The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-10-27
hurley SPECIAL WILL L
STRUCT FARMERS


Educational Train to Tour Utah and
Idaho TO Improve Farm
Conditions
Experts in Different Lines Will Lee.
ture and Demonstrate Along
the Route
What is expected to prove the most
extensive and proportionately bene.
fetal educational enterprise ever at
tempted in the state for the sole in.
struction and interest of the farmer,
fruitgrower and livestock man, is the
Burley institute train, which is to be
run from Salt Lake through northern
Utah and southern Idaho, along the
route of the Oregon Short Line.
The train will leave Salt Lake
December IL, and will traverse prac-
tically all of the southern and south
central portions Of Idaho during its
run. 1t will be made up of an agri-
cultural car, livestock car, lecture
cars and a horticultural car. The
train is to be known as the "Burley
institute train" from the fact that
d. E. Burley, general passenger agen:
of the Oregon Short Line, fathers the
plan and is largely responsible for
the enterprise and it's many resultant
benefits to the farmers and ranch
men of Utah and Idaho. The cars
will be in charge of Dean Carlyle of
the agricultural college at Moscow.
Professor w. H. DIN, of the agricul-
tural extension work for the Univer-
sity of Idaho in southern Idaho, ami
Professors Ball and Merrill from the
agricultural college of Utah at Lo-
gan, and ]. U. Mcpherson, Idaho
state horticultural inspector. All of
the college authorities who are to
accompany the train will give lee
lures upon various subjects pertain.
ing to horticulture, agriculture and
livestock raising at the different
places along the route of the train.
Mr.. Mcpherson will confer with fruit
growers and will be at the head of
that department of the train. AL
ready a great exhibit for this car
has been gathered by Mr.. Mcpherson,
much of the fruit secured having
been displayed at the 1ntermountain
fair the past week.
Good and Bad Fruit
"In the horticultural car we expect
to have several new and novel feat
ures," said Mr.. Mcpherson in an in
terview. Chief among these will be
the samples of perfect and inferior
nursery stock, of healthy fruit and
worm infested and scale infested
fruit, and examples of properly and
improperly sprayed trees. BY carry
ing specimens and examples of prac-
tical fruit culture along with us we
will be prepared to illustrate to the |
fruitgrowers the damage done by
careless methods and lack of pro-
lection to the trees and the fruit, and
in the same manner We will clearly |
define the advantage to be gained by
proper methods in the care and cul-
ture of fruit. know of no plan by
which We can illustrate better these
potent facts than by actual COMPARE
sons of practical results such as we
have planned.
Will Expose Tree Pests
These samples will also assis-
greatly in acquainting the fruitgrow-
ers with the working of the various
pests, the loss from insufficient spray
ing, and so on, while the perfect Spec
linens will doubtless encourage the
horticulturists to put forth every ef-
fort to improve the standard of their
products. While we have secured an
excellent showing from the Boise fair
we do not intend to stop here, and
Will continue our selections until we
have secured fruits from all the hor-
Iicultural districts of the state, SO
hat Idaho will be fairly represented
Is a fruitgrowing section all along
he route" {
Tn men who have charge of the
agricultural and livestock cars are {
making even more extensive arrange
nents for the successful exploitation
II these two important industries
han are the others, and an exceed
ngly good plan has been outlined. r
HI kinds of agricultural exhibits will t
'e carried, as well as many thorough e
red animals. The lecturers who will
accompany the train and who will I
ddress the people upon the several Il
ubjects included in the program are