The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-14


hour and hair stops made at station learned some
thing practical referring livestock dairyng domestic
science and art manual training mechanical engineer
Ing, farm crops and scientific education.
z Showing the Desirable Types.
The Livestock carried on the train consisted OF
specimens selected from the herds OF tho A. & M.
College farm. When stops we're made they were led
from their comfortable quarters onto flat car where
the lecturers went over them carefully demonstrating
to the sockfnan and farmers the desirable types best
suited to Oklahoma conditions the scrub and the
undesirable types OF hogs dairy COWS and beef cattle
were also carried and exhibited 70 show the farmers
the kind OF livestock they should avoid keeping on the
farm. The hour and a half program al the stations
consisted OF lectures on such subjects as Types OF
Hogs" "Hog Cheoleu' and How to Prevent IT by
Vaccination" Farm Dairying." Types OF Cattle "The
Use and Value OF Sivs, yl'es u Draft Horses,
"Sheep Raising In Okalor n and swine Breeding and
Ideal Packers Hog" TN feclur. force The train
consisted or twelve cyi,,fs livestock and dairying
from the A. 4 NJ. tulgp,. liEricl Asrrutrnl Schuois
and the Y. s. Dernrllch u Agriculture fnc A.
College Band. and lao Council District Agricultural
School Band furnisheA music for h, trp
Best farmers In Attendance.
1t Was noticed b ME test tluss o inrascrs wers
in attendance hsa lectures and III, ciusu uttcn
tion given and the questions asked At ever, pont nd
Gates q change OF interest takins place IL the minds
of the farmers In the secE,s Nislied isto s.ssen O
farming which they vii follow % the Aear future.
The farmers daugL'trf demonstrated Ar
pronounced hnii.,ri aud thrsiphE aiter more edn
cation OF the farm did the farmers and
their The wOn't, A".ic ktealy Interested In
hearing the lectures Farn airslng and seeing the
demonstrations made to separating milk and testing
cream. etc.
From the time the train arrived until 1t pulled out
at every station the farmers we're busy inspecting the
livestock, the dairy utensils asking questions Of
lecturers, when not listening to The lectures, and
securing bulletins and literature special subjects In
which they we're Interested
All Farmers interested In Alfalfa
Farmers generally were more interested In alfalfa
than any other farm CROP and were eager to get
bulletins and literature about growing the crop while
in Western Oklahoma farmers manifested much interest
In broom Thousands Of bulletins and reports on
corn cotton kafr corn hog feeding and livestock and
dairying distributed every day to the farmers
passing through the tran Those In charge OF the train
varied their program In different localities: In
Northwestern Oklahoma farmers were urged TO grow
kaffr corn, milo maize and other forage crops
for winter feeding Of livestock instead OF depending
solely corn, us has been the custom In that section
OF the state In the sections OF the state where the
crop practically failure timely lectures were
delivered how to finish hogs and cattle for market
without At Clinton and other places. where hog
cholera had broken out time devoted to the
lectures on Hog Cholera and Demonstrating How to
Prevent 1t by Vaccination. In the cotton belt the
lecturers urged the farmers to pay more attention to
livestock raising instead of raising so much cotton.
Arc Interested in silos.
Western Oklahoma farmers manifested much inter
est In the so and their interest indicates that the dairy
farmer fully appreciates its value and will well
come its use as a OF preserving the full feeding
value OF the corn crop as succuent and profitable
feed for winter
The interest manifested in the livestock train
indicates that the producers of Oklahoma realize the
Importance OF some form of stock husbandry the
farm and their keen interest in dairying and livestock
raising is fully equal to that manifested in the older
states where dairyng aud livestock raising have been
practiced for a much longer period.
Better Methods Being Employed.
1t was easy to see from the train that Oklahoma
farmers are doing fall plowing, are dcyoting
time to the preparation OF the SOIL better cultivation
Of the crops and raising larger variety OF crops
on the average farm. Better seed selection is also
being talked and pracced by the progressive farmers
in the sections visited, especially in the wheat and
corn BELTS The livestock train will be run over the
katy Frisco lines In the Eastern part OF the state
later In the winter.
Cotton and Corn Train Next.
The third OF the educational trains run for the
benefit of the farmers will be Cotton and Corn"
demonstration train to be run over the Katy, Rock
Island, and Ft. Smith and Western roads In January
and February The livestock train, like the better
wheat" train, furnished to the board and college
free OF cost by the railroads.
STATEMENT OF BOIL WEEvlL DISPERSION UP