Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-04-23
BETTER FARMING SPECIAL.

This train was inaugurated by the
Boston & Maine railroad and Editor
Myrick of the New England Home
stead and was operated without ex-
pense to the state or anyone except
the railroad and the New England
Homestead. 1T began its tour of YER
mont Monday, after having been
through portions of Massachusetts,
and New Hampshire, and completed
its Vermont trip Saturday, having
visited every important station be-
tween Newport and Vernon. The
train was in charge of j. S. English,
one of the attaches of the passenger
department. of the Boston & Maine
road, and the Homestead was repre- |
sented by G.. G. Sevey. During the |
Vermont tour Prof. J. L. Hills, VIM.
Stuart, L. r. Jones and G. 81. Jones of !
the faculty of the State Agricultural
College accompanied the train and
gave lectures. Three students from
the college assisted in distributing the
experiment station bulletins and in
other work. Others who accompa-
MED the train and gave lectures were:
George t. Aitken, secretary of the
Board of Agriculture; Ernest Hitch
cock of Pittsford, also member of the
State Board of Agriculture and the
state forester; T. L. Kinney of South
Hero, ex president of the Vermont
horticultural Society; W. A. Hunter,
/ secretary of the New England Co.
| operative Milk Producers Associa-
ton: Dana H. Morse of Randolph of
the Board of Agriculture and Ivan q.
Weld of the New Hampshire Agricul-
tural College. Several Boston press
representatives we're present and
many Vermont editors accompanied
the train for several stations.
The train consisted of four special
cars, the first containing special spec
linens, and in this car lectures on milk
were given. The second car con-
tanned horticulture and insect exhib-
its and in this car lectures on forestry,
fruit growing, potato growing and
spraying were given. The third car
was labelled, "Animal 'Husbandry and
Dairying" and lectures were given on
the various subjects of milk produc-
ton, selecting the dairy COW, feed
ing, testing the herd, etc. The last
car was marked, "Farm Crops and
Fertilizers" and talks on grain grow
ing, clover, silos, and fertilizers were
given.
The dairy hnsbandry and fertilizer
cars were the most patronized in this
territory, which shows that dairying
has undoubtedly the greatest claim
on the people of this section. The
editor was privileged to accompany
this train some distance and there is
no doubt but that much good was
cleaned from the talks on various
subjects and the discussions entered
into by the lecturers and the visiting
| farmers. After the talks the listeners
were invited to ask questions, which
many did, and they were answered to
the best of the ability of the speaker
, After the speaking and discussions 6
chance was given to visit the exhibits
4 and here again explanations were
: made when visitors so requested.
The stops were about 45 minutes a
: a place but every minute of the tins
was utilized. During the stop a
: three stations the writer was on th'
+. train and saw about 1000 people visi
e the exhibits and nearly this numbe
/, listened to the lectures.
l. The crowd at Wells River, st. Johns
bury and Lyndonville numbered about
!. 800, at Sutton and other smaller sta
: lions about 200 were present. A
v Barton and Barton Landing the larges
crowds the train had yet encountered
a in Vermont were present. Fully 80
:; m9t the train at both these statlonf
= and about 200 at Coventry and 500 a
. Newport. At Barton and Barton
Landing the schools were dismi5ss
:. for short time to visit the train an
is did so in body. Prof. Hills we
e: delighted TO see the children and re
/ marked that they were the futur
farmers and farmers wives and the
: should be taught the principles c
: agriculture and become interested i
u the work of farming.
: The promoters of the project ar
a highly pleased with the result of tn
Z train, and those most interested i
c; the work regard it as fine thing
= The one drawback was the short stop
)" however this train was but trial,
T. was not known whether the farmer
d. would turn out or not and after tn
al schedule was made they were oblige
M to run to that schedule. When thos
IS. in charge were Intercepted as to tt