The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-03-05
FARMERS INSTITUTE TRAIN.

NF uS Z dI luclS lu0tAtutC oPCCluA thu
started February 18th on it's tour ol
southern Idaho, has one Of the long
est itineraries, if not the longest
ever planned for such an occasion.
The full schedule was given in
this paper recently, opening al
Weiser, and Payette, February Is
it will conclude at Council March
18th and return to Moscow on the
following day.
The members OF the station staff
who will be with the train either all
OF the time or in part are. Professor
H. T. French, director and Professors
Fransdon, Shinn, Hyslop, Elliott,
Jones and Nelson.
Professor French handles the sub
ject of animal husbandry; Professor
Fransdon, dairying; Professor Shinn,
horticulture; Professor Hyslop,
agronomy; Professor Jones, soils
and milling wheats; Professor Mel
son, irrigation and dry farming, and
Professor Elliott, probably agricul-
tural education.
A. e. Gipson, editor Of the Gem
State Rural will report the meetings
and assist on the programs as oppor-
tunity may offer.
G. H. Maughn, Of the Student
Farmer, also accompanies the train
and assists in the dairy demonstra-
tions and in other ways.
The cars have been well received
everywhere, the attendance having
been good at nearly all points, where
the weather conditions were favor
able, and up to the present writing
the meetings have been satisfactory.
The opening day was especially
good. at Payette, with an attendance
of couple of hundred or more
farmers, while at Caldwell the city
hall was taxed to hold the audience,
both afternoon and evening, not
able feature of this date being a large
attendance of representative business
and professional men and ladies of
the city.
Details of these meetings will not
be attempted, but, at another time,
some general comments covering the
leading features of the institute
train will be given.
This much can be truthfully said,
that che schedule covered by the pros
fessors in charge will be productive
of much good, and no doubt pave the
way for more extended work of this
kind.
Thanks are not only due to Pro-
fessor French French and the station
staff for their part in these institutes
but to the Oregon Short Line, Idaho
Northern and p. /. ~, and especially
to General Passenger Agent D. E.
Burley Of the Short Line, for making
the trip possible.
These demonstration trains have a
place in the agricultural development
of the state and should be feature
of future farmers institute work.
About 800 people attended the
day meetings at Blackfoot and near
ly hundred in the evening. The
farmers manifested much interest In
the subjects treated upon and took
an active part in the work.
The ladies from the country did
not generally attend the institute
meetings, but those who did ex-
pressed much satisfaction with the
events of the, day.
The ladies of the Village Improves
ment Society served IL o'clock din
ner to a hundred persons, and the
many expressions of appreciation
from the country people made them
feel amply repaid for all their trou-
Bile. 1t was something new to the
farmers to get anything in town that
they were not permitted to pay for,
and they too, felt that they are APP
preciated more than has generally
been made manifest.
The commercial club provided q
hall for the meetings and would
have been glad to do more to insure
its success IL the occasion had re-
quired it.