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tional Kxhil)il. .yold medal for collective exhibit of grains and grasses, gold 



^ _ , , nu'dal for mineral exhibit and gc^ld medal for gold exhibit. 

 At Portland, ,, -iii-ia. " ii 



In the agricnltural exhii^it Montanans were awarded a 



total of sixty-two gold medals, thirteen silver medals and two 



^ bronze medas. 'Jlie gold medals awarded in tlie agricultnral 



division were on the fallowing products : 



Barlej- — Manhattan Malting Co., and J. P. Stone. 



Barley aud Oats — J. E. Morse. 



Barley and Wheat — W. J. Bowers. 



Barley and Timothy — Ed Peterson. 



Barley, Wheat aud Oats — Nash Bros., and C. R. Gearch. 



Barley, Spring Rye and Wheat — Manhattan Malting Co. 



Bromiis Grass Seed, Wheat, Oats and Flax — C. Presbye. 



Flax and Oats — P. R. Nash. 



Oats — John Kinner, Mrs. A. Lock, J. Carolus, C. Van Wagen, W. A. Little, G. N. 

 Featherly, John H. Stubbs, John McKennick, Pabst Steel, S. Holmsland, Thos. Bauers, 

 Thomas Nelson, J. E. Morse, Clark Harlan, W. C. Newton, C. Mancat, George Bentley, 

 C. W. Winslow, Carl Innes, Charles King and U. Marte. 



Rye— C. H. Campbell, E. E. Wilcox. 



Rye and Wheat — C. H. Lindle. 



Timothy Seed— J. C. Gibson. 



Wheat— Thomas Kening, A. C. Vanderpool, James Baker, S. D. Luce, S. Holms- 

 land, H. F. Peterson, E. F. Mann, A. H. McMillan, Daniel Cummiugs and George 

 Sparrel. 



Wheat — Macaroni — John Epperson. 



Wheat and Oats — John Baumgardner aud Otis Johnson. 



At the Dry Farming Congress held in Cheyenne in 1908, Montana exhibi- 

 tors received most of the prizes, among the important Avinners being 

 the following: W. B. (jeorge, silver cup for the best 25 pounds of wheat; 

 Aliss Mabel Sudduth, first, for best display miade by woman 

 Dry Land homesteader, first for sheaf flax, second for display of alfalfa, 

 Products and third for hulless barley: Dr. W. X. Sudduth. second for 



That Aston- wbeat, first and second for flax, second for field peas, third 

 ished the for Durum wheat and field beans. C'f the five first sweep- 



World, state prizes, the Billings exhibit took three. 



In later showings Montana cxhil)its have far exceeded the 

 earlier records, exhiliits from this State winning in competition against the 

 world whenever and wherever shown. At the Dry Farming Congress of 

 191 1, held at Colorado Springs, the gold medal for the best potatoes was 

 awarded to H. E. Murphy of Wibaux, while the gold medals for the best 

 hulled barley and the best hulless barley were won b}- John Forester of 

 Grey Cliff. 



At the great Land Show held in Madison S(;uaro Carden. New York 

 City, in 191 1, Montana exhibitors practically s\vc])t the boards, being 

 awarded first prizes for the best v.heat in the l-nited Slates, best oats in 

 the United States, best barley in the United States and the best alfalfa 

 in the United States. 



-MontaiHi is a state of vast resources, scarcely touched. 



