The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-12-01
CORVALLIS FARMER IS DECLARED WHEAT
KING OF NORTH AMERICA AT EXPOSITION
Wins Prize Title From Canadian; Montana Captures
Generous Share of Coveted Prizes in Grain and Hay
Two Hundred Montana People In Attendance

C. Edison Smith, Corvallis, Montans
farmer, is the new wheat king Of
North America, having won the prize
title from Herman Trelle, Canadian
of the Peace River district in Alber.
ia, Canada, at the International Live
stock Exposition in Chicago Monday
Mr.. Smith is 55-year-old farmer
and learned farming on his fathers
farm in Knoxville, Iowa. He has beer
a diversified farmer on about 40C
acres near Corvallis, 100 miles west
of Butte, for 20 years. Besides VIM
ming the wheat growing champions
ship with sample Of hard, red VIM
ter wheat, the Montana farmer, who
is the oldest exhibitor of the show
also won the durum wheat crop for
the third consecutive year; thereby
gaining permanent possession, of the
prize.
1t has taken c. Edison Smith eight
years to reach the top among the
worlds grain exhibitors, but in that
time he has captured at least two re-
serve Championships and hundreds of
awards of various kinds.
Smith, who farms a small acreage
in the Bitter Root Valley, a country
tributary to Missoula, is regarded as
Montana S greatest small grains grow
er, and heaalways has a representation
in the majority of classes in exhibits.
Not content with his winnings at the
Montana state fair, year after year,
he determined eight years ago to en-
ter the International exhibition at
Chicago. Successful in a small way
from the start, he learned the techni-
que of the exhibitor, and, proud of
the place Montana was taking as one
of the nations leading grain produc-
ing states, began to encourage other
state growers to exhibit.
BY an ironical twist, it was one of
Smiths pupils, L. P. Yates of Fish
tail, Montana, who brought back Mon
-tana's first worlds championship.
Yates was acclaimed as the best wheat
grower of 1925. Although Smith won
the top place in his division last year,
sample of Canadian wheat beat him
to the sweepstakes, disappointment
which made him the more determined
to reach his objective.
Montana has made an enviable
showing at the international grain
exhibition at Chicago Advice Mon
day night from the exposition said
that among the total of 80 places
awarded in the red winter wheat
class, Montana won Is, including the
first seven. In the hard red spring
class, of 35 places awarded, Montana
captured IL, including second, fourth
fifth and sixth.
In the white spring wheat class
Montana won II out of IL places, los
ing only the eighth place to Canada.
In the soft red winter class the
Treasure state took off six out of 16
places, including third, fourth and
sixth. Out of total of 25 places in
the durum wheat class, Montana won
II, including the first eight. Out of
the first five places in each of the
wheat classes Montana captured 20
out of the possible 25 awarded in COM
petition with the leading grain grow
ing areas of the world.
The worlds wheat championship
was Won by sample of Montana "36@
wheat.
Winners announced Monday include:
Hard red spring, second, T. S. Bus
teed. fourth, Ole Egan; fifth, M. I.
Busted; sixth, Emil Kortum, all of
lStillwater county; tenth, G. E. Smith,
eleventh, F. M. Eyrich, Still
water; seventeenth, Sifrin Vosen, Hill;
twenty,first, w. S. Reed, Blaine;
twenty-foufth, w. J. Smith, Ravalli;
twenty-fifth, E. E. Smith, Ravalli;
twenty-ninth, Hess Eagerl, Saltwater;
thirty-fourth, Hans Erickson, Pom
dera.
Durum wheat: First, C. E. Smith;
second, G. M. Treece. third, w. I.
Smith; fourth, L. E. Peterson; fifth,
G. E. Smith, all of Ravalli county;
sixth, M. A. Jewett, Missoula;
seventh, A. w. Riswoldt; eighth, R.
V. Peterson, Missoqla; tenth, G. |.
Missoula, eleventh, James
Missoulas twelfth, Ed
Tew, all of Ravalli county.
California, Kansas, Iowa, Kentucky,
Indiana and Illinois We're the states
the greatest number Of
victories in the cattle, sheep and. swine
Monday. Among the agri-
cultural colleges, the products of Iowa
State college easily led the field.
The Iowans placed in 16 events, six
of which were first place. The agri-
cultural colleges of California,
Pennsylvania, Kansas and Kentucky
also won several honors.
Although Canada's representation
at the show did not approach in num-
bers those of the United States, it's
quality was good, especially in the fat
sheep divisions.
With the increased number and
quality of Montana exhibits this year
and the interest shown throughout