The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-10-08
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BY CHARLES +. TAYLOR
THE COUNTY FAIR

The County Fair and Corn Show will occur
at Plentywood, at the Famer-Labor Temple,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 14th,
18th and 10th.
This exhibition promises to be the best fair
ever held in Sheridan county. Since the corn
show was started in a small way three or four
years ago, it has become more ana more por lar
each year, and more and more farmers bring in
their best products as an example Of W p I
can be produced in Sheridan county, and what is
better STILL take an ever greater interest IA it.,
which is demonstrated by the ever increasing at
tendance.
And it is a marvel what can be produced in
the grain, grass and vegetable, and even fruit,
line in this section Of the state In fact the pro-
ducts of northeastern Montana cannot be beaten
and scarcely matched by the fruits Of the soil any
place in the United States in this climate.
Actually, the cheap Montana land is far superb
or to the land further east that sells for from
four to five times as much as it sells for here
and the premiums on our superior product equal
ICES the difference in freight-and our climate is
superior that it does not allow of comparison
The fair is an educational undertaking. The
people learn what can be done by seeing what
has been done which arouses an ambition to imi-
tate. 1t also scatters information of methods of
producton-of how to plant, how to cultivate, and
where and what crops are best adapted to certain
soils.
The fair is also a social function. It fur
nishes an excuse and an opportunity for the peo-
pie Of the whole county to come together to
meet each other, to spend three days in social in
tercourse, and to discuss things of interest. 1t
affords an outing for the wives and an adventure
for the children.
The fair is an entertainment It is surely
pleasant diversion each year to behold what
nature, labor and knowledge has accomplished
to look over the harvest at the end of the Great
ing and growing season: to appreciate the boun-
tiful gifts of our climate and our soil. There is
not much entertainment available for the people
out here on the great open spaces, so the annual
fair is surely a welcome and justifiable undertake
ing.
The county commissioners at the regular
October sessions, recognized the value of the
fair and what it m ans, when that body
appropriated out of the general funds $500 to be
used as prizes, to be matched by another $500
donated by the business element Of Plentywood.
This will allow more generous awards than was
at first contemplated which will be an induce
ment for the farmers to bring in the best fruits
Of the soil and of their toll exhibition of
what nature and our land annually brings forth.
It is believed that the fair this year will be
the largest exhibition ever held in the county. 1t
is estimated that there will be over 1900 entries
of all kinds And if a conclusion can be drawn
from present indications of interest nearly every
body in the county will visit the fair during one
Of the three days of its duration.
The Sheridan County Fair and Corn Show
should be visited by everybody in the county
and everyone who has something worth showing
should enter it, not only for the chance to win a
premium but to let his neghbors see what has
and can be produced in the county
It is believed that the coming County Fair
will be the foundation for the best county fair
in the State of Montana-Sheridan county never
does things by halves.