The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-08
A TRAVELLING FARM
MSogL FARM WILL BE SENT
8 TO DEMONSTRATE
METHODS.
TO VISIT FORTY TOWNS
Agricultural College Professors Will
Make Thirteen Days Trip
Over State Beginning
November 6.

Minneapolis. - Demonstrating the
best methods of farm practice adapted
to the sections of Minnesota reached
and to promote the development of
agriculture and domestic sicence in
rural districts the agricultural spe-
cial train, composed of eleven cars
bearing an ideal farm, will begin a
thirteen days trip through northern
Minnesota, leaving Minneapolis Nov.
6, visiting forty 500 line towns and
making demonstrations to the farm
ers of what good work can do.
Everything but the actual acres and
the farm buildings will be taken
along. Beef and dairy COWS, sheep,
calves, pigs, horses and chickens will
travel in company with staff of lee
turers from the college, which will
include four women connected with
the extension department of home
economics and domestic science. The
first stop will be made at Brooten at
a. m, where the train will remain
for three hours.
A. F. Woods of the agricultural col
lege and President George E. Vincent
and members of the agricultural de-
partment of the 500 railroad. Pro-
fessors A. D. Wilson, Andrew Boos
and c. P. Bull and N. G. Chapman,
state poultry expert, will be with the
train during it's entire trip and Dean
Woods and President Vincent will
spent several days on the road. The
train will be on exhibit during the
afternoon of Nov. 5 at the Fifth street
n station, where all interested in ag-
riculture are invited to visit the ex-
hibit
Schedule of Trip.
The following is the schedule by
days, the first town each day to be
visited from to 1 a. M, the second
from IL to 2 p. m. and the third from
to p. m:
Nov. 6-Brooten, New Munich and
Bowlus.
Nov. 7--Pierzc, Onamia and Wau-
kon.
No. S.-Moose Lake, Lawler and
McGregor.
Nov. 9-Remer, Cass Lake and
Bemidji.
Nov. 11-Clearbrook, Gonvick, Gully
and Oklee.
Nov 12-Oslo, AIvarado and War,
rem.
Nov 13-Radium, Viking and Thief
River Falls.
Nov. 14-Orleans, Lancaster and
Bronson.
Nov. 15-Karlstad, Strandquist and
New Folden. IN .-..-.
Nov. 16-Plummer, Brooks and Err
skine. ..s. ..
Nov. 1S-Winger, Bijou and De
troit IT,.
Nov. 19-Vergas, Dent and Otter
Tail.
Nov 20-Almena, Parker's Prairie
and Carlos.
The party will spent Sunday, Nov.
10, at Bemidji and the following Sun
day at Erskine and visits made to
the country, investigating soil con-
ditions, and mass meetings conducted
at night in some church or hall.
A strong appeal has been made to
the women and children of the farm.
Advance notices have been sent out
along the route and school superinten-
dents have declared holiday on the
date the train passes through each
county. The extension department
IN fha fri
the last three weeks and preparations
for attracting all families of the coun.
ty have been made to bring the en-
tire population into the town visited.
Two hours will be spent in each
town and the visitors shown through
various topics of interest to farmers
while the women in charge of the do
nestle car demonstrations will show
a model kitchen and give lectures on
the science of cooking, canning and
other matters of interest to house
wives. The train will carry improved
machinery used on the farm and in
the home and results of experience
and scientific investigation in every
department of farm life will be made
public.
The train is made up of a baggage
car with forage for stock and a stock
car of automobile type, enabling at
tendants to lead out stock at stopping
points, a farm machinery car, carry
ing latest devices for simplifying farm
work, and a poultry car showing the
latest devices for care of poultry.
The dairy cars will show all the i'm
proved machinery for caring for dairy
products on the farm, and an exhibit
ton of best forage for dairy stock. A
seed car will show all the improved
methods adopted by the agronomy de-