The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-10-28
Many Fine
Exhibits Al
Club MeetinQ
Farmers Night Brings Out
Large Number to Enjoy
Program.
SPEAKER FAVORS
DAIRYING, POULTRY

SPEAKER FAVORS
DAIRYING, POULTRY
The Farmers Night program and
exhibit held last Thursday night
and sponsored by the Libby Com
mercial Club, assisted by the Libby
Farm Woman's Club, was the most
successful affair of the kind held in
Libby for many year. There was
a generous response to the call for
exhibits. And as is so often the
case, one is surprised at such times
by the high quality and variety OF
the displays.
The exhibits were many times
larger than last year. They in
cluded nearly everything that can
be grown agriculturally in this eli
mate. Probably the largest Of any
one display was the showing OF APP
pies grown locally. Many plates
of as fine apples as can be grown
anywhere attracted the compi-
ments of the visitors. And then
there were many showings OF garden
vegetables, all the way from onions
to rutabagas, including huge pump
kins, squash and similar garden
produce It was little late for
displays of tomatoes but many OF
them were grown here this year.
Field crops also were represented,
and there was a goodly showing
of grains and fodder crops.
Poultry Exhibit New
Another feature that was not at
tempted last year was the poultry
department. The shoWings includ
ed chickens, ducks and geese, most
of them purebred birds of the finest
breeding. A display that attracted
much attention was the showing by
DR.. Chas. ]. Martin of several pens
of pheasants from his yard in the
city. Several different species of
pheasants were shown, some OF
them exceptionally beautiful birds
| A large display of fancywork held
the interest of the ladies. The show
ing of pieced quilts and comforts
was especially varied and beautiful.
Much OF one side of the large hall
was covered by these lovely specI :
mems of needlework. Taken all In
all the exhibits we're very inter
esting and much larger than last
year IF they continue to grow III
size and variety from year to year,
/ it will not be long until larger quar-
ters will be needed.
Entertainment Program
After everyone had had an OPP
portunity to look over the exhibits
President Klehm of the Commercial
club called the meeting to order
He spoke briefly, extending the
greetings of the club to all those
present and saying this cooperation
between the people of the countr,
and town was fine thing. He ther
!, turned the meeting over to the agri
cultural committee OF the club anS
said Mr.. A. A. Wood would hav'
!, charge. Mr.. Wood announced tn,
: first number as a group OF song
, by the boys of the high school unde
! Mr.. Clifford Haugland, director
:. The boys sang two numbers tina
! were an enjoyable part of the ev
i enings program
Mr.. Wood then introduced as tn
= speaker of the evening, S. N. Hal
i verson, county agent of F'latehea
county. Mr.. Halvorson spoke briel
d ly but in an interesting vein. Il
e pictured the necessity of co-opers
! ton between town and country an
o remarked that the meeting was
q fine example of that friendly splr
! that should exist in all communitie
= He recommended dairying and pou
n try raising as the lines of farmir
ar best adapted to this section. {
lg his drive from Kalispell to Llbl
lie he had seen numerous meadows al
III fields that indicated to him daIr
ing ought to be profitable, he sal
Mr.. Halvorson remarked that agl
culture is the real basis Of al
~ sound civilization and said ia
1e where it is we'll developed there
ct generally a high standard OF livll
: for most people He touched brle
Ja ly on the need of some reasonat
ar crop control system.
IN The speaker also pointed out
r. necessity for the farmers to stan
:, ardize their crops and to grow tn
no produce in such size and quail
"a as will appeal to the buying pt
lie lie, thereby securing for the gro
- er a ready market for his produ
He referred to exhibits Of unusu
ly large potatoes and said that WI
III they were fine examples OF WI
;th could be grown here, yet they w
oh too large for the market Althot
r. Mr.. Halvorson spoke only brie
"a vet he left in the minds Of his he
i'd ers several things to think ovel
nc Following the address the. me
- ing broke up for an informal SO
hour. with the ladies of the P
byterian church serving lunch
~ the basement. The meeting
,,aI held in the Moose hall.
Ven A large number of prizes Y
No awarded to those with the best
III, III hibits, the prizes being donated
Yes p - the merchants of the city.