Evening journal., 1913-07-29

An Agricultural Instruction Train
has heen put on the road by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company Il will
he sent to every division Of the sys-
TEN east OF Pittsburgh and Erie for
stops of two days or more at each Of
the principal towns
! Railroads must not only carry traf-
] lfic-they must create IT, That is how
/ they have built themselves up in the
past IL is also hoy they have help
ed build up the country
To make two blades Of erase grow
where only one previously flourlshcd
is a well-developed policy OF railroad
ltrafiic managers. This policy has
taken the form of specialized activity.
The industrial agent the milk agent.
the railroad demonstration farm and
the agriculturist the Forester and
the farmers instruction train are all
typical illustrations of the intensive
Theory not more territory to he COW
cred with light loads and long mile
age but density" developed and en-
lcouraged to the limit-more graiu.
more fruit and produce. more milk,
more timber, and more manufacturers
pei" mile OF road
The railroad teaches the farmer
how to cheaper the cost of produc-
tion. raise the standard of product,
increase the yield per acre, and gain
laccess to the most profitable market
The farmers gain from such efforts
lis obvious The railroad benefits from
the increased business II thus OBJ
ltains.
The Agricultural Revival.
The first Systematic action taken by
the Pennsylvania Railroad System to-
ward improving the agricultural do
velopment of the territory traversed
by its lines was in 1905. when two
, plots of land were purchased on Ions
Island and turned into experimental
r and demonstration farms. Following
this. with the cooperation of th'
! State Agricultural Colleges, specia
- educational trains and steamboat
d were run through various sections %
3 the country. Station agents were
sent to the Experiment Station tha
they themselves might become thor
z oughly acquainted with the principle
! lof scientific agriculture and return y
q their homes enthusiastic missiOnarie
/ I'm the cause OF good farming.
: The Field Products Car.
3 And now comes the Demonstrated
q perhaps not the last word II
a lcreative effort. but certainly up 20 Oh
E lpresent the most effective plan devise
r. for carrying the gospei OF improve
n methods to those who till the soil.
8 This car in charge Of the pennsyl
vania Railroad Agriculurist. is
u magnificent demonstration of th
e farming possibilities Of the East a
instructive illustration Of the fertilit
and adaptability Of the but partly dc
veloped farming sections in North Al
lantic States. II is unique and attrar
tive in the fact that no particular se,
tion or commodity is specially exploit
ed, but. on the contrary. the $50 spec
mems OF fruits. vegetables. grains. ha,
cotton and tobacco. here displayo
y we're contributed to growers al var
GUS points from the Chesapeake Cape
to the shores of Lake Ontario. an
from the New Jersey Coasts TO III
Buffalo frontier.
n Its message 10 the farmer is M
K only one of eXhortation--"g thou at
l. do likewise" but more than that
a shows the producer the character
the competition he will have Go NEE
, and spurs him on TO the attainmel
of even better results
l. Dairy Department.
n Closely allied with agriculture
ia fact, a most important department
farm management is the dairy Tn
= Pennsylvania Railroad Milk Denar
q ment, organized TO develop the dsir
l. industry along its lines, has arrange
a companion car designed TO demon
II strate modern methods OF economic.
II dairy farm operation. Perhaps in n
branch of farming is II possible {
/" operate at so comfortable a profit O
: disoouraging a loss as in dairying 2
], depending upon the methods en-
u ployed.
One element TO overcome is that {
y distance from ones market II III
n dairyman 500 miles from New lor
- or Philadelphia can put his mornin
~ milk into the cities in good conditio
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