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Grape-Growing Is Being Extended in Western Montana. 



The scores of the ten leading contestants were as follows: Nash & Bridgeman, 

 Clyde Park, Montana, 92.1; Peter Deboer, Conrad, Montana. 84.23; J. F. Kane, Conrad, 

 Montana, 81.05; Dick Heun, Conrad, Montana, 80.08; J. V. Skarvoid, Christine, N. D., 

 79.53; K. F. Ebner, Cando, N. D., 79.03; J. W. McNamara, Amanda, N. D., 75.52; Fred 

 Pietz, Mott, N. D., 73.00; Frand Anderson, Heffner, Ore., 72.61; Josephine Connolly, 

 Power, Montana, 67.8. 



Out of the twelve sweepstakes offered at the Dry Farming Congress, in Tulsa, 

 Oklahoma, in 1913, Montana won four. The significance of this victory can be ap- 

 preciated more fully when it is understood that these prizes were competed for by 

 products from every section of the American continent. 



The sweepstakes won by Montana exhibitors were as follows: 



First on Turkey Red wheat by Joe Nash. 



First on sheaf of hard wheat by Joe Nash. 



First on sheaf of alfalfa by Joe Nash. 



First on timothy by Pat Carney. 



It was, however, at the California expositions in 1915 that the pre-eminent super- 

 iority of Montana products was finally demonstrated. These expositions resulted in 

 what was undoubtedly the greatest agricultural competition ever staged in the world. 

 Exhibitors were present not only from practically every state in the Union, but also 

 from the Dominion of Canada, South America, Europe and Asia. The Montana agri- 

 cultural display, under the direction of Resident Commissioner F. A. Hazelbaker, was 

 the constant center of great throngs of people from every section of the world who 

 expressed amazement at the quality of farm products sent from this state. After the 

 awards were made, samples of Montana prize-winning grains were eagerly sought by 

 foreign representatives for seed purposes, with the result that Montana's participation 

 in these expositions will contribute directly toward better crop production in every part 

 of the world. 



The following gives a complete list of the awards made at the Panama-Pacific 

 Exposition to Montana exhibitors: 



