The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-09-22
TWO DAY EVENT AT THOENY
MARKS EPOCH FOR Small
LER COMMUNITIES.
EXHIBITS Are SPLENDID
Management Highly Praised for Ef-
ficient Manner in Which All Di-
visions Were Handled and
Crowd Cared For.
(By Murray E. Stebbins)

Last week, Friday and Saturday,
brought out something new in the
line Of community fairs. The Valley
County Farm Bureau has always been
in favor of community fairs as a
means of educating the people as to
the real value of an agricultural ex-
hibit and what to look for in making
up an agricultural exhibit for fair.
The saying, eff l had known that
was what you wanted, l could have
brought in good exhibit" is all too
common and the object of the COM
munity fair is to teach the best meth
DDS of gathering and preparing ex-
hibits of all kinds. Thus the county
fair and state fair will become what
they should be, instead of collection
of commercial exhibitors.
The Thoeny Farm Bureau Commun-
ity Fair was put on last week under
the title of the Western Valley Coun-
ty Agricultural and Stock Show, and
under the capable management of A.
P. Wheeler, president; James Butcher,
vice president, and w. C. Mumford,
secretary and treasurer, the fair was
grand success from start to finish,
even though the weather was not the
best.
A two day fair is something new
and for the management of COM
munity fair to put out 36 page prem
ium list is something that was never
thought of before as far as the writer
knows. The premium list was COM
plete from start to finish and offered
good rewards. The exhibit was large
and varied, there being entries in ev-
cry division, class, and in practically
every lot. There were also exhibits
outside of the premium list and the
management cared for all of those un
der the head of specials and rewards
were given according to their merit
The premium list included numerou:
special prizes offered by the business
men of Thoeny.
The best exhibits were in corn, veg
etables and school exhibits. The bes
exhibit was not hard to locate, it was
by far the largest, most complete, ant
showed the greatest thought and at
tracted the most interest all through
the two days of the fair. 1t was th'
; corn exhibit. This exhibit consisted
of 12 different varieties of corn. Th'
exhibits were we'll matured, showed
thought in selection and demonstrate
, beyond any argument that the Thoen.
community has some real corn grow
ers and that northern Valley count.
) can grow real corn. All that is neces
, sary is to understand the variety t
grow and the fact that weeds mus
5 be controlled. About half of the cor
: exhibit was considered of exceptions
: quality and will be taken to the stat
|. fair as part of the Valley county OK
I hibit. The corn exhibit was in tn
: Thoeny Review building and occupie
/. all of the west side of the buildin
r and partly covered a large table i
t the center of the room. The corn e,
), hibit attracted more attention tha
all the rest of the fair.
t Two exhibitors in this class deserv
a special mention. Thomas Hentz wo
S over his father, J. H. Hentz. Thoms
h put into practice some of the corn il
e formation he gathered at the Boy
: camp this year. Cyrus Davenport ha
n very attractive exhibit that VIC
h many prizes. Cyrus is vocation
|, student in the Agricultural State Co
l. lege at Bozeman and has corn as h
|, major project and has gathered son
very interesting information that wi
5, be of value to all farmers in northe1
Is Valley county. Results of his wo1
e will be published this winter
Is The vegetable exhibit was a cred
n to any community fair and part of
al was selected for the state fair und
IS recommendation of the Judge, Cha
le Collins, an old exhibitor and judge
ir the state fair.
J. The school exhibit was first ella
ID and clearly proved that the instruct
ID of the Thoeny school and the pup