The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-22
State Corn Show to be Held
ait Sidney january POPS

cult, advises Mr.. Ogaard. Hereto
fore, the corn show has been held
each winter at Miles City and the
Utility Seed Show for many years
has been an annual event held in
connection with Farm and Home
Week at Montana State College,
Bozeman. BY holding the two shows
together and at a different point
in the state each year they will be
brought within reach Of a greater
number of people and the educational
features increased
Miles City Custer County and
neighboring sections Of eastern Mon
tana deserve the credit for organic
ing and developing the corn show to
it's present state wide proportions,
says Mr.. Ogaard. In this eastern
Montana city the show was started a
number of years ago and under the
hearty cooperation of eastern Mon
tana farmers with the support of
civic organizations it grew to be a
great educational institution of rec
ognized importance throughout the
northwest.
The Montana Extension Service has
long since recognized the corn show
as an important factor in it's work
of encouraging cOrn growing in Mont
ana and for many years has cooperat-
ed with the Miles City management
in conducting the show. Each year
the show has been the center of corn
growing activity in the state. By
the use of educational exhibits the
vital essentials of successful corn
growing in Montana. has been
brought home to the visitors. The dis
plays of pure, home grown seed of
adapted varieties, exhibits calling at
tention to the need of selecting seed
corn at the right time, demonstra-
ton showing different methods OF
planting and cultivating and illus
trations of the approved methods OF
picking, curing and storing seed corr
have always occupied an important
place in the cor show. With the
generous decision of the people OF
Miles City and eastern Montana tC
turn the management of the show
over to the Montana Extension Ser.
vice and to allow it to be placed
on a circuit, the benefits Of the show
will be made available to a greater
number of people than ever.
The utility seed show has been un,
der the direction of the Extension
Service since it was organized sew
erai years ago and since its star
has been one of the features of the
Annual Farm and Home Week a
Montana State College. 1t quite nat
urally fits in as a companion exhibit
with the Corn Show and the two to
gether will make a seed exhibit GOV
ering every major crop grown il
the state. This show is open onl,
Ito samples Of seed grown by farmer
lof the state who are c~O-operatini
with the Montana Extension Servic
and the Montana Seed Growers AS
l~sociation in the crop standarizatio.
work. Only registered and approve
seed is exhibited and the sample
displayed must be actually represeI
= tative of the seed as harvested. TIL
show not only serves to call attentio
to the rapid progress being made i
the state in the elimination of VI
known seed but also serves as an e.
change agency whereby farmers ca
get in touch with growers and Sc
lers of pure seed.
Ill Inc montana SEED ASS
citation has already prepared it's III
of cooperating growers who have su.
plies of approved and registered see
on hand from the past seasons Gre
and these lists are being distri
uted through county agents of Il
state. Lists of local growers al
seed supplies also are being distri
y uted by county agents.
- During the past eason more tn;
7l 500 fields of registered seed we
inspected and passed by inspecto
of the seed growers association al
the number Of growers of approvI
seed for next years planting TIL
has ever been available before al
the directors of the work believe tn
u the time is ripe for a ~concentrat
effort to bring about the univerS
n use of pure seed in the state. T
show at Sidney will launch the sta
wide effort which leaders hope "
result eventually in the 100 per &C
use of pure seed in Montana.
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