U MONTANA 19U 



The $i,ooo silver cup, donated by James J. Hill of the Great Northern 

 Rai'lvviay "for the best one hundred pounds of wheat grown in the United 

 States in 191 1," was awarded to^ James Todd of Geyser, Cascade county 

 Montana. INIr. Todd's exhibit consis'ted of one hundred pounds 

 The Best of Turkey Red winter wheat that was grown without irriga- 



Wheat, Bar- tion. It was part of a yield of 75 bushels grown on an acre 

 ley and Oats and weighed 65 pounds to the bushel. 



in America. The $1,000 silver cup donated by A. J. Earling, president 



of the Chicago, Milwaukee &: St. Paul Railway, for "the best 

 one hundred pounds of oats raised in the United States in 191 1," was 

 awarded to Hlartman & Patton of Bozeman, Gallatin county. Montana. The 

 oats entered by T. Menard of the same county were found to be the next 

 best. 



The $1,500 silver cup donated by Colonel Gustav Pabst of Milwaukee 

 for the best bushel of barley grown in the United States in 191 1 was 

 awarded to R. Eisinga, of Manhattan. Gallatin county, Montana. 



The $1,000 silver cti]) donated by Paul L. Van Cleve. to 

 Our Alfalfa be awarded "to the persons demonstrating the best and widest 

 Also, Took uses of alfalfa as food for man and beast who shall also 

 First Prize, exhibit at this exposition alfalfa meal or flour and bread and 

 other products made therefrom," was awarded to Dr. W. X. 

 Sudduth of Broadview, Yellowstone county, Montana. 



At the Land Products Sho'W, held in St. Poul under the auspices of the 

 NorthAvestern Development League, December 12 to 23, 191 1, there were 

 exhibited the best coHectioii of land products from the state of IMinnesota, 

 North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington 

 ever brought tog-ether, and in this show ^Montana again distanced a'll com- 

 petitors. 



The valuable cup offered by L. W. Hill for "the largest and best 

 exhibits of products from any one state," was won by Montana. This 

 exhibit was collected and exhil)ited by J. H. Hall,> Com'missioner of the 

 Bureau of Agriculture, Labor, Industry and Publicity, who 

 Montana received the cup as the representative of the State of ^Montana. 



Defeated the The beautiful cup offered by the O'Donnell Shoe Coin- 



Greatest pany for "the best bushel of winter wheat produced in the 



States in American Northwes't'' was awarded to Frank Smart of Boze- 



the Union. man, the wheat being a part of the Gallatin county exhibit. 



The cup offered by the St. Paul Association of Commerce 

 for the best sample of barley grown in North Dakota or Montana was 

 awlarded to John Klaver, of Manhattan, Montana. 



The cup offered by W. A. Campbell for the "most beautiful, elaborate 



and attractive booth at the show" was won by the Judith Basin exhibit, 



Fergus county, Montana. 



— Montana is two-thirds as large as Germany. 



