The Dickinson press., 1910-06-11
FREE DINNER For FARMERS
EXHIBIT TRAIN JUNE II
Eight Cars of Exhibits From State Agricultural College Will Be
Side Tracked at Dickinson Ffom A. NJ Next Fri
day-Booded Stock Grains, Machinery, Etc For Your
Inspection: Entertaining Speakers; as Good as a
State Far-Come and Bring Your Family

Every one within q radius Of many
miles of Dickinson shool4 come in Fri-
day morning, June 17aad see the
special train exhibit ff1 IA Aericut-
tural College that will the tracks
here for four hours vefyslw of our
farmers have an opportunity lsitins
the agricultural college at Fargo. but
next Friday they can see mafX Of the
important exhibits at Dickinson: Pro
fessors and college teachers Will. also
be along to tell the people how Ito get
the best results on the North Dakota
farm. r
The Dickinson Commercial Club has
made arrangements to give the visiting
farmers on that day free dinner tickets
for themselves and families, SO come
in With the wife and children and take
ADVANTAGE of the finest and most pro-
fitable exhibition ever shown in the
state. Read the description below of
the contents of the eiaht cars in this
train.
1t is expected that several hundred
farmers and stock growers. perhaps 500,
including members of the family, will
come to Dickinson the morning of the
17th. Some of the small towns east
of the Missouri have had this many
people. At LaMoure last week there
were 20 many visitors that it took the
crowd two hours to pass through the
train.
Supt. L. r. Waldron will join the
special train at Mandan on Wednesday.
He will have number of fine samples
from the Dickinson experiment station
on exhibition. including some of his
fine winter wheat and rye, just heading
0ut.--
The special train will arrive here the
evening before, so that the speakers
and different persons in charge will be
rested and ready to give the Dickinson
people every attention. 1t is the aim
ofsthese people to-. make every minute
of their stay in a place interesting to
the visitor. and in many respects it
is as good or better than a state fair.
WHAT THE CARS CONTAIN.
First, car with machinery exhibits,
mostly soil working tools, plows, culti-
vators, harrows, discs, drills, corn
planters, potato planters, etc.
Second car-bageage car which con-
tains the horticultural exhibits, trees
of various sizes and kinds; this car
also contains large supply of farmers
institute annuals
Third car-live stock exhibits, COW
stalls and COW to show how the stalls
and stanchions actually work, and also
for illustrating the points of good COW.
Model pig pen with pigs in it, showing
trough method of feeding. etc. Sheep
pen with feeding device, sheep and all,
numerous photographs illustrating the
walls and the bulletins are for free dis
tribution. Barn and pen appliances of
numerous kinds are shown. Professor
Richards assisted by E. Ewingsom, is
in charge.
Fourth car-agronomy, the section in
charge of Professor Bolley and his
assistant. relates largely to fax. and
the diseases of farm crops. One ex-
hibit contains samples from flax grown
in North Dakota and Russia shows that
the North Dakota fiber is longer and of a
finer quality. Professor Bolley states it
would mean great deal to Russia to
be able to grow fiber such as the North
Dakota product. In this exhibit is also
found hemp grown on the college farm
last year and fiber from it which is of
q fine quality and hemp is so rank a
grower that it smothers out weeds.
Exhibits of serminators for testing
gram of weed seeds, OF plant disease
and especially of fax, wheat and pota-
toes. Pressed samples of seeds, micro
scopes, ETC., make this a particularly
interesting exhibit to the farmer.
The exhibit of the extension depart
ment shows a rack and terminating
box for testing seed corn and each ear
separately. The ears are shown and the
five kernels from each ear show good
growth. Roots Of clover, alfalfa and
peas are shows in glass cases, the root
nodules are evident as the solution
keeps them perfect.
Samples 'of ears; of corn grown in
North Dakota are also shown. A corn
belt expert pronounces them as being
exceptionally fine and particularly
mentions the maturity. hardness and
firmness Of the ear,
Fifth poultry and dairyine. The
poultry exhibit has q model poultry