New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-22
TRUy OF EDUC4TION.
nj Sneciiag" School on Wheels for
KeusfOne State Farmers.

,isence Of increasing interest in the
- che farmer and desire to provide him
ven, .,nicaI educational advantages was the
WI" three OF the familiar dull red day
u@'', q the Pennsylvania Railroad. which
o''l. "a through the eastern part Of Pennssi-
- COR three days of the second week ot NO
VAN" :. was called the Farmers Special
FeHi' :, ,vrard appearances il was a modest
40 ,-ajn. performing the humdrum duties
Iii m a branch line. hut was an anoma-
{" lin for il did its best work while stand
wv ..ocl still. Its destination was the Land of
--s,u4edge. Being equipped with force Of six
cultural experts from the State College Of
N7.,t,ania and charts 10 illustrate the points
- -. forth ii made great speed toward the
'n. -..el Of this boundless domain while lying on
- svitches Of the agricultural communities
Tough which if passed
- nod special with its equipment of experts
-a.5ins information about dairying. corn
5ng alfalfa and soil fertility. operated
5-t..lz under the auspices of the college and the
,-osd attracted much attention from the
- Il persons il was intended to reach. Post
: .r-,,1,ncinc the hours when the train might
=, .vrerted II arrive al the stations had been
.-Iate5 in advance. No matter at what hour
~ train. with its strenuously working agricuIt-
al rospellers drew w at the station. there
s 2 group Z representatives Of the rural
.,,Lto-le OF the nation waiting to be directed TO
No narticular rolling lecture room in which the
s-bie-t they had special interest in was 10 be
r,r,.se5 On one occasion the hour OF ar
al MS G.30 o'clock in The morning.
The people came in OK carts ConeStoga
lyons and automobiles. afoot and on mules and
b7-ses Al Keltan all the available wagon space
s- q block around the station was occupied by
horses wagons and automobiles. It was not
irons dan bur The number Of vehicles sug-
-ss7e5 it. Among those who crowded into the
[7rs were women. some Of whom were especially
5fs9rpolnted when they learned that there were
,,, lectures To DE given on the subject of sub
,7,.ing husbands ~ the gastronomic art
The farmers were Of all ages. ranging from
,ay-bs Of nineteen and twenty 10 old and feeble
men At helt0n one man had 20 Re carried into
The car in which alfalfa was TO be discussed. At
4,s-Desfan. before the train had come TO d full
s-op men. boys. women and girls. and even
small children. began 10 climb aboard Store
keepers left their stores, and the clang OF the
llacksnitL'~ hammer ceased while the lectures
were being delivered Among those who clam
ts-ed up ;hy steps were six men whose interest
lad led them to travel a distance Of ten miles
.ehind two Jokes Of oxen. In Lancaster
county NeIDoulteS. DunkardS and Wlnebren-
rarars mingled with their less individualistic
nziEhhors-
N the course Of the three days more than one
Hundred forty-five minute lectures were deliv-
ere5 by the agricultural experts. a record which
vii compare favorably with those of the most
strenuous Of political speIIbinders. The esti-
mated attendance for the twenty-five stops was
unfortunately three thousand The interest
Is vi aSTTlr in H.,
ton for 2 continuation OF the work throughout
the state The train was in charge of Professor
Aha Agee. the chief Of agricultural extension at
the State College Of Pennsylvania His fellow
Instructors T z Hunt H e Van Norman
F. D. Gardner. c r Shaw and NJ S Mcdowell
TIE Pennsylvania Railroad sent with the train
". J. Rose and c. E Kingston. two division
freight agents