The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-24
FARMERS LEAVE THEIR FIELDS
WHERE SEEDING WORK is
IN FULL SWING.
Slogan Of Train Is Bigger Crops anc
Interest Displayed.

FAIRFIELD, Wash, March 24.--(By
Special Correspondent of the States
man)-Righ inc he heart of the belt
where the little white beet was 50 Pop
ular a few years ago, came the Sec
ond farmers demonstration train, and
a thousand people greeted it's appear
ance. The train arrived at 10 o'clOci
Spent two hours here, and at noon The
sc persons aboard were treated TO G
banquet by the Commercial club. The
spread was given at the Fairfield hO-
tel, and at it's close a toast was drunk
t., the success of the club and to Tie
progress of the city.
The Oregon Railway & Navigatio1
company and the Washington State
college have combined their interests
to make the train a success, and it has
aroused an interest entirely beyond the
expectations of even the most enthu-
siastic supporters of the intensive far
ming movement. The train will cover
the Palouse country until tonight when
it will cross Snake river and the bai-
ance of the week will be spent in the
NValla Walla country, where it's recep-
ton is sure to be warm. Walla WalIa
has reputation second to none as the
home of diversified farming, fruit and
vegetable production.
The train is in charge of A. A. Morse
representing the oregon Railway &
Navigation company, and Prof. r. w
Thatcher, representing the Washing
ton Experiment station. With the
train is the institute corps of instruc-
Sictin of ~
w. Severance, expert on tillage; c. W.
Lawrence, specialist on grains, w. T.
Mcdonald, instructor in animal in
dustry; O. M. Olson, eastern institute
instructor; w. D. Foster, farm fore
man. Robert Burns, district general
agent of the railroad company, and F.
+. Wamsley, special agent, are also
with the train.
Two hundred varieties of wheat 10
varieties of oats, a dozen varieties of
field corn, five varieties of field peas,
and a diversity of other farm seeds,
are displayed in baggage car, while
freight car carries a full outfit of
modern farm machinery, second
freight car carries specimens of beef
and dairy cattle, farm horses, hogs and
ohCCp. Lie ~ pc VI udH SlOCh Is rep
resented by full blood holstein cow,
perhaps one of the best mixers in the
entire state. A hereford cow, three
years old, represents the beef breeds,
and she is a splendid specimen, being
ready for market at a weight of 400.
In home management a new feature
is offered. A full electric light plant,
in operation is displayed in a baggage
car, the entire train being lighted by
it. The plant is operated by a gaso-
line engine, in charge Of a student from
the college. The train is opened at
each stop for inspection by the people,
and the light plant is a point of gen.
eral interest. The expense of opera
ton is so low that the scheme of mod
ern lighting is possible in any good
farm home.
1t is the plan of the people behind
the project represented by the train
to have planted to corn this season 200
acres of summerfallOW land and to
bring about this purpose seed corn is
being distributed in 10 pound lots to
10 farmers in each place where a stop
is made, the seed to be planted and
cared for under direction of the agri-
cultural college. In this way a prac-
teal demonstration of the advisability
of planting summerfalloW land to corn
will be made in all parts of the grain