The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-26
MODEL FARM
ON WHEELS
Arrived on Barre Branch Of
Central Vermont Today
EXHIBIT THIS AFTERNOON
First Days Progress Through Eastern
Vermont Attended by Great Sue
cess, 2,soo People Inspecting
Various Cars on Train.

The Better Farming" special train
under the joint control of the univer-
sity of Vermont, the state commission
er OF agriculture and the state forester,
which started from Windsor yesterday
on northward tour over the Central
Vermont railroad, came over the Barre
branch of the 'company's line early this
afternoon. passing through Barre with
out stop, for WiIliamstown and return
ing to this city later in the afternoon
for the schedule stop. The movement
is meeting with remarkable success, no
less than $500 inspecting the exhibits
on the train during yesterday, aud a
crowd of $50 farming out at Northheld
this forenoon.
During short stop at Montpelier this
noon the train was thrown open TO the
Vermont supreme court judges, who had
expressed a desire to view the exhibits.
Yesterdays stops were at Windsor,
Evarts, White River Junction, South
Royalton, Bethel and Randolph, the
crowds as rule being large.
The special train is quite unique and
is worth an inspection even by those
who are not directly interested in agri-
culture There are several cars, and
one of them carries two cows, "Grace,
with a milk yield of 4,532 pounds and
butter Weld OF 249 pounds, and
Mary" going a. little better with 6,574
and 45l, respectively. The animals are
from the experiment station at Burling
ton
There was also select exhibit of
poultry, including White Barred and
Buff Plymouth Rocks, Brown Leghorns,
White Vyandottes, White Leghorns and
Rhode Island Reds,
There were exhibited high,grade feeds
Samples of horse feed are also shown
Pictures of good and poor cows are shown
and there are many agricultural bul-
letins for distribution. dealing with
poultry, COW testing associations, the
work OF the various colleges and one
on ice cream. written by Professor
washburn and published by the Yer.
mont experimental station. This is the
first of the kind ever Published and OF
the 81 600 copies printed only few
are left, demands for these having come
from all parts Of the world Specimens
OF so-calied sanitary milk pals were
shown labelled good. bad or worse
also ice, cream freezers which may be
operated by hand or by power maehin-
cry.
!. Among the exhibits are milk testing
machines. apparatus for testing the
moisture in butter. and some ears of
corn that took prizes at the New Eng
land corn show of 1910. A simplified
but accurate system of dairy records
made test of three DAYS in the middle
OF the month ard multiplying by ten
gave the record for the month.
The rear car was devoted to domestic
science. In the next car were exhibits
showing the different kinds OF fertilizers
and lines. for enriching or correcting
varying soils. Chemist c. H. Jones of
the Vermont experiment station gave an
talk about the values of the
various fertilizers which are licensed to
be sold in Vermont. and urged the farm
ers to buy the better grades. for use on
the land, as the best results were OBJ
tanned by this method. Hon. Ernest
Hitchcock of Pittsford gave his expert
ences with the use of lime upon acid
lands, and told of the good results OBJ
tanned in raising clover with this prod
uct.
In the next car Prof M. b. Cummings
of the university Of Vermont, and his
assistant, p. NJ. Lombard, spoke of the
and State Forester 4. f.
Hawes of the forestry problems of Yer
mont, and the way the farmer should
meet them There was an excellent ex
hibit of apples in this car and demon
stration was given of a spraying APP
paratus.
Among those aboard the train were
0. L. Martin, commissioner of agricul-
ture; r. w. Mexican, lecturer of the
Maine state grange; Mason S. Stone, |
state superintendent of education; Dean
J. L. Hills of the agricultural college, |
and assistants, NJ. r. Downing, w. T. |
Brooks, T. l.. Hills, Clyde Smith and |
K. H. Atwood of Burlington A. C.l
Hurd, secretary of the Windsor county |
Y. NJ c. A., was also aboard. instruct |
ng the boys as TO the conditions i'm
posed for the prizes offered by that or
yanization for the best corn raised in |
he county. Miss Mary +. Partridge, |
,1icial stenographer, and B. B. Barker,
,fIcial photographer, are also with the |
party.
The train was in charge of Conductor
N. Powers and the following railroad
officials; Gen. Pass. Agt ]. W. Hsnley,
rrainmaster S, +. McKenney and Trav
Pass Agt. s. S. Rooney, who look out
or the safety and convenience of all