The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-10
UTAH FARMERS L
GOING TO SCH00l
Educational Train Carryind
Professors Of Agriculture
Starts on It's Mission.
SOIL DOCTORS PREACH
TO TILLERS OF THE son.
Crowds Turn Out at the SeyeraI
Stops, All Anxious for
Information.


cars. ten professors and two railroad 81
ing for a two weeks tour Of Utah and
Idaho points on those roads Careful
preparation. in which time and monex
were spent without stint. together witt
experience in similar efforts and deterA
ininetion to make this the banner farm
crs' educational train of western rail-
roading, combined 10 surpass anythinr
before attempted in this mode of instrlc~
ton. Every convenience was furnishe1
both for the specialists and for the farm
ers along the road who receive invaluabi1
information. clearly proving the dcsif>
OF the railroads and agricultural expert
Of Utah and Idaho TO provide high clasz
instruction in the most convenient And
practical form possible.
The travelling passenger agent OF th>
o. 6. L.. D. NJ. Newton, and the super
| intendent of the Utah division Of thai
road, A. F. Brewer, accompanied th<
train out OF Salt Lake. the former q
continue with the party during the en>
tire tour. and the latter TO watch thl
first days trip and do anything additionl|
needed TO make the trip as successful
as possible. Prof. Lewis A. Merrill ha>
charge OF the instruction work. assistec
| by one Of the most efficient corps q
agriculturists in the country. 81
Will Be of Great Value.
Owing to some misunderstanding D
| misdlrection. the farmers IN Davis au<
Weber counties did not know OF the edu
cational tour until shortly before tn
train arrived at the respective statinn1
Nevertheless, Mondays work proved con
clusIvely that the railroads and expHr
! agriculturalists had devised a mode b
! instruction the value of which in futur|
production on the farm can scarcely b|
estimated. Farmers received Ideas an
demonstrated facts that impressed them
that caused them to see evidence OF tn|
value OF specialization and Its doctor
Because of the fact that Utah Is far b
| hind in butter and milk production. I
was thought best TO devote the first day
work exclusively to dairying. The cor
and her products were treated by ne'
who bear national regulations.
! There was the man who told the farm
ers how to judge good COW by s1Tpl
| inspection: the man who explained, "a
relative values of dairy foods, the chan
pion OF pedigreed stock and the adyo
| cate OF mixed blood; the expert explaHE
| ton OF the value Of testing and weighin|
milk and a specialist In dry land grain
, and grasses 10 tell about the Soils; q
rainfall and the grains which will d
best on dry land.
Talked About Dairy Industry.
ing the Salt Lake yards the train vn
on the side track in Woods Cross an
| fifty farmers were comfortably seat
| In one of the chair cars listening to Pru
lessor j. II. Brandson OF the Idaho az
ricultural and experiment station ex
plain the salient features OF the dalr
COW and that after Professor Merrill hA
welcomed the farmers and introduced ca
| first speaker There was no hitch. nQ
the least sign of confusion, In fact
was Just like railroading the farm
ers knew what they wanted and the ex
ports knew how to give IL 10 them al
track lectures" the dairymen and soil
tillers knew n good thing when the
saw IL, and were still coming 10 the traiI
when the schedule demanded that tn
compartment cars, In the dry land whea
car, III the stock car. on the flat car an!
| in the dairy room farmers were loat
to leave when the conductor called lin
Importance of Dairying.
At Pennington there were but few peo'
pie waiting when the train arrived. bu
they were soon seen coming from q
| directions and in a short time sever
professors were telling the eager auul'
ences about dairying and its importamc|
| in Utah There were about seVenty-u>;
men in in the Farmlngt9n wbns ~ ~
twenty y~five minute talk period IN ~
picture cars TO practical "cow-judginx'
on the flat car. i.
kaysvillc gave larger crowd than "
| first two towns. there being more th@*
! 200 eager listeners, Filling the Two -
ture cars and other sections of lntereS1
requiring four men working IKE ~
] agriculturalists can when the pFactie-
! farmer is on hand for Information. WA
| the train was about to leave one OLD ~
thusast mad become too absorbed TO ~
up the school train and declded 10 ~
on for another town. said he On. o1nI h
| I'm going 10 Layton; this ia too gooa
quit" Travelling Passenger Agent Msy
! ton felt too happy to see the old leIos
keen pleasure TO deny him the roe -
the two study periods free. so the iaii'
went TO the next stop.
Layton people did not know there W
an instruction train billed for their ~
ton. but the telephone and news pear a.
soon brought car full VINO en!oSeo s,s~
railroad extension work as tnough w
had been waiting for 1t for week.
Fruit Growers Turn Out.
The. Clearield frultgrowers and wne1<
raisers were waiting when the Tram
rived according to programme, put -
got no horticultural lectures as tneS ~
haps expected. Prof Ban OF the a.
experiment station had been won D! - =
dairy contingent of experts, ana saw
for them to continue In the work OF l,Ic;v ,n.v
esting farmers in the work OF proouS,tc s,,tc
some or the bO per cent Oh ouesS'
Utah imports every year al
Ogden was the last stop on tne ~
days run, and although. railroad
a good audience. made up iarsely
young men, was soon in the cars Ieair
ing about scientific swine raisins a.
profitable dairying. Ogden was thc NJ.
town TO contribute women to the
track audiences Al that place u"no
number Of young women from the NJ
and academies Joined the men 10
experts tell how To make the iarn
its laborers. -
Was Unique Spectacle. -
1t Is quite unique 10 see a tram
side track, with two or three nunu
farmers in and around il listening 49,
doctors OF agriculture talk pialu H.
about farming. but one day WIN IN.
educational train Will conVih.es -
one that the school is going TO me aas
because the farmer will not go oissne, oissna,,,c -
the school Telegrams were crr.
along the route Monday from ldano
mercial clubs. from HALEY asklns n
the train be taken TO their towiii i,,,a. 4
others extending requests TOT ~
stops As the train proceeds on u idr1|
mission the farmers OF Utah dhu s,erj1
Will wake up TO the opportunity nte nu
thom and prove that they apprec'A
efforts of their friends.
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