The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-14
HOLD INSTITUTES
I. IN MANY SECTIONS
Schools of Instruction in Twenty
Seven Places in the Next
Two Weeks.
RUN SPECIAL TRAINS
One to Go Over Southern and An
other Oyer b. & O. With
Corps of Lecturers.
RUN SPECIAL

Farmers institutes which have
proven OF inestimabIe value to the
agricuIturalists OF Virginia during re-
cent years will be held In twenty
seven different places in the state
within the next two weeks.
The Southern and b. s. o. railroads
approaching the benefits which the
farmers ard railroads derive from
these outdoor meetings at the rear
end Of trains filed with agricultural
exhibits and from which experts in
the various lines OF farming and
horticulture lecture, will run institute
missioner of Agriculture George w
Koiner.
The Southern railroad will run its
institute train from Alexandria to
Danville beginning next Monday
morning and ending Saturday even
ing.
The II. & O. railroad win run It's
train from wadesville, Frederick
county, to Lexington, beginning
Tuesday. May "a, and ending Thurs
day, May &c.
southern's Schedule.
The schedule OF the Southern train
follows:
Monday, Burke. Fairfax and Ma
nassas: Tuesday. Nokesville. Reming
ton and Culpeper: "Wednesday. Rapt-
dan. Orange and Barbourviiie. Thurs
day, Red Hill, Covesville and AIRING
ton; Friday. Amherst. Evington and
Franklin Junction: Saturday, Union
Hall and Chatham.
When Commissioner OF Agriculture
Koinar asked the Southern to ope-
rate the institute train, the high Of
| farteis asked, bees Il pay a, and Mr.
Koiner decided that the best way to
reply was to ask the farmers what
they thought OF tho Institutes He
received hundreds Of letters from the
farmers all over the State saving the
meetings were Of the greatest inter-
est, instruction and value to them
and requested him to exert his ut
most effort to having them continued.
These replies were sent to the South
ern officials. ana NJ. v. Richards. land
and industrial agent OF the railroad.
wrote to the farmers, and they gave
him the same reply. These letters
OF the farmers Were shown the high
officials Of the road, and they learned
that the department Of agriculture
had done wonderful work with the
trains. The officials nor only decided
to run the train this year. but to
make II an annual affair.
b. q o. Itinerary.
So much We're the officials of the
b. Il o. railroad Impressed with the
success of the institute trains run
over its system that they not only
decided to continue them, but request
| ed the Southern officials to grant
| them permission to run their next
institute train over Southern tracks
from Straghurg to Harrisonburg. and
Il was granted.
The schedule OF the b. a o. train
follows: Tuesday. May -. wades-
willie. Kernstown and Mlddletown;
Wednesday. Harrinonburg. Cave Sta
ton and Verona: Thursday, Brooks
wood. Epotswood. Fairfield and Lex
ington.
The coming Institutes have been
widely advertised and doubtless will
attract reeard-hreaking crowds of
farmers anxious 70 learn tho theory
OF soil betterment jncreastng corn
and potato crops without additional
cost and apple growfn1 for money.
These will be the principal subjects
discussed by Commissioner K0iner ana
the other lecturers on the trains.
Two lectures Of fOrty-fivo minutes'
duration each VIII Is given ii al OF
the stations, and tho more the speak
err ara interrupto4 With questions BY
the farmers tbs 1870 sncccssfuI they
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