Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-06-01
Model Farm Oh Wheels \ III
Make Trip All Over the
n. P. System
Train will Stop at Towns
and Experts viii Talk
Better FARMING

stad has just returned from St. Paul
where he has made the final arrange.
ments with the Northern Pacific rail
road in regard to the farmers insti-
tute rtain. The railroad officials are
doing everything in their power to
furnish the cars and such other equip
ment as they have which will make
this the finest train ever attempted.
The different departments at the
agricultural college Will equip the
train.- There will be nine exhibition
cars which will be equipped by the
following departments: Live stock,
dairying, home economics, engineer
ing, poultry chemistry, botany agri.
culture veterinary and horticulture,
The heads of the departments will be
in charge of their respective cars.
Their assistants will also be along to
assist in the work.
President Worst and Professor
Sheppard will also be on the train and
take part in the instruction to be
given.
The financing of the train is some
what of a complicated affair, as the
farmers institutes are without funds.
BY the following plan, however, the
train is made possible: The Northern
Pacific railroad will furnish the cars
and convey them over their lines
the agricultural college will provide
the exhibits and lectures-the towns
will help pay the running expenses of
the farmers institute to superintend
the running of the train.
The train will stop at those towns
on the Northern Pacific which have
paid their proportionate share Of the
running expenses. The towns have
been very prompt in responding to this
call. so that the train will stop at
most of the towns on the Northern
Pacific lines.
Poultry.
A car will be devoted to the poultry
exhibit, which will include complete
poultry plant built on a flat car A
flock of chickens will inhabit the plant
which will contain all the modern con
veniences which have been found adj
vantageous to the successful carrying
on of a poulary plant There will al
so be breeders. incubators and other
interesting exhibits
Live Stock
The live stock car will contain fine
types of draft horses, beef cattle,
dairy cows and hogs and sheep The
instruction will call attention to the
value of these different kinds of stock,
their feeding, care, etc
Da,rying.
The dairying exhibit will contain
many of the latest appliances that
have been found successful in the pro-
duction of sanitary milk and at the
least expense. Silos will also be in
cluded and information given as to
their use, etc.
Veterinary
The veterinary exhibit will include
those things which demonstrate how
to keep man and beast healthy and
bring out what to DO and what not to
do. Special attention will be given to
contagious diseases.
Agronomy
The agronomy exhibit will be pre-
pared by the agronomy department,
and by the superintendent Of the DEM
farm. 1t will give special
attention to the rotation of crops and
how to produce more wheat.
Plant Diseases and Pure Seed
There will he an exhibit to illustrate
the nature of plant diseases. how to
fight them and to prevent their getting
a fcothold on the farm. Several ex
bibits will be made of seeds showing
the weeds, etc. that are apt to come
in them.
Home Economics
An exhibit of home economics will |
illustrate the carrying on of the differ
ent operations in the home as we'll as
planning and the equipping of the !
home, dressmaking, millinery, cooking,
home sanitatioy food preservation,
modern conveniences etc.
Chemistry
One car will contain exhibits Of the |
Investigations carried on by the chem. |