The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-24
COLLEGE ON WHEELS
NOW ON THE WAY

Oklahoma City, Jan. 24-Bringing
a college to the farmers on a train is
what is now being done in eastern
Oklahoma, through the courtesy OF
the NJ, X. & T. Railway company. The
first poultry and pure seed train OF
1872 under the direction of the Okla.
homa state board of agriculture and
tue A. & M. College, started Wednes.
day morning from Arcadia on a ten
days trip that will cover a lage por-
ton of eastern Oklahoma stopping at
twenty points.
These specia agricultural trains are
proving extremely popular over the
state and large crowds attend the lee
lures at every stop. In the first place,
the train does not cost the tax payers
of the state penny; the railroad com
pany pays the entire operating ex-
pense of the trip. In the second place
the farmer is given chance to hear
carefully prepared lectures on agri-
cultural subjects by men who know
and to see the poultry, fine dairy cat
tie, and samples of prize winning seed
with his own eyes.
An Oklahoma farmer grew the
wheat that took first prize at the Dry
Farming Congress at Colorado Springs
last year, in competition with the en-
tire world A half of the winning
bushel is on this train and is one of
the most interesting exhibits carried
on the trip. Other prize products of
the Oklahoma farmers are carried, as
well as the best poultry and live stock
that experts can grow. and an excel
lent set of lantern slides for the night
lectures.
Leaving Arcadia Wednesday morn
ing, the train started northward on the
Katy, making its first stop at Cush-
ing The schedule for the entire week
includes stops at Yale. Jennings, Hal
lett, Hominy, Broken Arrow, Wag-
oner, Pryor, Vinita Checotah, Crow
der, Kiowa, Atoka. Durant, Ada Coal
gate. Stonewall, Konawa and Maud,
with evening sessions at Cushing,
Hominy Wagner, Vinita, Crowder,
Atoka, Coalgate and Konawa.
Lectures are being given at the
train on: Better Poultry for Oklaho-
ma; Selecting, Feeding and Breeding
Poultry; Increasing Crop Yields on
the Acre, by Seed Selection, Prepara-
tion, and Cultivation; Bermuda Grass;
Agricultural Education in Oklahoma;
Good Roads; the Orchard as a Source
of Profit in Eastern Oklahoma; Corn,
Alfalfa and Live Stock; Types of
Dairy Cattle the Babcock Test and Its
Application; Seed Corn; and How the
College Assists the Boys and Girls
Agricultural Clubs.
President G. T. Bryan of the state
board of agriculture and President J.
H. Connell of the State A. & M. Col
lege will be with the train at a num-
ber of stops but Dean B. c. Pittuck
of the secondary agricultural schools
is in charge of the trip. The lecturers
consist of ]. w. l.. Corley, Geo. H.
Kinds and Frank L. Haynes of the
board of agriculture; Secretary Benz.
Tennessy of the board; Dean Pittuck;
Dean w. A. Linklater Of the division
of agriculture; Director James A. Will
son of the state experiment station;
Professor Roy C. Potts of the dairy
department; Professor N. C. Booth
of the horticultural department; SUI
perintendent Marie Woodson, demon
stration farm department; Superin-
tendent M. f. Ikard, live stock depart |
ment; Professor o. o. Churchill, agron-
omist; Supervisor John w. Wilkinson |
of the Boys and Girls Agricultural |
Clubs; Professor H. A. Bittenbender,
instructor in poultry management;
and Charles p Light, field secretary
American Association for Highway I'm
provement
All of the lectures are free and the
farmers are urged to attend and bring
their families. As soon as this trip
is finished, arrangements have been
partially completed for the Santa Fe
railway to take up the train and carry |
1t on further trip into another sec
tion of the state.