The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-04-25
AGRICULTURAL SPECIAL
ATTRACTS BIG CROWD
Train 6reater and Carrying Many More
Farm Experts Than at Former Trips
Over St. Louis County.

special Train, which is making the
journey with frequent stops over
ali the railroads of st. Louis
county, laid over in Virginia Tues
day night and was here again ac-
corning to srhrdllc Thursday
morning from . to II O'Clock,
where il was visited at the Great
Northern depot by several thou
sand people, including The chill
,trrn OF the schools with teachers.
After nearly two weeks on the
road the speakers and experts in
he various lines OF farm affairs
were fatigucd. On he Tuesday
evening visit the party spent an
hour seeing the sights at the big
mill, then returned to thr cars to
rest.
The train spent Tuesday at Au-
Olph, Zlln ami FORBES and during
he day more than 1000 people, in
Guiding The pupils Of the several
rural schools visited the special,
>oInr travelling many miles TO DO
so. The train left Virginia We'd
n"sday morning to spend he day
al AngOra, Cook and (;hprn. Prof.
Lafayette Bliss made he North
"rn "trip with the train. Mrs.
Holmes, assistant to y. \. Young,
county superintendent OF schools,
i, also with the train this week.
.N .\ngora The business men have
arranged to give a dinner to all
the visitors from the rural Sec
tionS. The attendance was large,
many making the trip from Inc
Bear River country where there
are 2NM or more people, accord
ing to figures presented by The
county superintendent. Wedncs-
day evening at Cook there. was also
big gathering, a town dance and
The grand opening Of IN" big new
store of the Cook Mercantile COM
pany being attract ions in addi-
iion TO the visit OF the special
train with it's twenty or more peo-
pie. 4 greater number saw the
exhibits at Virginia than at any
other point, many farmers COM
ing into the city from great dis
lanrrs. The latter part of Thurs
day and Friday were spent at stops
at cities on the Western end OF
the Range. Grand Rapids had a
big event in the way of a banquet
planned for Friday evening and
Supt. 4. j. Mcclure of the expert
mental farm, who had been with
the train, left it at Virginia Tues
day evening to 80 home to make
preparations. Speakers al Grand
Rapids were 4. i. Woods, dean
Of the state agricultural school,
l.. B. Arnold, land commissioner
Of the Iron Range road. Charles
p. Craig, who with John Williams
owns the Jean Duluth farm which
has been made an experimental
station, and Thomas Cooper, sec
rrtary of the Better Farming as
sociation Of North Dakota.
The train carries about tWrni
people, some Of whom remain Onl!
day or two as guests, as Prof
Bliss, Supt. Mcclure, County Supt
Young and others. All Of tht
experts and speakers are tnthllsl
astic over the interest shown an(
those who have been With the train
other years notice that wonderful
progress is being made and ther
are many instances Of the value o
the work done in the farming com
munities by the former visits o
the agricultural college on wheel:
1t is also believed that on arcOul
of the much greater interest all
larger attendance this year tina
the value of the trip will be sever;
times that of any former yral
One can only conjecture what tn
ultimate results will be but it
known they will be enormous.