The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-24
BRINGING A
COLLEGE To
THE FARMER
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
TRAINS ARE PROVING
VERY POPULAR
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| pecial to the Daily Leader
Oklahoma City. Jan. 24.-BriAsng
college 10 the farmers on a train
is what is now being done in east
| ern Oklahoma through the courtesy
OF the NJ. * a r. railway company
! The first poultry and pure seed train
o. 1912 under the direction Of the
| Oklahoma state board OF Agricul-
mre and the A. 4 NJ. college, started
Wednesday morning fro Arcadia on
4 tea days trip that will cover a
large portien OF eastern Oklahoma,
stepping Ut twenty points
These special agricultural Trains
--are. proVien eS-lreH4a4y ponulas-,1vet-
the state and large crowds attend the
lectures at every stop, In the first
place, the train does not cost tie
taxpayers of tue state a penny the
railroad com any pays the entire Up.
Grating expense Of the rip. In the
second place, the farmer Is given
chlnce to hear carefully prepared
lectures on agricultural subjects by
men wao know and TO see the poultry
fne dairy cattle, and samples OF prize
winning seed with ais own eyes.
An O,lahcma farmer grew the
wheat that took first prize at the
Dry Farming congress at Colorado
SPRINGS last year. in competition with
the entire world. A nalf OF the win.
ming bnshe Is ON this train aud is
one q the most interesting exhibits
carried on the trip. Other prize pre-
duets OF tae Oklahoma f..rmers are
carried as we'll as the best poultry
and live stock that experts can grow,
and an excellent set of lantern slides
fer the night lectures.
Leaving Arcadia Wednesday morn.
Ing. the trGl started northward on
The Katy making it's first stop at
Gushing Tle schedule for the en-
tire wee includes stops at Yale, Jen-
aings, haliett, Haminy. Broken ~
row, Wagner. Pryor, Vinita. Checo-
tlh, Growder, Kiowa, Atoka DE-ant,
A5a Ccogate. Stonewall. Funaw a
I'd Maud, with evening sessions at
Gushing, Mominy, Wagner, Vinita,
Crcwder, AT lla, Coalgate and Kona- (
va
Lectures are being given at the
train, on Better Poultry for Okla /
loma. Selecting, Feeding and Breed |
ing Poultry; increasing Crop Feds |
on tae Acre. by Deed Selection, Pre- j.
paration. and CuIuVatiol; bermuda
Grass Agricultural Education in /
OhahCma. Go Reads. the Orchard I
as q Source OF Profit in Eastern or |
lahoma; Corn, Alfalfa and i've Stock /
Types of Dairy cattle; the Babcocl |
Test and its Applications Seed Corn, I
and How the College Assists BOYS /
and Girls' Agricultural club
President G. r. Bryan OF the state
Board og Agriculture and President } /
II. Connell Of the State A & VI col |
le9o Will be with tle train at mum !
her Of stops but Dean 3 G. Pittuck |
Cf the secondary agricultural schools |
is in cAarse Ci the trip. The lectures /
consist If J. w l.. Corley, Geo II
Kinds, and Frank l.. Haynes Of the
board OF agriculture; Secretary lenj |
llenaesseS Il the board. Dean Pit |
tuck: Dean w A. l.inklater Of The di- |
vision Of agriculture; Director James
A WI son Of the stare experiment |
station Professor Roy c. Potts If |
the dairy department., Professor n. G |
Booth Of he horticultural dcpo IT I
y INT. superintendent Morle Wood,
srn. demonstration farm department.,
Superineendent M. f lkard, live stock
inspection department. Professor @.
Churchill, agronomist, S ,eryisor
John w Wilkinson of the Boys and
Girls Agricultural clubs Professor
H. a. Bittenbender. inspector in pou-
Try management and Charles p Light
field secretary American Association
for Highway Improvement
All Of the lectures are free and the
farmers are urged to attend and bring
tleir families AS soon as this "Trip
is finished arrangement have been
partially completed for the Santa Fe
railway TO take up the train and
carry il on further trip into az
other section ol the state.
Fresh clean. flayory Mustard is
What you get when you buy THE AL
rON GOODS Mustard in Zoe. &c and
,5c bottles
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