Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-07

The Idea OF college on whcs In
wOnld have astonishcd the wise men
iCw years HHo. but " is coming Is
uC % familiar notion to the people OF
Nav Mexico. Last year the New Mex
leo college OF Agriculture aud Mc-
Chuhic Arts ran au agricultural dciH-
"ustration train over the llne Of thc
Santa 'e railroad. This year. during
the latter part VI January, similur
italh was run over the 90 PhtV \
southwestern.
Ench Of these demonstration trains
consisted OF siN ears. containing live
stock. agricultural exhibits and APP
piianCcs lecture car. md Twins
ear for the members Of the lecture
figff Nine OF ten members 10 the
Agricultural college faculty accom-
painted the train, aud ~ every stop
lectures are given. Because ~ the
amount ~ railruud equipment used.
aud the luposslbilty ~ keeping &
special train f,R great lru~th If
time. the stops ar, necessarily short
n h surprising. however. how much
work can Ice packed into an hour
~ hon thc people are Interested and
vh'u the system has hcon properly
organized. Let "a take as a. typical
eYsniplr the little town ~ Mvutoya.
iu The dr, farming section. on ia"
20 Pasu & Southwestern. between To.
uumcar aud Santa Rosa Before The
'ruu sumcs 10 y stop. an the men,.
bcrs If the college lecture staff have
convrcgated on tho flat car between
the iVu stock cars. AZ the head 81
The train ~ the train comes to r.
stop Professor Conveys stcntorion
dice summons the crowd o. collect
~ the rlst car. and as they gather
the stWistloinn counts them o 30
men. women aud children. President
Harrison makes thrce-minutc talk
about the college aud ~ train. and
~ the school children. v',h their
tcschcrs are allowed 10 enter 80 the
front OF the train aud are mar
shallcd slowly through under COM
potent guides. who explain 10 them
the VAR Gus exhibits. aud finally load
] tham .bsck into the lecture cat where
| Professor CONWAY talks tu them
about the RoyT aud Girls tudustria'
| club work. and shows them the prix,
winning products OF last years con
tests. While the children are In the
/ lecture car. the ladies are being shown
through tn train, and ~ the snn,f
time bT tlumheri on the flat Cat,
I o. beginning - lecture 10 the men ~
DRY farming. which is followed u, n
! lecture rs Professor Simpson ut
hsiry cattle. aud tho use ~ the Ill"
! Illustrated los model siin which
| stands IN the fiat car. and by ,ariou'
I o 81 and dairy cattle. which are led
u"t ou tho FIAT car from the ad-
| Joining stock ears when Professor
""rva, t. through vHh the children
/ Nv tho lecture car The ladirs tsh'
I ru.., op 81 A. aud Miss Miller gives
| them lecture aud demonstration %
/ cool Ing 'rhe men tiIt'm uss- tuss. n
I exhibit rsrs. aud there b. plenty 81
| room for everyone to see. plenty 81
Tim. 20 .uk and answer questions. N
I The md ~ sixty minutes the vhiv
1 ~" b1"va thc ears arc cleared, auf
iHvHN v, e. IN one hour lecture.
| has" boon given to 800 persons th"'
/ hav" uI passed through the trJi9
aud .,.u the cXhtbits without GROW ii
1 Ing nr confusion. aud pa" number oI
quest .uus that haNc been asked au,
/ au. q, cred 's hcyoud ~ calculations
THIS ~sw. program carried out t1'
Time. dan ~ five different place
/ w.sus tu immcusc amount "f ast'
! cultural instruction delivered Whor'
n VIII do tho most good
~ the larger places. for oAaiupl'
! d. Ia, umypri. whore nearly ,""'
rc"pio passed through IN" train -
two hours. sotu" modification ~ ia
? ., stom trr necessary, and -" sy'
/ 90 'au prevent II irum beng
good DIAL ~ o. crush
N hos been encouraging 10 s"o IA
igus Of coming prosperity ~ nl"ui
tho lin, uf 'h" w psso a Southwest
'u The dry farmers trc l""rnini
what crop. they csn raise. aud "ha
tn de- with IN IN after they hU'' rel
81 thrm sud thrv are eager for "'vr
hu ct iu TRACTION that "Hu hc gil
tn ihrm There b. none ~ the know
10 ~ spirt which haa numbered -
i.uFiuu work We som" ether states
/ psrhap- nu, reason Why ia" farmer
sccm go willing To- learn rom the col
%, z, mru ia that the ooll"R' U"
wore lust as anxious Go learn lr"u
n, ftrin,tr 81 is iu truth e vat
broadening experience Tor any uiul
'in travel With the demonstration tTHu
aud f,s ur so times q dH, come iar
20 ftcr with different crowd 90
/ farmer. who, under diverse condition
are Working gt the concrete problem
les 'irmmR While IN" college ne
have reason Go believe that they h"'
given the farmer good deaf eft val
uahir Instruction. they are glad g.
iuckuovirdRc that they have loarne
lprobably quite 40 much as they ha'
taught ON The trip
] u b. only fair tu a,kuoW lvdg, ia