The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1910-06-02
BETTER FARMING
SPECIAL TRAIN ON MP.
Will Be in Cakes Next Monday
aAfternoon.

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The Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany has offered to the Agricultural
College and the Farmers Institute the
use of special train to be operated
along their line of road for two weeks.
The purpose of this train is to assist in
giving encouragement to the improve
ment of agriculture. The Agricultural
College and the Farmers Institute
have accepted this proposition, and the
circuit will begin on Monday, June 9Th,
and terminate Friday, June 18th.
+ The train will be equipped with one
or more flat cars where the different
types Of farm machinery will. be ex-
hibited; baggage car will be equipped
with literature for free distribution and
exhibits of horticultural products.
Prof. Waldron of the Experiment Sta
tion will have exhibits Of the different
kinds of forest trees, shrubs, and fruit
trees that can be grown successfully in
the state. Methods of planting, prun-
ing, and general care of the trees will
be explained. Grain, grasses, forage
crops, weeds, plants illustrating plant
diseases, will be shown, and methods
of fighting diseases and weeds will be
explained. One car will be devoted to
live stock. Dairy and fat cattle, hogs,
sheep and poultry will be on exhibition.
The better types of stalls and hangers
will be shown and also different rations
to be fed to the live stock. Different
kinds of poultry appliances and dairy
utensils of the latest and approved
kind will be placed where they can be
easily examined. Special interests will
be given to domestic economy. Miss
Hoover of the Domestic Economy De-
partment at the Agricultural College
and her assistant will be on the train
throughout the whole circuit. Exhibits
Of sewing and cooking will be used to
assist in making the lectures as practi-
cal as possible. A day coach will
probably be devoted to lectures for the
ladies.
The first part of the session will be
devoted to the examination and explain
tion of the exhibits by experts in
each line. If it should be thought wise
the audience will later adjourn to hall
where lectures will be delivered on
agricultural subjects.
Pres. ]. H. Worst has promised to be
present at as many meetings as his
time will permit. The heads Of the
different departments of the Agricul-
tural College will be on the train most
Of the time.
Farmers and the business men along
the N. P. road are showing great in.
terest in the movement, and the out
look is that the attendance at these
meetings will be very large. The Agri-
cultural College and the Farmers In
stitute appreciate very highly the as
sistance that the railroad company is
giving to this movement. BY having
this train a very much larger number
Of people can be reached than in regu-
lar meetings. Three meetings will be
held each day. The first one will be
from 500 until II or IL O'Clock, the
afternoon session will be from / 80 to
4 or s o'clock, and the evening session
from 2 until 10 o'clock.
The schedule for the meetings far
% Cakes 10 as follows:
Monday June g. Meeting Davenport
500 to 100 . ! m.
Meeting Lisbon l 100 to 400 p. m.
Meeting oakes 100 to 1000 p. NJ.