The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-10
AGRICULTURAL TRAIN
WILL COME MARCH g
College on Wheels With
Much That Will Interest
the Farmers

which is to reach Marietta at 8 a. m
March %, and remain two hours.
The following is the itinerary o
the college train on the Louisville 4
Nashville road:
= March 22.-Arriye Canton, 8 a. N.
arrive Jasper 1890 a. m; arrive Eli
Jay 100 a. m; arrive Blue Ridge
$3.50 p. m.
March 23.-Arriye Marietta. 8 a. m.
arrive Gainesville, 1920 a. M; ar
rive Paramount, 1900 p. m; arrive
Chatsworth, $3.50 p. m.
Cobb county farmers and the peo
pie generally will be on hand to see
the exhibit
The train consists of seven cars, of
which six are used for exhibit pur-
poses There is an Arms Palace Car
for live stock, containing a pair of
choice draft Percheron horses. There
will be Hereford bull and a grade
COW and calf. showing the benefit of
using pure-bred sires on the native
! cattle for the production of a desir-
able strain of beef animals. There
VIII be choice specimens Of the Jer-
sey and Holstein breeds of cattle
with records of their production.
Hogs, sheep and poultry will also be
shown.
The exhibits on the educational
train are tastefully arranged, and pre-
sent in graphic form data of interest
on every phase of agricultural prac-
tice in the State of Georgia.
The car of live stock is very at
tractive. The horses, cattle, sheep.
swine and poultry will be exhibited
on fiat car, and this will enable all
to see them to advantage.
The car of farm machinery will
prove interesting to many. There is
gas engine. which drives a motor,
showing how light for the farm home
may be generated; various grinding
mills, and gin such as farmers
might use to delint their choice Sc
lected seed, and prevent it's being
contaminated by pressing through a
public gin; a manure spreader, deep
tilling pillow, and various other nipple
ments, the use of which means bet
ter preparation of the land and larger
and more profitable crops.
| In the baggage cars many of the ex.
hibits shown are behind glass and
present a very attractive sight
Everything has been labeled with the
utmost care and one taking enough
/ time to pass through the car can
gather much valuable information
without the aid of a guide, though
some fourteen experts accompany the
/ train for the sole purpose of giving
information to visitors
The boys corn club exhibits, show
ing methods of terminating and test
ing seed, will interest many The
soil analyses shown are certainly as
/ important as anything could be to the
/ farmers of the State The exhibit OF
cotton grades will prove instructive tc
all who study them for a few minutes
The model farm showing how the
land should be divided to enable the
practice Of an economic rotation is
one of the most instructive features
of the train. and everyone can afford
to spend some time studying this
unique exhibit
The working dairy will furnish
many valuable lessons. See it by all
means.
Artificial cotton plants and charts
have been prepared to illustrate the
effect of a deficiency in certain ele
ments, such as potash on plant
growth A section of plants just as
they grow in the the field forms q
feature of the cotton exhibit, and illus
trates a yield of about two and one
half bales per acre. This is one OF
the selected strains of cotton pro
duced on the farm which is resistant
to Anthracnose. a disease which
causes millions of dollars loss il
Georgia every year. In addition there
are exhibits of spray machinery anC
spray material for controlling injuri
Gus insects and plant diseases.
The State Department of Entomol
ogy has a very attractive display
. Valuable data is presented relative t.
fertilizers and fertilizing material
and problems in soil fertility anC
farm management. Some lively,
bulletins are carried on this train ant
will be distributed to those asking
for them free of cost They will Civ
information concerning great va
riety of topics and aggregate in al
more than 100000 pages of printe,
matter 1t would take pages to de
scribe the exhibits carried with an,
degree of detail or accuracy, but thi
summary will give the public som
idea concerning them.
Come and see for yourself. Io
{ will be benefited. and those accom-
| panying the train will extend ever
courtesy and consideration With
their power to visitors.