Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-06-11
WITH THE WHEAT SPECIAL
A Trip Over The Scott City
Branch With the College Experts

We were given an invitation
last week to accompany the Agri'
cultural College Santa Fe wheat
special on its trip to Scott City
last Friday, and werepleased tc
accept and make the trip. This
is the second train Of this kind
that has been run. By permlss,
ion of the Attorney General tht
Santa Fe furnished the train free
consisting of an engine, baggage
ear, one coach for those who ac-
companied the train, and one
coach for the meetings to be held
at in towns where the train made
no long stops. Trainmaster Col
fey and Travelling Freight Agent
HOgueland of the Santa t'e were
on the train, and the college was
represented by J. Fl. Miller, super
intendent of extension, Prof. Ten
Eyck of the agrOnOmy depart
ments. Prof. Freeman Of the Bo-
tanical department, Prof. Head
lee, the bug man, Prof. Webster,
director of the experiment sGa-
ton.
Coach meetings lasting about
thirty minutes each were held at
Hoizar, Sfnffar, Rush Centre, Al
exander. Bazine, Beeler and Scott
City. At Alamota Prof. Freeman
left the train and held a longer
meeting. At Ness City Prof. Te
-Eyck left the train to hold an al
ternOon meeting, and in the ev-
ening on our return trip, having
stopped at Ness City for tine
night, another meeting devoted
principally to dairying was he'd
At Dighton We dropped Prof.
Freeman for a meeting, and at A.
Grigsby Prof. Miller dropped ON
for his meeting.
At these meetings lectures were
given on the results of expert
memts at the Agricultural col
lepe and the experiment station
at Hays City. The lectures treat
ed principally of the manner IN
which seed beds, plOwlng, and
other work should be done to Sc
c,me the best results, and also
what precautions should be tax
en- to prevent the spread of smut.
Charts, and other data were car
ried to show figures ON expert
ments. Also a booklet giving
some of the lectures was dlstrNo'
uted. !
The college takes this means OF
getting the efforts of their work
before the people of the state =, OF
Kansas. They are continually
making experiments with soil
and seeds at the college, giving
the results through bulletins and
by every other channell that they
can reach the public. On this par
ticular trip, through the most
sparsely settled country that they
will traverse, they talked to over
800 people. In no other way could
they as cheaply reach that many
tillers of the soil. On the trip
lasting a week, they talked to
about $500 farmers. Much good
results from these meetings. OF
course you always find some who
know more about farming than
anv one else. On the other hand
Won will find some who will give
their experience in certain locali-
ties, which results in an inter-
change of ideas beneficial to
both. For the man who wants to
learn, there is always something
new, regardless of what occupa-
tiop huis following.
We enjoyed the "trip very much
We met several former Great
Bend people. At Alexander we
saw Harry Wildgen of Hoislng-
ton, who in company with Ben
Krause, a former Great Bend boy,
now county clerk of Rush county,
and Treas. Scheurman of that
county was looking at some land.
We also met Will Bannister, who
seemed to look the same up there
that he does when h is here. At
Bazine we saw Chas. Travis, for
merly from near Claflin. He is
now in the general mercantile
business at Bazine, and is doing
nicely. Also saw at that point,
W. L. Stickney of Wheatland
township. Also one Of the Sharpe.
boys, who formerly lived in o.
mitz. At other points we met otl
er acquaintance, and had a pleas
ant visit with them.
The outlook for wheat is not