, 1927-08-10
BID FOR GREAT
STOCK EXHIBIT
Many Prizes Added To List
For The Midland
Empire Fair

As a result of the offering Of hun
dreds of special awards ag~gregating
thousands of dollars to supplement
the exposition, the 1927 Midland En-
pire Fair promises to eclipse all pre-
vious shows of the kind held in Bill
lings, if not in the entire west. There
is assurance that there will be repre-
sentation from all of the famous herds
of %purebred stock of every descrip-
ton in the northwest and that mid
west breeders of national repute will
have entries in this department when
the exposition gates swing open for
the four days show next September
Is.
The Midland Empire Fair has been
particularly fortunate in former years
in its livestock exhibits, some of the
stock shown here having won nigh
honors in the national shows. With
promise of participation by breeders
who have entered their purebred stuff
heretofore, comes assurance of adj
ditional entries drawn from even more
distant fields by the attractive special
awards recently announced.
Fair Commissioner Nate Cooper,
ioS q hfCobOSh ING VI AZ "a
perience, will have charge of the live
stock department for the 1927 fair.
Judging in this as well as in all other
departments of the fair will be in the
hands of men of national reputation.
Splendid arrays of both beef and
dairy cattle will be exhibited at the
Midland Empire Fair by breeders of
pure bred stock in Montana and Wyo-
ming. The animals already entered
are of finest pedigree and will show
it in points and records.
The 1927 premium book shows that
the Midland Empire Fair has been
given recognition by practically every
national livestock association and
without question, says Mr.. Bresnahan,
manager of the fair, you will see OF
the Midland Empire Fair grounds,
this year, the largest livestock show
ever assembled in Montana.
The agricultural exhibits which will
occupy their usual space in the $10,-
900 agricultural building will prove
wonderfully interesting to 1927 Fair
visitors.
Already twenty one counties in
Montana and Wyoming have made
definite arrangements for a county
agricultural exhibit, and many other
counties are making arrangements
also.
The Canadian Government has
again arranged for an agricultural ex-
hibit at the Twelfth Annual Midland
Empire Fair. This exhibit will be
for display purposes only and will not
be in competition for premiums.
Farmers should not feel that they
need to be professional exhibitors to
enter in agricultural competition. Sc
lect your exhibits with care looking
to trueness Of type, uniform size and
maturity; these points alone, given
a reasonable consideration will result
in a good exhibit, Mr.. Bresnahan
said.
One of the real purposes of the
Midland Empire Fair is to serve as a
! demonstration to the public of the
progress that Eastern Montana
and Northern Wyoming is making
along agricultural lines. Such being
the case large exhibits of farm pro-
duce are essential in order to make
the Midland Fair representative of the
development that is taking place in
our farm lands. said Mr.. Bresnahan.
Never before in the history of the
Northwest have such elaborate prep
arations been made for giving peo-
pie Of this western country a fair so
filled with clean snappy entertain
ment OF every description.
The big free fire works show will be
a nightly feature of the fair, aerial dis
plavs. set pieces- Orotnd devices ard