The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-13
FARMERS WILL
VISIT COLLEGE
ON ANNUAL EXCURSION JUNE
3 AND 4
PROFESSOR P. G. HOLDEN
AND GOVERNOR r. S. vESsEY
WILL BE SPEAKERS.

The fifth annual farmers excur-
sion to the State college in this city
will be held Thursday and Friday,
June 3 and 4. The former excursions
have been largely patronized and an
immense crowd is looked for this
year, especially as the farmer boys
have been included for the first time,
Brookings will be called upon to en-
tertan from five to ten thousand
people.
The Milwaukee and North Western
roads have cO-operated to- the extent
of offering very low rate and both
will run special trains, the Milwaukee
taking the crowds along its line to
junction points on the North Western.
The maximum rate for the round trip
is three dollars from the fartherest
points, Yankton and Gettysburg,
which is but q little more than the
fare one way. Trains will be run
from the north on Thursday, June 3,
and from the west and south on June
4. The Milwaukee will run an excur.
sion from Milbank on the 3rd by way
of Bristol and Lake Preston, and on
the 4th from Canton via Sioux Falls,
Egan, Madison and Lake Preston, con-
meeting at Madison with trains from
Woonsocket. The North Western
will run trains from Aberdeen, Gro
ton, Gettysburg and Intervening points
on the 3rd and from Yankton, Pierre
and points west of the river on the
| 4th.
These trains will arrive in Brook
ings about noon each day. The State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
has called the attention of each of his
county superintendent to the ex.
tremely low rate and assures us that
the school children will visit this
great institution Of learning on these
dates. This will be a grand outing
for the children of the county and
city schools. Children become men.
tally exhausted at this time of the
year the same as the farmer becomes
physically debilitated after long and
tedious season of farm work. A day
off at this time will give them
new vigOr.
A fine program has been arranged
for the entertainment Of the visitors.
Prof. p. G. Holden of Iowa, the noted
corn expert, will deliver an address on
both days on "The Education Of the
American Farmer" The college band
will furnish music on both days, and
there will be competitive drills and
military maneuvers by the college
cadets. Governor Vessey will be pres
ent and inspect the cadet battalion.
The best feature of the two days to
the farmer, however, will be the op-
portunity Of inspecting the various de-
partments OF the college, especially
the experimental plats and blooded
stock on the farm. There they will
see the experiments that are being
conducted in grains, fruits and with
live stock for their benefit, and the
trip will be highly educational as we'll
as being enjoyable.
The physical culturs department,
which includes the young ladies Of
the college, under the direction of
Miss n. X. Fromme, will assist in en-.
tertaining the visitors.
Friday, June 4th, will be field day
for the state grange. The national
Ex-Governor Bachelor, will be
present. The management advises each
visitor to bring his lunch basket well
filled, but coffee and sandwiches will
be sold on the grounds.