The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
WESTWARD HO!
Preparation Made for Rock Is.
land Corn Special.
Train Will Leave Topeka Tues
day for West.
TRIP OF FIVE DAYS
Tour Will Cover Entire Corn
Belt of Kansas.
Rock Islands Superintendent
i'm Personal Charge.

| IOpeka is to be made the headQuar-
ters next week Of the big Rock Island
and State Agricultural college Corn
and Seed SpeciaP' which will leave this
city Tuesday morning in a five days
tour of the entire corn belt of the state
| of Kansas.
The party in charge from the Agri-
cultural college will arrive in Topeka to-
morrow and make their headquarters at
the Chesterfield hotel. From this hotel
they will keep in close touch with the
| Rock Island officials in this city and
the movement Of the train throughout
| the west and southwest.
The corn special will leave Topeka
Tuesday morning at Tbs and will go
| along the main line west to Herington.
Here it will go straight south to Well
ington and then return to Herington,
where the professors and exhibitors will
spend the night as guests of that city.
Wednesday morning the special
leaves Herington for the southwest and
goes down into the rich part of the
state in the vicinity of Cullison. where
the turnaround is made and the train
returns to Herington. From Herington
it leaves along the branch line to Sa-
lima and takes in all Of the towns en-
route.
On their return to Herington they
will go to Mcfarland and then up
into the northwest country as far as
Phillipsburg i'll the mountain time. In
its route throughout the state the
train will cover 1.400 miles and will
make fast time all along the way.
1t is the plan of the local officials of
the Rock Island who have the train in
| charge to give it a "clear board" over
all other trains with the exception of
the Golden State. Limited. The train
has been scheduled at the different sta
tions over Kansas and the farmers,
business men and townsmen along the
way will meet the special and officials
with large delegations. 1t is impor-
every case and the officials will do
| their best.
The train will switch over on the
socalled Kitchen track at every sta
| ton and the coaches thrown open at
| once. Each coach is fitted up with
exhibits and posters of all kinds along
the walls but the seats will be ar
ranged as in The regulation passenger
car. A small platform will be built in
the front end of each car and the lee
turer will occupy this platform to de-
liver his lectures.
For the most part the lecture period
will be thirty-fve minutes. The sched-
ules have been arranged in such a
spared. The officials have urged the
farmers and .ownspeople along the
way to be at the stations on schedule
time in order that no time may be lost
Each lecture IS considered a valuable
informa ton tc the farmer at this time
of the year before the seed is planted.
For many years the Kansas Agri-
cultural college has been preaching
| "in season and out of season" the i'm
portance of good seed and better pre-
paration of the seed both for corn
and wheat. In other words the slogan
has been Better Farming
These doctrines have been present
ed at every institute in the state and
now it is planned to make a swift
campaign over the Rock Island every
year. This year the five days will be
spent in the complete rounds of the
corn belt where the speakers will not
only emphasize better farming but
will urge Immediate and general ac-
tion along these lines.
The speakers will be Prof. A. M.
Ten Eyck, Prof P. E. Crabtree, Prof.
J. M. Miller Of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college and j. G. Honey of
Oswego. Along each division on the
Rock Island the superintendent will
attach their private cars to the train
and conduct the schedules under their
personal supervision.
1t is one of the most popular rail-
road moves taken in the state in a
long time and is a criterion of the
the country along these lines.