The Glenwood post., 1911-03-04

Arrangements have been completed
for the operation of an Agricultural
Special Demonstration Train to cover
the entire standard gauge lines of thc
Denver and Rio Graudc railroad in Col
orado The train is being operated
jointly by the Denver and Rio Graude
railroad and the Colorado Agricultural
college with view of instructiug the
farmers in all up-todate methods of
fertilization seed selection, cultiva-
ton, irrigation and marketing ;also
in the uses of all the latest types Of
agricultural machinery.
Such material as is possessed of i'm
mediate educational value to the farm
ers of Colorado ana those Interested in
agriculture will be taken from the fol
lowing departments of the Colorado
Agricultural college; Agronomy, in
cluding soils, crops aud farm machiu-
cry; Animal Husbandry, including
dairying and poultry raising, irrigation
forge and carpentry work, horticulture,
entomology and home cconomics.
For three consecutive years the Den
yer and Rio Grande railroad in couuec-
tion with the agricultural college has
operated special demonstration trains
of this character, devoted to potato
culture only, but 1911 finds this in
struction train devoted not only to po
tato culture. but enlarged to include
all branches of interest to the pro
gressive farmer,
Fohr ears will be filed with .eNnlbts
which will be placarded so thoroughly
and plainly that it will tell its own
story, and there viii be ip each car
two or three demonstrators to answer
the questions to which the several OK
hibits viii give rise.
In the irrigation exhibit there are
models of fumes, wiers aud drops:
also steel headgates and conduits, and
instruments for measuring the velocity
of water and for keeping records of the
flow. Descriptive literature for meas
urng Of water with Wier tables is
furnished for free distribution.
In the agronomy aud general farm
ing exhibits, samples of colorado
grains, showing the straw and graia.
methods used in the improvcmcnt of
alfalfa by breeding are illustrated.
Methods of grain breeding and grain
improvements are described and the
results shown Varieties of new
grains that are found to thrive especial
.lv well in certain sections of Colorado
or of especially new forage plants are
shown and there is complete collec-
ton of grass ana weed seeds carefully
labeled Descriptive literature showing
the varieties of crops best adapted for
different sections of Colorado an1
amount of seed that should be sown per
acre, literature on the preparation 1f
the ground and method of seeding al
falfa, the treatment of grain for smut
eradication and pamphlet ON the
growing of sugar beets have been pre-
pared for free distribution.
A complete exhibit from the mechan-
zeal engineering aud electrical engi
neerng department of the Colorado
Agricultural college show the work done
in carpentry, forge and foundry prae-
tice and in the application of electric
ity. This exhibit shows how quickly
skill is acquired by young people n
lines of work that appeals to them aad
is perhaps the best example of how the
college teaches students how to do. as
well as to know. Colorado must depend
more and more on the use of improved
machinery and Colorado farmers must
look forward to the us6 of more me
chancal power on. the farm In work
ing out this problem the farmers must
depend upon the agricultural college,
while it is strictly an engineering
problem. broad general knowledge of
farm needs is absolutely necessary.
The power needs on Colorado farms is
the strongest reason for developing 1T
the college strong engineering courses
How much has already been done in
this line is shown by the exhibit OF
farm motors and the application Of