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mainstay of this prosperity. Montana farmers for the most part have 

 trained minds, for to be successful they reahze that this is as necessary as 

 the brawn which must accompany it, and it is the farmers' exliibits at the 

 state fair each year whicli makes it so instructive, entertaining- and inspira- 

 tional. Here it is that the science of good crops is practiced and realized, 

 and where the other fellow secures the prescription to be as successful as 

 the "first prize winner" and eventually the old fossilized methods are 

 elimiinated. 



Realizing- that first impressions last the longest and that children are 

 always interested in the teachings of big exi>ositons, the state fair conducts 



Beaverhead County's 1913 Exhibit at Montana State Fa^r Winning Fourth Prize on Dis- 

 play and Arrangement. 



a boys and girls industrial contest each year; the boy from each county 

 raising- the best 12 potatoes or the best 12 ears of corn, and 

 Boys and the girl baking the best loaf of bread or making the best glass 

 Girls Lend of jelly, is given a free week's trip with all expenses paid to 

 a Helping the fair. They are under the supervision of reliable and trust- 

 Hand, worthy chaj^erones, and classes in stock judging, crop rotation, 

 and kindred subjects, together with character building, are 

 conducted. The training given tends toward the ideal ; for the state fair 

 sets forth these ideals as no other educational institutions can. To the 

 young mind great object lessons are taught the rising generation and they 



— Butte has the largest payroll of any city of its size on earth. 



