The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-03-31
DEMONSTRATIO.5
TRAIN A SUCCESS
0. R. & N. AND 0. A. c. SHOWS
Special Train Here Yesterday Visited
by Many 0rchardistS of
the Valley.

The demonstration train OF the 0.
Il. " N. in conjunction with the
Oregon Agricultural College wound
up its ten days trinmphal tour OF
Eastern Oregon here yesterday after.
noon when fifteen hundred ranchers
OF Hood River valley gathered to yet
| ideas from the experiment station
ON wheels. AS soon as the train
pulled In, Col. A. A. Morse, the
railroad representative in charge OF
the train, made every body teel at
home and introduced DR.. James
Withyoomb, director of the Oregon
Experiment station at Corvallis, who
stated briefly the purposes of the
trair. Other members of the party of
experts we're then called upon and
they made brief remarks, after which
the train was thrown open to the
crowd who thronged through the cars
viewing the many interesting ex-
hitits and listening to the explana.
tions of them by the experts.
The gentlemen In charge of the
train were much pleased with the
reception here and DR.. Witbyoomb
stated that the Hood River crowd was
the largest they had encountered on
the whole trip.
or course the horticulture car
proved to be the most attractive
feature of the tram to the Hood
River audience, but they did not fail
to take advantage of the opportunity
to get some pointers on stock, poul.
try, dairying and they even showed
a great interest In the dry farming
exhibits of the agronomy Gar. 10 the
horticulture Cal an exhibit Of fruit
was carried and the proper and i'm
proper methods OF packing were illus
trated. There were insect lests
mounted In glass cases SO that the
orChaIdist may he allie to recognize
his enemies. A pruning exhibit
consisted of young trees properly and
improperly pruned and the systems of
budding and grating we're illustrated.
10 complete the exhibit In the horti.
culture car there was election of
orchard and small fIuit farming i'm.
plements.
The stock car contained fancy stock
from the Oregon Agricultural college
farm, WAS eqipped with stalls built
ON hygienio principles and had ex.
hibits OF modern apparatus used In
barns for the handling and cutting
of food, disposition OF manure, etc,
Samples of stock TODD we're shown
and their use and merits explained
by attendants, to all who were in
terested.
The fist gar for the stock exhibit
had space where the animals we're
brought out and their good and bad
points explained.
The poultry fiat car contained a
model colony house, such as any far.
mer could build with a small outlay
of money. 1t was portable and light,
easily moved from place to place or
turned SO that the open front would
be in the direction desired at the
different seasons Of the year. The
poultry house also showed the best
method OF arranging nests so as to
guard against insect pests and for
the heal tn of the poultry.
The yard was properly equipped for
feeding and small flock of standard
bred Barred Plymouth Rock chickens
the house and yard.
10 the poultry baggage car, brood
ers and incubators we've shown In
operation, pens of different kinds of
high grade chickens, ducks, geese,
turkeys and displays of poultry
and implements, The
chicken was exhibited In all stages
rom the egg to the dressed fowl.
There we're also egg sorters, traC
nests, bone and grit cutters and other
Kinds Of machinery.
Ia the AgronOmy car oil the differ.
snt phases Of dry farming we're ex-
planned by exhibits, and bull letins.
The different plans of seed testing
we're explained and illustrated and
heir value shown. The effect of
moisture on different soils was shown
md also the proper and improper
method of preparing the different
sinds OF soils for the reception OF the
'eed. Samples OF fertilizers we're
ilso carried and their merits and
under specified condi.
ions explained.
In most of the cars also scientific
arming methods were illustrated by
,barts and photographs.
The train is without doubt the
inest of its kind ever seen In the west
md it is doubtful II any of the
'astein roads have ever sent out
Detter one. There was something of
interest to every farmer in the
country and to most of them there
we're many things of interest.