The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-04-14
HAVE CO-OPERATED
In Running . Better Farming
Special Train Across Montana
Montana State College of Agricultural and
Mechanic Arts.

Montana Agricultural \oiieSe aho
Experiment Station, have cooper
ated in equipping and running a
Better Farming Special train
across the state OF Montana, under
the direction of +. ). Cooley.
Superintendent OF Farmers In
stitntes. The total distance cover
ed by this train amounted to 1900
miles, occupying Two weeks time,
making thirty seven stops. and
meeting about 2S,oo people
The weather conditions were al
most perfect, which was an ini-
portant factor contributing 10 the
uniformly large attendance.
The train consisting Of six ex
hibirion cars aud a large lecture
coach. The former were equipped
with exhibits arranged by the de.
partments of poultry, animal in
dustry, farm mechanics, dairving,
veterinary science, agronomy, hor
ticulture, chemistry, biology and
home science. The leading fea-
lures OF the exhibits we're a model
poultry house with curtain front
and roosting closet, showing the
mos, up to date plan for housing
twenty five fowls. The live stock
exhibit included, h-sidrs typical
fspeclmens Of swine aud sheep, the
Jersey grad. COW, ID. D., which
made 500 pounds oil butter last
year and IS an almost perfect dairy
TYPE; the PeIcheron mare, lady,
weighIng 1900 pounds, high
class draft ttype and FIRST prize win
ner at the Minne sota state iair; and
thr noted Canadian short horn
bull. Good Morning. The farm
mechanlcs exhibits included a
Spaulding deep tilIing machine,
commonly mistaken tor an ordln'
AIRY disk pillow but fulfilling very
different function, also some small
gasoline engines used Tor running
washing machines, separators,
grindstones, and pumps, all OF
which were kept in motion during
the stops OF the tram. The de-
partments OF dairying and veterin.
ary science presented displays OF
up.to-date DAIRY equipment. sim
pie remedies and treatment for
farm animals, showing horses with
common defects and pictures OF
famous farm animals. An exhibit
OF grams particularly adapted to
dry lands, as well as those for IT.
Iigated areas, was shown by the
department OF agronomy. Graphic
illustrations of ullage and moisture
conseIvation formed a parl Of the
exhibit Planting, pruning, and
top. working OF fruit trees were
featured in an exhibit oi the de.
partment OF horticulture, with
beautiful models Of hardy varieties
OF apples. The department o
chemistry exhibited water stll
tor securing pure water IN thos'
regions where the waters are highl,
charged with alkaiies. lndustTa
chemistry was illustrated by a ser
les OF corn products, wood silk
etc, while particular attention wa
paid to the chemistry OF food pre-
seryatives as affected by the puI'
food law passed by the recen
Montana legislature. A splendit
collection OF Montana insects, in
jurious and beneficial, togethe
with the methods Of preventing tn
ravages OF insects, was included il
the exhibit OF the biology depart
ment, which also contained graphi
illustrations OF fungus and bacteri
al diseases OF plants and thei
I treatment. Studies in dietetics
} cookery, the tireiess cooker. kitch
! en- lsbor-savers. textiles, an,
} needle work were included in tn
I home science division.
Sixteen instructors, selecte'
. from the faculty of the agriculture
college and staff OF the exPerlmen
! station. were continually on dut