Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-07
announce PRIZES
To be OFFERED IN
T|[LAGE CONTEST
Premium List of $4,000 to BE
Distributed Among Sue
cessful Crop Growers.
Special to The eTribune.

Special to The eTribune.
Billings. Aug. 6.-With receipts Sat
turday of official notification from the
Great Northern, Northern Paciflc n
the Milwaukee railways of $l.3OO cash
TO be offered as prizes IN the state
wide summer tillage contest. the Mon
tana Development ASSOCIATION an
nounces the completion OF a $l2,on
premium list. to be distributed among
tho 1000 competitors and to go to the
producers of the largest yields OF
standard winter or spring wheat on a
measured 20 acres of land.
A wire from j. G. Woodwork, vice
president of the Northern Pacific. an
nounces that the Northern Pacific will
give $500 in cash prizes to the winners
in the southern district. which includes
towns along the Northern Pacific from
Wibaux to Dillon. A telegram from
W. P. Kenney, vice president of the
Great Northern. announces q similar
amount to be given to the winners In
the northern district. which includes
localities along the Great Northern.
from PlentywoOd to Cut Bank. h. NJ.
Calkins. vice president of the MllWau-
kee. announces the offering, Of $500
cash. to be divided among the winners
in the central Montana district in To-
~calities along the Milwaukee railway.
implements Offered
The Montana Development associa-
ton 81. 600 offered will be divided into
three parts. 1888 for each district in
the state. Thirteen implement and
The Moline Plow company. Moline.
Ill, offers three Best Ever sulky plows;
the Sharpless Separator company.
West Chester. Pa. offers three Sharp
less separators: the Fairbanks-Norse
company Of Chicago. three 112-horse
power Kerosene engines: the John
Deere Plow Works. Minneapolis. Mimi.
offers three corn cultivators; the Oil
yer Chilled Plow Works, South Bend.
Ind, offers three 10-foot. double action
tandem tractor discs: the Champion
corporation. Hammond. Ind. offers
three t%illers; the Lacrosse Plow com
pany. Lacrosse, Wis. offers three
Acme harrows and three Iron Age
riding corn cultivators: the Rock Island
Pillow company. Rock Island. Ill. offers
three horse-drawn tandem bonanza
discs; the Fl. Earl Clack company,
Hayre. Mont. offers three culti-weed-
ers: the Observation-Disclosures 1mple-
ment company of Minneapolis, MINI.
offers three gang disc plows. and the
International Harvester company. Chi
cago, ILL.,. offers three field cultivators.
Only Clubs Compete
Besides the prizes above enumerated,
$1,000 in prizes has been offered hy
business men members of summer till
age clubs in various localities in the
state. to be competed for locally only.
This makes a total of approximately
1000 to be given away TO the win
ners of the contest.
This contest, covering all the dry
land sections of the state. comprises
II summer tillage clubs. 400 members
100000 acres of land in the
according to the most approved
methods of summer tillage.
For competition purposes he state
has been divided into three sections.
the northern district. the central dis
trict and the southern district. and
members of the clubs will compete only
the members of the clubs in
the same district. The basis of the
competition will be the highest yield Of
duced on a measured 20 acres of land.
Only members of the summer tillage
are eligible to compete. and only
those who handle the land in accord
ance with the rules laid down by sum
mer tillage authorities and distribut-
ed by the Montana Development as
ISOLATION can win. Yields will be de-
termined by affidavits of the thresher-
men. witnesses and the certification
of the officers of the summer tiliage
clubs.
Careful records are being kept by
the Montana Development association
of the operations in all sections of the
state. and with the propitious season
under way for storing moisture for
next years crop. some sensational re-
suits are expected.
The Montana Development associa-
ton is making plans TO advertise 10
the whole country the results Of this
contest. said to be the
of its kind ever undertaken in
the United States.