Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-04-14
Flattcring Success Attends Firs
Days Trip of the Better
Forming" Special.
STOPS OF AN HOUR ARE MADE
From Alburg to MiddlabJly Men
Women and Children Are In
structed by Experts Gu
agriculture,

Judging from the frs. day Of the pet.
tor Farming" special train. which began
Tuesday for four-day tour OF western
Vermont over the Rutland railroad under
the auspices Of tho University of Ner-
mont. Stat. commissioners of agriculture
ami tn" State forester, a flattcring sue
cess VIII result. At every stop that tho
train made. farmers crowded the cars.
listened intcntly to the lectures by the
experts and asked nnumerable questions
concerning the various matters that in
terested them especially. The crowds
varied from ono hundred to two hund-
red. tia, at Bristol being the largest
The special train left burlington at s:sl
rGcsday, morning, making the first stop
at AlhurEh where one hundred farmers
irded tho cars. The next stop was
made at Grand Isle at $50. whore ths
farmers numbered n hundred and City.
The next stop was made here at eleven
o clock and President Buckham and Cas-
sius Peck boarded the train, accompany
ing It as far as Charlotte, where tbs
fourth stop was made. There were about
sevcntY-Nve to listen 70 he lectures here.
Vorgenncs was the next stop. followed
by stops at New Haven Junction and
Bristol. ending at MiddleDury at six,
whore an evening meeting was held. Al
al of these places not only farme,s bu
farmers wives and children crowded In
to the cars displaying lively interest
in the proceedings and IN the exhibits.
The stops consisted of one hour each
the first half hour being occupied by
81,
given simultaneously In the three cars
followed the next half hour by questions
viewing :he Exhibits and the distributing
Of pamphlets. he train consisted OF fly,
cars. baggage three passenger anc
d dining car. The baggage car contained
a couple Of COWS from the exreri'non
station termed priceless possession
and "neaky property" illustrating ths
difference between good and bad cov
in regard to profit, The cows were alik'
IN appearance.
LECTURERS AND SUBJECTS.
The passenger cars were devoted re-
spect.yely to dairying. fertilizers and
horticulture and forestry. In the dairy
| car t.c exhibits were illustrative of cieai
milk and diverse dairy tests. includins
the BabCock moisture test. There Were
examples OF economical and unccOnomical
feeds aud .auous. The lecturers in this
car were state Commissioners of Agri-
culture O. I. Martin, Who lectured on
corn: b. W Mexican. ex-secretary Of
Maine hoard of agriculture, who
leotureI on dairy harns, and Professor
Washburn. professor Of dairy husoandry.
who lectured on cows
In the hDrtiCulture car the L
hbits included boxes OF seedlings from
the state nursery. pines, sprnces. stc,, a
section ct n year old pine tree cut in
Niddlcsex. forestry planting tools and
diverse minor exhibits. Other exhibits In
cluded grating. pruning. budding. com,
bats with insects and plant diseases. Tn.
| SVearers II this car were: State Forester
A. F.. Hawes. who lectured on fores
planting; r. l., Kinney. ex-president o.
Vermont Horticulture society. who lee
tured on growing apples. ], w. yelling
ton. assistant horticuiturist at the expert
ment station, who lectured on pr7lnnl
fruit trees. and Professor NJ. b. Cum
ninss, professor OF horticulture lecturet
on spraying.
| The fertiliTer-educat!on car carried
samples of all brands OF fertilizer sold IL
|
In all. samples Of diverse crude stocl
used In manufacturing fertilizer. modern
farming tools. sets OF books pertaining
10 various phases OF soil development
farm management. buildings. machinery
and the like. There were also a lars,
number OF bulletins from the department
of agriculture at Washington. grouped IL
subjects. In this car the lecturers wers
| Professor J. L. HIS dean Of the depart
ment VI agriculture al the university, VIII,
lcctured on feeding crop 10 the best ed
vantage c. H. Jones chemist at tie ex
pertinent station, who lectured OF
fertilizer buying and E, S Brigham. ex
president OF mo Vermont EorticRtur,
society, who l-ctured on potatoes.
MICH LITERATURE DISTRIBUTED
| In all OF TIE cars there were piacard,
everywhere. and every exhibit was In
belled plainly. Much literature was dis
tributed. including pamphlets contninin,
abstracts Of sll tine lectures. The exhib
its are numerous and cover the entr,
field Of agriculture, a third OF each ca
being devoted TO them. The best and tn,
poorest methods are displayed The ar
ranEement of tho exhibits is attractive.
of this enterprise Is gratifying L
those who are making this effort, a
no cost whatever to the farmers, 4
benefit farming in this State and teacl
the farmers the best and latest meth
ods OF working The effect on tn
farmers was noticeable in the atten
tion they gave the lecturers. Practi
cal Ideas were brought home to then,
ana much sound advice given. Advan
tate was taken Of the opportunity 4
ask questions. and following the lee
lures tho speakers were kept busy un
I'll the hour was up.
Trains OF this general characte
have been run In many sections @
the country but never before In Yer
mont. AS late as last week a simila
train was run over the Boston a. Al
bany road In Massachusetts, and wa
visited by large crowds The Vernon
train Is meeting with the same su
cess.