Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-17
CORN SHOW
OPENS WITH $1,000
EARS ON DISPLAY
Exhibit Considered as Surcass-
ing Shows of Other Years;
Prize Entries Listed.
Special to The Tribune.

special to Inc IfiDUDF.
Miles City. Nov. rs. With upwards
,of 10000 ears of corn entered by nearly
300 individuals from III Vt tIc corn
growing counties in the state. the
eighth annual Montana State Corn
show opened here Thursday With every
promise of being the biggest ard best
exhibition ever attempted i'll Montana.
Entries have been made 10 singles,
10. %, 100 and bushels. Of the stand
ard varieties Of corn grown in the state.
The best Of several county shows are
here and it is felt thar Montana has
gathered in one exhibition here grades
and varieties that will compare favor
ably with the more famed and larger
corn growing sections Of the county.
Start Judging Today
NJ. L. Wilson. farm management dem
onstrator for the Montana Extension
service: \. j.. 0gaard and Professor
Clyde Mckee Of Montana State college
and Judging Of the exhibits Friday
morning. John Whitney. secretary of
the local chamber Of M and
Fred Woolsey. representing Custer
county. have arranged all details and
practically the entire day was turned
over to inspection Of the displays.
The counties represented, which in
cludes the presence of the county
agent in practically every instance, are
Custer. Cascade. Saltwater. Yellow
stone. Richland, Ravalli. Fergus, Hill,
Garfield. Fallon. Rosebud, Dawson. Me
Cone. Prairic. Big Horn and Phillips.
1t is expected that late arrivals Will
increase the number of counties.
Many varieties of the lent are on
exhibition, including the Minnesota -,
Brown County, Lansing Yellow and the
Reed. The white dents inciude the
Hustler, Silver King and the Pioneer;
the red dent by Northwestern of sew
eral strains. Two strains of the semi
dent. as represented by the Minnesota
% are here, while the mixed dents
include the Calico and the Bloody
Butcher.
yellow flints predominant with two
varieties of the yellow. also the Long
fellow and the Gehu. Dakota White
is mostly represented. In that color
in the mixed flints there are the old
fashioned Squaw. the Rainbow, Big
Size, and the Smut Nose.
Besides the three placed in the racks
IIIP IjtF IDltbiu II. blfp Wv ItFtl- W Hit'
and Blue. together with the white
flint and the Tom Thumb. Golden Ban
tam and Country Gentlemen are en-
tered as sweet corn exhibits. a variety
| known as flour corn occupies a section
by itself and is attracting considerable
attention from the fact that it can be
ground and used as flour.
Thanked on each side of the auditori-
UNI are the booths in which industry.
commerce. business enterprises and ed
ucation viii have their exhibits. On
Friday. which is known as Women's
day. Miss Martha Hunter, nutrition ex-
pert ar the State college at Bozeman.
will give talks on the use Of corn III
the diet and in the afternoon Two lee
lures vii he given one on feeding the
family and the other an Illustrated
lecture on nutrition.
Prizes for Young Growers
More attention is being paid this
wear TO juvenile efforts on the farm
and the Youngsters will be given an
opportunity to compete for prizes on
the best display Of corn from their re
spectiye clubs throughout the corn
growing sections of the state. There
will be IA number of boys corn Judging
teams for the show and the local youths
are planning on affording them enter
tainment while spending the three days
in the city.
The annual corn show banquet will
be held on Friday evening. for which
an elaborate menu has been prepared.
Another luncheon will be held on the
Saturday evening following. in connec-
ton with the poultry show, which will
be held in the basement of the audi
torium during the three days of the
corn show.
From the present outlook and judg-
ing from the number of entries re
ceived here, the exhibit will surpass
anything ever before attempted. 1t
is conceded that the exhibitors have en-
tered some excellent specimens Of corn
and that subsequently, a number Of the
exhibits will find their way to other
points where corn shows are being held.