The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-09-29
Corn and Potato Show, 7
TO THE FARMERS OF SHERIDAN
COUNTY IN GENERAL AND TO
THOSE WHO GROW CORN AND
POTATOES IN PARTICULAR:

The first Annual Northern Montana
Corn & Potato Show will be held at
Malta, Montana, on November $40
II, 1922, and Sheridan County has
been requested to have an exhibit on
display at that show.
During the year 1920 in Phillips
county 367 farmers planted $500 acres
to corn. From that crop these same
farmers husked $500 bushels corn and
also selected in addition 1852 bushels
of seed corn They also produced
1000 tons of feed.
In the year 1921 in Phillips county
from the seed they started with in
1920, 544 farmers planted 9,106 acres
to corn. From this crop 1880 tons
of feed was raised, 2943O bushels of
corn was husked and 3125 bushels of
seed corn was selected.
The above figures are taken from
the records of the Phillips County
Farm Bureau and are correct. From
the above it will show that corn is
rapidly becoming one of the most i'm
portant crops in Northern Montana,
and the idea Of the Corn Show is to
stimulate interest and in large
measure to help retract the great
amount of i'll advertising that North
ern Monana has received in the last
few years.
Premiums will be given for the
exhibits of corn, potatoes, wheat, oats,
barley, flax, rye, Grimm alfalfa, bronze
grass and winter wheat grass.
Sheridan County has been asked to
have an exhibit at this show and with
the cooperation of the growers this
can be brought about We want ev-
cry Farmer who has good specimens
of the above named grains, corn and
potatoes to send in a sample. Mr.. L.
S. Olsen who has had considerable ex-
perience in preparing exhibits has
volunteered his Services and will have
charge of gettngs the Exhibits in
shape. The county cannot take the
time or spend the money to gather
the samples and therefore the farm
ers are asked to bring them in or
send them in by express and the
county will pay the express. Not less
than one peck of either kind of grain
and potatoes for each exhibit and one
dozen ears of corn for each exhibit.
Farmers preparing exhibits of corn
will be allowed to hand select the corn
as much as possible, but the potatoes
and grain must not be hand selected,
if the exhibitors expect to win prizes.
Potatoes should be selected only ON
the same basis as they would be for
seed and the same way with small
grain.
This will be the one show where the
dry land farmer does rot try to COM
pete with the Irrigated products and
we have every reason to believe we
have the corn, potatoes and small
grain in Sheridan County this year to
make a real showing at any Fair in
this State.
Kindly look over your different
grains, corn and potatoes and send or
bring in samples as soon as possible
to Carl Peterson at Plentywood. We
want to make a real showing at the
show at Malta and perhaps we will be
able to have a show held in Sheridan
county next year.
In connection with the show there
will be conducted three days educa-
tional program featuring corn and
hogs which will make it worth while
for a good many farmers to attend.
Don't forget the dates and send in
your exhibits which will be taken care
of and prepared by Mr.. Olsen. Every
county in Northern Montana will be
represented at this show so lets get
busy and put our Sheridan County on
the map by showing the world that
we do grow the best of corn, potatoes
and small grains:
If you are in doubt about any point
| in connection with sending your exhi-
bits or in fact anything that is not
clear to you, drop line to L. S. Olsen
or C. B. Peteron and you will get an
immediate reply.