Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-27

charge of George W. Gustafson of
Chinook, who has under his care ono
of the finest collections of potatoes
ever shown in the state. This collee-
ton is greater than the space can
properly accommodate and, contrary
to the usual custom, a good portion of
the entries are in bushel lots.
In another quarter of the hall is the
big display of sheaf and threshed
grains, a beautiful collection, which ir
under the charge of Quincy Scott o.
Lewistown. Although one-fourth of
the big room has been allotted to. this
display. the space is not equal to the
requirement. and crowding of the ex-
hibits has been made necessary.
In the quarter of the hall opposite
the grain is located the division of
grasses and forage under the charge of
L. E. McSpadden of Great Falls. This
department is likewise crowded with
the forage and grasses in sheaf form
along with a goodly collection of seeds.
In addition to looking after the gen.
eral display in this department Mr..
MacSpadden is in charge of the Cas-
cade county entries, which have always
ranked high in the state fair awards.
He brought with him from that county
a half-car of choice exhibits, selected
so that he has entries for every class
in the fair catalogue. The Cascade
county display is complete and is
especially strong on threshed and
sheaf grains.
w. V. Talbot, the veteran exhibitor
of Arlington, who has been making
the state fair for the past II years.
with the exception of the 1921 fair.
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grains and forage, while Robert Too
tell, also of Cascade county. has a
big display in forage crops. The Cas-
cade county entries are also very
strong in the vegetable line with ex-
ceilent lists of entries from Mrs. Mary
Graham of Belt. Mrs. Holden Gray
Of Belt. Fritz Roll. Nick poncelet.
James Bolla. Frank McPheeter and
others of Great Falls.
The vegetable display. which occu-
pies the center of the building and a
large canvas covered auxiliary struc-
ture extending from the main en-
trance toward the roadway. is in
charge of V. ID. Gilman, of Bozeman.
In this display there enters this year
ties in the production of waternlelons.
One entire carload of exceptionally
fine and large melons have been put
on display by the Rosebud Water
Melon Growers association and is in
charge of G. w. Hanson. of Forsyth.
This car contained 1,250 melons.
averaging 90 pounds each, with some
running as hrgh as As pounds. They
were all raised in Rosebud county,
where the members Of the association
had this year ITO acres devoted To
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Hanson. this land produced over 1 200
melons to the acre and already Is cars
have been shipped to markets in
Montana and Wyoming.
While there are no markings on
the general display to show the county
of their origin, more counties are
represented in the building than at any
previous fair. q number of counties
which had never before sent a display
being represented this year. The agri-
cultural department is superintendent
ted by James Griffin of Chinook. with
H. II. Sumner of Bozeman in charge
of general exhibits.
Among the livestock departments in
which the showing is the largest and
highest class ever seen at a Montana
state fair, with the possible excep-
ton of the sheep division, in which
the number is smaller than usual, one
Of the most interesting and most com
plete exhibits is that of the Montana
State College of Agriculture.
Five cars of livestock were brought
here from Bozeman. consisting OF
Holstein and Jersey cattle. Hampshire.
Rambouilet and Shropshire sheep. and
Poland China and Duroc-Jersey swine.
With these there are three beautiful
saddle horses and n parchernn Stat-
lion. The queen of the college display