Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-19
THE RAILROAD IS
THE NEW ALLY Of
THE FARMER
Transportation Lines of Mid.
die West Are Spending
Thousands Spreading Doc.
trine of Scientific Farming.

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trine of Scientific Farming. |
Whom On. department Of agriculture
az Washington and the colleges OF the
middle west set out 60 teach scicntihc
agriculture 60 tb" farmer. the hard.
cst task thcy had TO perform was to
catch their pupil The rural dwcllcr
was not PARTICULAR, coy. but ne was
Indifferent, -kcpticui and scuurnful. |
Believing that he knew more about 1
Eis business than anyone could tell 4
aim. 10, manifested q profound con- |
tempt for book farming" and the !
theorists who taught a.. He started |
fires with literature on IA" subject |
sent tu hm and declined To WASTE /
time making personal Investigation |
OF What was going on at the seats of |
learning
Tha, same attitude b. discovorahlr |
in some sections of the country today |
but for the most part the farmers
have been brought tn understand that |
they were cheating themselves when !
they turned - deaf ear to scientific |
instruction and that improved meth
DDS meant double and treble produc-
ZION from their land. And that
change has been FASTENED materially
by an ally To- the sciontists--an en-
tlusiuStic publicity agent and an cn-
crgctic distributor of knowledge.
The New \ii,--Tlm Uaiiroad.
That ally II the railroad. u ls the
railroad that has CARRIED the product
of tho scientists labors To- the far
mcr and proved To him by ocular dem
onstration that thc.c was SOM, thing
worth while Ia book farming --sc,
before his eyes better grain aud fruit
than he over grew and nnor stock
thHu he ever bred Ana along with
the products of the laboratory the
railroad carried tho scientists them
selves. who took the reluctant farmer
pupil gently but drmy boy the button
mol" and Told him whore he was away
on Ana the farmer saw aud heard
and va, converted.
tn" railroads of the middle west
today are spending tens ~ thousands
OF dollars annually in assisting In the
work of spreading the doctrine OF
scicut tic agriculture. They even
have gone into the demonstration
business on their own accounts and
maintain bureaus publicly. expert
m"nting stations. permanent displays
of improved farm PRODUCES Each
road. besides aiding tn, govcrnm,n
aud the state institutions. runs nj.
Tie agricultural college OF its own.
u l~u't Philanthropy IT. I,nsinr~.
rms generous activity of Tia. trans
p"riation companies Is not inspired ny
! philanthropl is plain. cold busi-
ness. Thrrv's mighty little sentiment
about a railroad corporation ana
mighty littlo time for uatuitous mis-
Si"uary work. They reason thusiy.
We spend dollar teaching the farm
go how better tu farm: is % result IA.
grows larger crops. consequently has
more grain AMI fruu and tive stock
To- ship--our dollar. accompanied by
several others. comes back To- us IA
Increased freight receipts
Tho most valuable aid given Tho az.
ricultur,l colleges by tho railroads
has been Ion applying trains and trav-
cins equipment for tho dcmonstrat.
ors who carried messages To- the farm
crs These trains which ON occasion
carry tucN ears for exhibition farm
animals. Srrd ears for grain, aud Pull
mans for the teachers. have proved
$50 effective IN spreading The dociriu"
Of higher agriculture that manN Of
iu' roads Iuv keep them in scrv cr
the greater part of the year. coutiu-
uiug the campaigning ON their own
account when the colleges are not
sending out Instructors The railroads
boar The cost uf these EXCURSIONS.
which include good specials. dairy
specials and stock specials and the
expense of operating ono uf those
trains r. thousand dollars q week ur
moro. Tho railroads too. attend to
ndvcrtising tho coming oi the apri-
cultural specials, and 60 bringing
farmers 10 the stations along tn,
route 10 hear lectures ON seed scI,c-
tiun. stock breeding. fertilization and
rotation 81 crops I'm COLORADO th,
railroads are giving the agriculture
colleges of the stat. almost as muct
money ~ is appropriated by the stat,
for college extension work. IN,
amount at transportation suppIlct
aion" amounting TO more than stout
% year.
One ~ the nrsl nf TIA, railroads I,
awaken 90 the possibilities at ORION
I improving agricultural condition
Was thr - Louis a san Francisco
For tom years No., Frisco officials hav,
ibccn interested boo educating the farm
rrs u jhtir TERRITORY, uutl now th,
= agricultural aud horticultural depart
! prni uf the road is recognized al
/ uue uf the most important mainline,
hN thr rumpan, IN exhibit car q
Sop, travelling continually over ta
. Fusco lines, accompanied by Prof
1 - a. ID.