The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-29
THOUSANDS
HAVE Seen
FARM TRAIN
Big Special VIII End Tour at
CasSelton Today
Those in Charge Delighted
With Interest Shown

The North Dakota Farmers Institute
train closes its three weeks trip at
Casselton this afternoon, This is the
fortieth town visited. The attendance
has been $3.50. The interest has been
good throughout. The attendance has
been larger than could be accommo-
dated at many places. .r.
The way the farmers came in autos
indicates that they are making money.
There has been LIS car loads Of autos
shipped into cooperstown alone this
year.
The North Dakota Farmers Insti-
tute train might well be called "the
rubbering train" 1t has caused lot
Of rubbering-the size Of ft--the ban
ners the full length Of the car--the
poultry plant on fiat car. These
were all unusual features about a
train, so everybody rubbered and told
others to look. In the city, the big
town. the little town, the country, the
Indian reservation-the train was one
of the most curious things seen on
wheels. When the train made its reg
ular stops everybody that could rub
bered, anxious to learn the lessons the
farmers institute and the agricultural
college brought. The fellows that rub
bered the most, that were the most
interested, got the most from the train.
Cleanliness and Milk.
Milk is one OF the things in which
bacteria like to live, It contains the
elements of food on which they can
live the most satisfactorily. These
bacteria also need to have the milk
warm in order to multiply the most
rapidly In order then to have clean
milk two things are necessary. First,
keen the bacteria out, and second, keep
the milk cool. Several exhibits were
shown to illustrate the ways OF keep
ing bacteria out Of milk, for instance.
in one set Of glass cases were shown
the effect of milking before and after
feeding. The milk that was drawn
after feeding contained five times as
many bacteria, that is, the bacteria
sailed around in the air on the dust
from the feed and especially the hay.
The bacteria that Games from a piece
of soil, from a cows hair and from
a piece of hay were also shown. 1t
would surprise one to realize the num-
Der that were present on these things
and that means that if they get into
the milk they will introduce germs.
Another exhibit was to show the num-
Der of bacteria in milk that had been
drawn into a milk pail with large
opening had about ten times as many
bacteria. Another interesting exhibit
illustrated the difference in bacteria In
milk that had been put into clean and
dirty bottles. That put into the clean
bottles had developed no bacteria,
while that put into the dirty bottles
was full Of it. The same thing was
true of strainers.
Another exhibit showed the number
of bacteria in milk that had been cool
ed. At the end of two days the milk
that had not been cooled contained
about ten times as many bacteria as
that which had been cooled.
These exhibits emphatically brought
out the need of keeping all kinds of
dirt out of the milk and of cooling it..
In this same connection was shown
q gelatine plate containing the bacteria
left by fly that had walked across 1t.
1t was real startling to see the trails
of these bacteria that had been left
n the tracks of the fiy--the most url-
cleanly and the most dangerous in
sect in the world.
These were some of the most sig
nifcant features brought out in the
exhibit in relation to the effect Of the
| different ways of handling milk.
=. Il. Burnham, who has had charge
of the train for the Northern Pacific,
is much pleased over the splendid in
terest shown and Superintendent Ho-
verstad is greatly gratified over the
success Of the train. Without a cent
Of money in tho Farmers Institute
| treasury he had made the train pos
sibilty and a success.
The Northern Pacific railroad de-
serves a good deal of credit for offer
/ ing so large a train The agricultural
college faculty. who have volunteered
| their services free, deserve praise. The
| business men of the towns that raised
| the money to help pay the expenses
did an important part in making the
/ train possible. superintendent Hover
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