The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-17
THE SEED WHEAT SPECIAL
The Milwaukee Special Will Com,
to Mitchell Via Milwaukee
Road Friday Feb. ~.

Minneapolis journal. 10: Arrange
ments were perfected today by which
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Pau.
railway. cooperating with the Tri-
State Grain Dealers Association,
will run a special good seed train from
Minneapolis through Minnesota and
South Dakota and into portions of
North Dakota.
The special will leave Minneapolis
at $50 a.. m. Monday Feb. 20, over
the Hastings & Dakota Division. On
the train will be Professor c. b. Bull
OF the Minnesota experimental sta
tiou, Professor Boss of the state farm
at Anthony Park, Professor f. G.
Chllcott OF the department Of agron-
omy of the South Dakota Agriculture
al colleges at Brookings, and A. w.
Wheeler. botanist and entomologist
OF the South Dakota college.
Alexander Stewart of the Monarch
Elevator company OF Minneapolis and
j. j. Quinn, secretary of the Tri-
State Grain Dealers association, will
also make the trip, and it is expect
ed that a number OF other men inter
ested in the good seed movement
will Join the party after the Start
from Minneapolis.
Sixty towns will be visited, and at
every point a meeting OF %forty-tive
minutes duration will be held. 1T is
the plan to have the meetings pre-
sided over by some local nan of prom
inence and to draw in farmers from
every township, that the discussions
may he continued after the depart
ure OF the special, the regular meet
ing being devoted to short addresses
by the experts accompanying the
train. These experts will illustrate
their talks by charts and photographs
showing actual results of experiments
in the production of good seed wheat
varieties and the improvement of
species.
Comparisons of the results at eXper-
mental stations, with results oh
tanned from practical work on the
farms, will be invited. A quantity
OF printed matter covering the sub
ject of good seed in all its phases will
be on hand for distribution.
The effect OF the visit of the special
will be to draw out information from
every corner as to the quantity and
quality of seed wheat on hand. All
sections will have the opportunity to
report, and any weak spot country
tributary to the line followed will be
covered. The discovery of lack of
seed in any locality, OF of seed quail
ity deficient, or even doubtful. will
he a matter for later cooperative
work, and through the agencies OF
the state Investigators. the %associa-
ton and the railroad. prompt relief
will be forthcoming. The itinerary
is as follows:
Monday, Feb. 2o-Glencoe. Hutch
inson. Bird Island, Granite Falls.
M%ontevideo and Appleton. Mimi.
Tuesday. Feb. 21. Wheaton. Grace
willie. Ortonville. Mimi: Sisseton.
Wilmot. Mllbank, S. ID.
Wednesday. Feb. % Sum:nit.
Webster. Andover, Blitton. $. d..
Cogsmell. n. ID.
Thursday. Feb. 2a.-EdgeIey. FL
lendale. N. D.: Frederick. Ipswich,
Eureka. S. d.. Linton. n. D..
FRIDAY. Feb. 24-Bowdle. Mellettc,
Tulare. Wolsey, W~oonsocket, Mitch
ell. S. ID
Saturday, Feb. a5- Pukwana,
Flankinton. Armour, Scotland and
Yan!lton, 5. ID.
Monday, Feb. 27-Plattc, Wagner.
Tvndall. Marion junction. Canton.
Dell Rapids $. ID
Tuesday. Feb 2S-Bradley. Elrod.
Bryant. oldham, Madison. Howard.
Egan. ) ID.
Wednesday, March l-Pipestone.
Edgerton. tulda. Oklahoma, jackson,
Fairmont. Winnebago, Wells, MINI.
Saturday, March q Mapleton,
Manliato, LIE Sueur. Lonsdale. Farm
iHgton. Mimi Returning. reaching
MINNEAPOLIS 6:45 p. M. Saturday,
March >.