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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1921
Page
2
Secretary Horace S. Ensign notes the Montana State Fair expanded from 1 000 exhibits in 1903 to many more, with premiums rising sharply and the farmer shifting from passive spectator to essential partner in the fair. The article contrasts past race focus with a new emphasis on demonstrating returns to farmers and promoting farm products statewide.
Seventy head of purebred Shorthorns from Montana breeders to be auctioned at the Montana Livestock Pavilion in Great Falls on May 11 under the Montana Shorthorn Breeders association. Consignors emphasize bargain prices and sale managers note high quality stock backed by the association guarantee. Catalogs available from Wayne W Wheeler care The Montana Farmer.
The Montana state fair hosted 10 297 entries at a cost of 79 036.56, yielding a per entry cost of 7.77, while the state fair with 17 801 entries spent 388 737.62 at 21.84 per entry, reflecting stronger educational impact. Despite wartime housing challenges, plans call for improved exhibit facilities before September and a 1921 exposition theme “The Fair and the Farmer” with a large attractions program.
A communication from J. G. Woodsworth vice president and traffic manager states railroads will not voluntarily cut freight rates in the immediate future. Circulars have been sent to northwest agents. The message says reductions occur only to remove discrimination or when net earnings justify a cut, not while gross revenue to operating costs ratio remains unchanged.
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