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MONTANA 1914 



In the agricultural department Montana leads the world; just think, 

 695 exhibitors with a total of 4,341 entries, which does not include the 

 horticultival division with 585 entries! 'i'ake the statistics of any of the 



')ig expositions in the na- 





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Auction of Blooded Livestock, WIS Montana State Fair. 



richly embedded mines, 

 produce an amazino- o-al- 

 axy of resources whicli are 

 g'athered together annu- 

 ally at the state fair. The 

 many county fairs and the 

 individual stock raisers and 

 farmers, through co-opera- 

 tive plans and assistance, 

 bring annually to this ex- 

 position the best the state 

 produces. 



The State Fair in re- 

 turn offers liberal cash and 

 special premiums; in 1913 

 this amounted to over $30,- 

 000.00. of which $8,000 was 



tion and Montana stands 

 sui)reme in the interest 

 shown in displays of grain, 

 grasses, vegetables and root 

 crops. Twenty-seven of the 

 thirty-four counties had 

 lorge and compreliensive 

 displavs as county exhibits, 

 \\liich caused the out-of- 

 state N'isitors to gasp with 

 astonishnient, 



P)Ut Montana's wealth 

 of agricultural land, the 

 broad stretches 

 ing slopes, the 



graz- 



acres of forest 



countless 

 and the 



and 

 eager 



farm- 



Some Prize Winners in the Horse Ditision. 



Beef Cattle on Parade; 1913 Montana State Fair. 



in cash and machinery 

 donated by the rail- 

 roads, individuals 

 manufacturing firms 



to instill in the 

 ers the best methods of 

 raising stock and the prf)- 

 ducts of the soil. Be- 

 sides, it ed-".cates and inci- 

 dentally instruC'S a n d 

 amuses. They all go 'hand 

 in hand. It gives every 

 man a g-olden ooportunity 

 to meet and see what his 

 neighbor in some other sec- 

 tion of the State is accom- 



— It's hard to speak about Montana and avoid using superlatives. 



