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Montana Won the Grand Prize on Apples at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. 



acre, while in the county adjoining on the north 45 acres of oats yielded an average 

 of 109 bushels per acre — and this from a homestead which was less than two years 

 old. In Valley county a yield of 69 bushels of marquis wheat per acre was reported, 

 while a Hill county farmer established what is believed to be a state record by 

 threshing 71 bushels of wheat to the acre. These instances of previously unheard 

 of yields could be continued almost indefinitely, but enough have here been given to 

 show something of the marvelous fertility of Montana soil and to explain why in 

 an agricultural way Montana is growing faster than any other state in the Union. 



There is still plenty of opportunity for the ambitious farmer. There is land 

 left. According to the last report of the commissioner of the General Lana Office, 

 dated July 1, 1915, there remains in Montana more than 19,000,000 acres of unappro- 

 priated and unreserved public land available for entry under the homestead laws. At 

 least half of this is suitable for farming and will some day be farmed. The state 

 owns more than 4,000,000 acres which can be leased very cheaply or purchased on 

 easy terms, payments being extended over a period of twenty years. The Northern 

 Pacific Railway grant is on the market at prices which are low when the character 

 of the land is taken into consideration. Larger ranch holdings are being cut up and 

 colonized. All of these conditions serve to make it easy for the landless man to 

 change and better his condition, and to such the State of Montana extends a cor- 

 dial invitation. 



Among the great assets of this commonwealth — and they are legion — none count 

 for more than the splendid citizenship with which this state is blessed, a citizenship 

 which, surrounded by every opportunity for material prosperity, has nevertheless neg- 

 lected no effort toward making Montana a better place in which to live. 



Montana is proud of the educational facilities it offers to its future citizens. A 

 wide variety of local school conditions may be found in different parts of this great 



