Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-02-19

wednesday night game was a
beautiful exhibition on the part of w.
S. c., and Putnam, the tall center was
voted the star player. He made 10
out of IL free throws. getting six out
of seven in the first half and four out
of five in the second. The team went
to Corvallis Friday and plays Oregon
Agricultural College Saturday night
This will probably be the last game of
the season.
The work of showing the farmers
how to practice the teachings of the
experiment station of Washington
State College is to be carried on in a
much larger scale this year than last
and the work is to be made more
thorough and greater time is to be de-
voetd to it. Instead of making hur-
ried trip through the country, stopping
for few minutes at a place, the trains
will be run on SCHEDULE which permits
of from two to four hours at each
point and six days will be occupied by
the first train which will be sent out
over the OR. & N. lines in Washing
ton on March %.
So much good resulted from the
work done last year that the expert
ment station staff and the railroad
officials are enthusiastic over it and
want to conduct the work with
broader scope this season. Leaving
Pullman on Monday morning, March
%, the train will make its first stop
at Colfax, and the schedule for the
trip will be as follows: Leaving
Colfax Monday forenoon, after the
meeting at the county seat, which will
probably occupy three hours, the train
will run to Elberton, Garfield and
Pennington and meetings of from two
or three hours each will be held at
these points. The train will then run
though to Fairfield in the night and
start back the next morning, after
two hour meeting is held in Fairfield.
Other meetings to be held Tuesday.
March %, are at Latah. Tekoa and
Oakesdale, the train "tying up for the
night" at the latter place.
Wednesday, March "a, the train will
move on, stopping for meetings at
Thornton, Sunset, st. John, Winona
and Endicott. Thurdsay. March 25,
meetings will be held at Lacrosse.
Hay and Pomeroy. Friday, March 26,
-tops will be made and meetings held
at Dayton, Waitsburg and Prescott.
and Saturday, March 27, meetings will
be held at Walla Walla and Touchet.
The train will be the largest and
best equipped ever sent out on such
mission in the west. 1t will carry
seven cars, all told. consisting of
palace stock car loaded with live stock
exhibits from the college farm; a flat
car fitted up as a lecture platform and
carrying a line of machinery such as
is used in the Campbell method of soil
tillage or "dry land farming" as it is
popularity called. A baggage car.
loaded with exhibits of tools, grains.
grasses. root crops, and other exhibits
from the college farm will be a part of
the train. There will be two "day
coaches for use for lectures if the
weather is bad; and car devoted to
business of the mission. An electric
light plant, such as farmers are begin
ming to use on their farms will be
carried and will furnish light for the
ears and for exhibiting at night.
A sleeping car will also be a part of
the train equipment. The work of
this tour will be divided into sections
consisting of instruction on the best
methods of soil tillage and the Camp
bell system will be fully explained
~and the tools used will be shown, as
we'll as how to use them. Improved
seed will be one of the topics discussed
and samples of the new hybrid wheats
will be carried and the train will also
carry a liberal supply of corn grown in
this country and known to be adapt
ed to the climate of Washington.
Better live stock will he a topic which
will be given much attention and some
fine speciment of cattle and hogs will
be carried with the train from the col
lege farm.
The train will be in charge of
Professor r. W. Thatcher. director OF
the experiment station. who will be
one of the lecture staff. The other
speakers will be Professor George
Severance, agronomist; C. w. Law
renee, cerealist; W. T. Mcdonald,