The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-11-11
Exhibits Gathered and Arranged by
Dean Woods Men and 500
Furnished the Train.
Local Business and Professional Men
Ate With Visitors In the High
School at 6 P. N.

'The most complete agricultural
train which has ever visited Be-
midji," was the way the people who
visited the university Special
spoke after they had visited the
train Saturday and Sunday. It was
complete from the live stock and
crops which bring in the revenue of
the farm to the machinery used in
the harvests and the kitchen uten-
sils of the housewife. 1t had a car
devoted to the boys and girls, the
farmers of the future. 1t had a do
nestle science car. In fact, the train
was the University Extension depart
ment on wheels.
Shortly after the train pulled into
Bemidji at 3:45 Saturday afternoon,
the pupils of the eighth grade classes
in agriculture marched from the
High school to the depot bearing a
banner on which was inscribed: BE
MIDJTS FUTURE JACK PINE
FARMERS At the train they were
treated as special guests and shown
every attention. ~
The car which seemed to arouse
the most interest was : the rural
school car in charge of C.. F. How
ard, a member Of the State High
School board In this car was a re-
production of the Crookston School
of Agriculture in detail. The ear
also contained samples Of corn pro-
duced by school children in the Min
nesota acre corn contest. There was
a sample of shelled corn from Hec-
tor which went ninety-six bushels to
the acre; another from Hector that
went seventy-seven bushels to the
acre; one from Polk county of 105
bushels to the acre.
Mr.. Howard. was kept busy ex-
planning the various articles shown
in a model domestic science equip
ment for a rural school. The car
also contained an assortment of iron
implements made by students in the
Crookston school,: The entire train
was open from two until four Sun
day afternoon and the attendants
were kept busy answering questions.
Contrary to the general opinion
the train had no officials of the 500
line on board. 1t had been called
the $500 Special but more proper
name would have been the ''Univers-
ity Special as it was in charge of
University men and was in reality
an extension course on wheels. One
of the 500 men started with the train
but left it the second day leaving
only the engineer, fireman, conduc-
tor and brakeman to represent the
road
One car contained sheep brought
from the University school at Ham
line; the second housed the horses
and cattle of which several different
breeds were shown; the third car
was devoted entirely to poultry and
the things which go with poultry
housing; farm crops we're exhibited
in the fourth, most of exhibits hav-
ing been gathered at the state and
county fairs; the dairy was given the
fifth car; the sixth car was devoted
to the boys and girls; domestic
science was given a car; and the PEG.
pie with the train had a sleeper and
a diner. The eleventh car was fol-
forage.
The Pioneer has not the space
available to- describe the train in de.
tail, but it was the general opin.
ion of those who went through il
Saturday or Sunday that it was the
most complete of any which has evel
been to the city. The number Of
farmers who were in the city Satur
day surprised the men on the trai1
and they were assured that had thu
train been in at p. m. as adver
tised, more farmers would have beer
on board.
At 80 the men and women wht
came with the train were taken tt
the High school and there wer,
greeted by eighteen Bemidji business
and professional men. A four courst
dinner was served by the students il
the domestic science classes unde1
the leadership OF their instructor
Miss Beatrice Eddy. Miss Eddy VI