The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
4 THOUSAND GREETED TRAIN
AGRICULTURAL SPECIAL GIVEN
ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION.
Large Crowd Saw the Exhibits and
Heard the Experts Lecture in
Dawson Thursday.

Dawson Thursday.
The AGRICULTURAL special which is
now touring the state rolled into
Dawson at 1890 o'clock Friday af-
ternoon and was given an enthusi-
agtic reception by 1000 men, women
and children.
Farmers and their wives were
here from every section of the coun-
ty, and the Dawson schools were
given a recess by Superintendent
Land and all of the $40 pupils .ex-
cept those in the three primary
grades were marched to the train
by the eleven members of the fac
ulty.
Dr.. A. NJ. Soule of the state col
Iege of agriculture and Commission
er of Agriculture Thomas G. Hudson
were in charge of the train, and eX-
perts in almost every line of farm
life We're on hand to discuss the
latest methods of agriculture.
City Attorney L. c. HoyI, in be-
half Of the mayor and council, made
a brief speech welcoming DR.. Soule
and his co-wOrkers to Dawson. He
paid them a high compliment for
the work they are doing, and assur-
ed them that they would find appre-
ciative audiences here and that they
would also find a soil and climate
that would respond promptly to the
modern methods which they were
advocating. DR.. Soule and the 9TH
err speakers addressed the large
crowd from the fat car, which was
used for exhibiting the live stock
that were on the train. They were
listened to with the closet attention,
and many words of praise have been
spoken since of the lectures.
For an hour and half a constant
thrOng passed through the exhibit
cars, every item of which was care
fully noted. At each exhibit was 8
lecturer, who carefully explained
the things on display, gave informa-
ton thereon, and handed out litera-
ture issued by the state school of
agriculture.
Finn Bridges, the tweIve-year-old
son of Mr.. J. w. Bridges of this
county and who raised 101 u bush
els OF corn on an acre at a cost Of
70 cents a bushel, exceeding all 9th
er boys in Georgia except Joe Stone
OF Jackson county, who raised 1925
bushels at cost of 20 cents a bush
Ell, met DR.. Soule and others accom-
panylng tie train, and was heartily
congratulated.
Equipment of the Train.
The train consists of seven cars,
six of which are used for exhibit pur-
poses.
There is a car of live stock. 1t
contains pair of choice draft Perch
eron brood mares, from which mules
may be raised and a part of the nine
million dollars annually sent out of
the state for work stock saved. There
Is Hereford bull and a grade COW
and calf, showing the benefit of US
ing pure-bred sires on the native
cattle for the production Of a de-
SrabIe strain of beef animals The
hereford bull was only II months
ola and weighed $50 pounds, and it
was explained that this type was the
pest for beef production; that an
animal of the dairy type of COW
dC the same age as that one would
not weigh a third as much and the
weight of $50 pounds would not be
reached by the dairy cattle until
several years longer. There are
cnoice specimens of the Jersey and
HolStein breeds of cattle with rec
oTdS of their production to illus
rate that cows may be developed
with an earning capacity of more
man 5000 net per annum. There
are representatives of two breeds of
swine, the Berkshire and Tamworth,