Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-06-28
SEVENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND SEE
DEMONSTRATION
SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRAIN WITH
ITS AGRICULTURAL AND HOR.
TICULTURAL DEMONSTRATION
ATTRACTS BIG CROWDS,

More than "A 600 Californian farm
ers attended the lectures of Univer-
sity Of California professors, given
under the auspices of the Southern
Pacific company during the year
1901. The exact number of audi
tors to these lectures during this lat
est lecture tour was 1926. This is
an increase of 1878 over the year
1909-10, and an increase of 1896
over the year 190S-9, when the agri-
cultural demonstration train was
first i%naugurated by the Southern Pa
cifc company.
Professor w. T. Clarke, superin-
tendent of the University of Califor-
mia extension in agriculture, has the
following to say relative to these
special agricultural and horticul-
tural demonstration trains:
The special agricultural and hor-
ticultural demonstration trains now
being operated by the Southern Pa
citic company and c~o-operated in by
the University of California college
of agriculture, is by far the most ex-
tensive effort of its kind that has
ever been put forth in any part Of
the country. A spirit of cooperation
with the producers is manifested and
the Southern Pacific company, recog-
nizing the fact that better results
should be obtained from the farms Of
the state, and also recognizing the
fact that its best interests are hound
up in the success of the producers.
has Joined with the College of Agri-
culture and experiment station of the
state. in bringing to the farms and to
the workers thereof improved meth-
DDS of procedure whereby better re-
turns could be obtained"
The Southern Pacific agricultural
and horticultural demonstration
train is always accompanied by an
operating official of the company and
usually by the agents of the district
through which it %traverses. 1t is
thoroughly advertised and the press
of the state has kindly given it prom
inent notice, Through these press
notices and advertising the state in
general has received notification of
the coming of these trains and this
has helped wonderfully in bringing
the interested one to the station for
the time that the train stops.
The train covered a mileage of
260S.4 miles in 1908, held 259 meet
ings which were attended by 1920
people during the 81 days the train
was out. During the 1909-10 season
3436.6 miles were covered, 222 meet
ings were held, the attendance was
1868 the train being out SO days
More than 1000 miles were made
during the 1901 season. The
train was out rs days, 225 meetings
were held at which there was a tota'
attendance of 1926.
With only a few exceptions the at.
tendance at each town where a stoI
was made, showed a large increase
The slight falling off at these few
stations was caused probably by thu
farmers not receiving notice Of tn,
visit in time, in many cases it re
quiring an entire day for farmers o
a district to reach the railroad sta
ton. The train this year was en-
larged to 10 cars, five of which wer,
coaches containing exhibits; two bag
gage cars, n standard sleeper, on,
diner and one baggage car fitted witt
sleeping Accommodations for the trail
crew. The entire seasons work wa
accomplished without any accident o
casualty and the public was appre
ciative of the work. The exhibit
and demonstrations we're divided int,
the following 10 heads:
Field crops, soils, fertilizers, AM
NAL industries, veterinary science
dairy industry, horticulture, vlticul
ture, irrigation birds and mammals
plant diseases, poultry, public healtf
home economics, university farI
school and entomology.