American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-01-22
ARMERS' DEMON
STRATlON TRAIN
Visit American Falls on
Monday, January "a
oetures on Potato Culture and Or.
ekard Growing to Be Given Free
by Some Of Nations Great
est Men.

B Monday afternoon at o'clock the
Farmers Demonstration special will be
jn American Falls and remain here long
enough to deliver the lectures on potato
culture and the growing of fruit, which
the Oregon Short Line has arranged
tor. AS the following article explains,
this train will carry some of the best
posted men in these lines which can be
secured. The people of Aberdeen and
American Falls and vicinity who are in
terested, and all should be interested,
are invited to be on hand and hear what
these men have to say along these lines
which mean so much toward the success
Of this country.
Following out the policy that the only
way to develop railroad is to develop
the country along its line, D. E. Burley,
general passenger agent for the Oregon
Short Line, has arranged for special
train carrying agricultural and horticul-
tufal experts of national reputation to
run for one month over the entire line,
both the main line in Idaho and Utah
and all important branch lines, that
scientific instructions may be given ap-
pie and potato growers concerning how
b get the most profitable results from
their lands and to double the apple and
potato crop for 1910.
On the train will be E. H. Grubb of
Earbondale, Colo, expert on potato cul-
ture; H. L. Edgerton, expert on seed
potatoes; James Hamilton and NJ. Ma
honey, experts on orchard heating and
horticulture; j. E. Wing, editor of the
Breeders Gazette of Chicago, expert
on soils; w. S. Guilford, agricultural
director for the Twin Falls North Side
Land and Water company, general ag-
ficnltural expert; besides several prom
inent railroad men by turns whose duty
4 will be to see that all goes well and to
e&udy the needs of each point from
traffic standpoint. The train leaves
Salt Lake 8 a. m. Thursday, January 20.
8 The train will stop at least one hour
II each place, where lectures will be
&fven, agricultural produces examined,
e1pecially apples and potatoes, and
oomples of soil taken.
4 Details will vary at each point accord
- to circumstance, but in the main |
fdbably two lectures will be given at
- same time, one in each car, about /
utAtoes in one car and about apples in
~ other. Then the lecturers will
16ange cars and repeat their instruc-
Ions. In this way large number of
S1rmers and fruit raisers can be in
Dtructed at the same time and every
nan will hear both lectures. Lectures
will in some cases be given at the Com
mercial clubs.
Questions of all kinds will be well
o0med, in fact this is one of the main
pbjects of running the train. Any
farmer or fruit grower along the Ore
xon Short Line in Utah or Idaho who
wants to know anything about his soils
r what grows in them, especially apples
md potatoes, or about diseases of apples
Il potatoes, or how best to cultivate
~ crops, can have any questions he
Nnts to ask answered at the train by
l4ne of the best potato and fruit
thorities in America free of all cost.
svery expense connected with the
is paid by the passenger department
the Oregon Short Line, and there is
cost or charge of any kind to the