The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-15
sabot-rlr.t stop Of Institute Irnln.
by FRANK $. WOODsON.

ny FRANK $. NyOODsON.
Especial to The Times Dispatch
Scottsville. Va, March 14.-The first
farmers institute train Of the spring
season started out on the James River
section of the Chesapeake and OHIO
Railway this morning In charge OF Il.
I T. Crawley. Industrial agent OF that
road. and under the agricultural guild
ance OF G. w. Koiner, Commissioner
of Agriculture and Immigration OF the
State government
Last year farmers institute"
train was run over this road touch-
ing all of its divisions, as a kind OF
experiment. 1t proved a good thing
for the railway, as we'll as for tho
general development OF agricultural
interests.
The Chesapeake and Ohio never does
anything by halves or In any way like
halfway measure. and so when tho
arrangement of the train for this
springs campaign was left to that
man Crawley he Just fixed 1t up 'ac.
scording to Hoyle."
The train. which left Richmond at
0 o'clock this morning as farmers
institute-train. consisted OF an engine
In charge OF one OF the best men on
the line; four coaches. or cars. sinclud-
ing baggage car for special purposes.
two passenger coaches and a first
class combination Pullman car, which
Is a diner. sleeper and an observa-
ton car. Tho Pullman will be the
homo for a week or ten days OF the
agricultural lecturers abroad.
Mr.. Crawley had provided the train
with all OF the comforts and con-
yeniences required for the lecturers,
and not trick peculiar to the busi-
ness, and It is new business in vir.
ginla. was left unturncd by him to
make the trip success.
The coaches and the baggage car
are used as "auditoriums" in which
the farmers meetings are being held
at the various stopping places.
Meetings Well Attended.
AT Sabot to-oay one or the audi.
forums" was we'll filled, at Columsia
two were well enough crowded and at
Dlllwyn all three were crowded and
an overfio ~ meeting on the platform
| was necessary. However, the Iectur-
ers were plentiful and while one man
talked potatoes In one car. another
talked about corn in the next car,
and on the platform still another. told
how to manure and fertllize lnnd, and
in the baggage car the writer got In
a few remarks about good roads, or
how to market oil the good things
that the other speakers told how to
raise.
The coming and stops OF the Farm
ers Institute" train had been duly adj
vertised by Mr.. Crawley, who Is right
up to snuff, and the farmers along the
route, who remembered the famous in.
stitute train on this road OF a year
fsago, turned out In large numbers to
hear and to learn more about pro-
| gressive farming.
Numbers of farmers who came to
the institute train to-day gave evil
dence that the work OF last year was
good. In Goochland county men came
aboard who testified that they. act-
Ing upon the information they obs
tained last year from the institute
train. had made q hundred bushels Of
potatoes grow where before they had
made less than forty bushels
Men who heretofore made less than
forty bushels Of corn to the acre de-
clared that by following the methods
Laid down by Prof. Hedges last year
they had made very nearly double
that quantity.
plensed With Reports.
Commissioner Koiner and Mr.. Craw-
ley are simply delighted with these
reports, SO much so that one OF to.
days meetings was converted into an
experience meeting. ss
But to go back to the institute
train. 1t left Richmond on time. and
made IN as above indicated. The ng-
ricultural team aboard was about as
follows: r
rlculturc, who was general agrtcul-
t,,ral boss: j. n u. Gordon, OF Ohio,
potato lecturer IS. 3. Hedges, OF Pow
hatan county. corn doctor; ". 2.
zinn. OF West Virginia. I've stock
talker &; August stabler aof Mar = !,
land Improvement expert 81 Mr. Fo!lns,
a newspaper man, 9 fly estlylrs mn M,
Nelson u lam, a famous caterer. who ,it
has charge OF the dining car; the
writer, ana n complement Of traln-
men, Including os t accomnlo Ga g tins
conductor. # sS u -. ~,
At Lynchburg tho institute train VIZ
be Joined by Professor Prlc g, @
I3lacksburg. who will talk on fruit
growing when the train gets into &the
fruit country; by w. ". sproul. WAC
Is a. notnto expert, and proba p!yS 9 py
others. but tho train does no t need need
many more lecturers. & has q pretty
full complement as the case stands
Meeting ut SabOt
The first stop out from laic llmo nc
was made mt sabot, a lively little stu
ton In G oochland county, about ten
|.miles from the Henrico ] Inc. Il was
an carly morning hour when the In
| stitute train hit Sabot, but all the Isl anne
IStllere We're fifty or moro farm RS sIollt
1 ia attend the lectures. III, q train held
Isup anlhous5 and q llal !. and during thai