flavor Of the butter i
/ a very Important point to consider. Il
should be clean and sweet without
taint Of any kind. An Objectionable
flavor, no matter how slight, woult
! prevent one receiving full score
Some defects in flavor are more serl'
| Gus than others, but many Of these
may be avoided by taking little more
care. If q Judge should find two lot:
Of butter with the same score he woult
rive the higher place to the one witt
/ the best flavor. Texture, firmness
color, finish and packing goes Ions
way with the Judge also. Bear thesI
facts in mind when preparing your ex
hibit for the fair. Butter for exhibi
ton should be made at least two day!
before the Fair to give it time to pc
come set. It should be kept in q COO
place on the farm, and be brought Y
| the Fair in the best possible condl
tion.
Entrants for the Motorcycle Sids
ICar races are lining up for the las
dav Of the Fair. Racers will be re
anired to take their best girls for
/ ioy ride in their side cars in these
races. Weight limit Of the girls to b
two hundred pounds. No minimum
weight limit is set, but too light girl
!! will not afford good ballast.
/ IA delegation Of Presbyterian ladie!
/, have inspected the new Dining Hall
Meals viii likely be served IN cafe