Evening star., 1913-11-28
LECTURES FOR BENEFIT
OF MARYLAND FARMERS
Train With Special Exhibits to Pass
Through Section of State.
Starting Monday.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
HYATTSyILLE. Nd. November 2S, 1913.
To encourage the important agencies OF
production and distribution in the State
of MaryIand-the farmer, the Agricul-
tural College, the Farmers Institute and
the railroad companies-to get together in
an effort to increase the revenues OF the
farms in the state. to improve home COM
forts, and as a result improve conditions
generally, an educational special train has
been placed at the disposal of the Mary
land Agricultural College and the Farm
ers' Institute. These institutions will CO.
operate In providing lectures and demon
strations on agricultural subjects and
home comforts of special interest to the
farmers of this state This train will
start at Providence Mills at $50 O'Clock
next Monday morning over the Baltimore
vile at 5:45 o'clock Saturday evening,
December 6.
Lectures at Each Station.
Two coaches will be used and six lee
lures will be delivered during the stop Of
two hours at each station. A car with
fine, high dairy animals. equipped as
a model barn, viii be used for practical
observations. Farmers have been asked
to bring written questions on any sub
ject, the answer to which will have g.
bearing upon some problem upon his
farm AS the train must run on schedule
time the people are requested by those In
charge of the train to be promptly on
time and take seats in the coaches as
soon as the train stops.
The subjects to be discussed in the
dairy car are as follows: Breeds and
Breeding" Cow Testing Associations"
'Ihorp MIX Raffpr RrapdinQr'. "S0mG
Common Cow Diseases" "Grass and Al
falfa," ''Legumes and Soiling Crops"
The following subjects will be dis
csssed In the women's car: Domestic
Silence" Home Economics" "Practi-
cal Demonstrations and the Economical
Use Of Some Home Labor-saving APP
psiances," Practical Poultry on the
Farm, Home Garden Fruits"
Animals on Exhibition.
aaimals will be exhibited: One Guern-
ssy bull and COW. one Ayrshire bull and
caw and one Jersey COW. There will
for the stable.
The lecturers who will be in charge
are: DR.. H. ]. Patterson. president of
the Maryland Agricultural College; DR..
Richard S. Hill. director of the Farm
Maryland Agricultural College, Guy L.
Walcott of the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture, DR.. James X.
Mahaffy Of Wilmington, Del; L. l. Os-
wald Of Chewsville. Md. and Miss Mary
A. Burnite Of Denton. Md.
The schedule of the train, as given out
by the Maryland Agricultural College. Is
az follows: Monday. December l, Provi-
dence Mills, $50 am. to 1920 am. Bel
vedere. IL am. to 1:3O pm; Aberdeen,
pm. to $3.50 pm; Joppa, 3:4o pm. to 5:oo
Tuesday, December 2, Jessup, . am. to
II am; Laurel, 11:15 am. to 1:1o p.n.;
MuirIirE. /: % pm. to 1925 pm; Branch
vile, 3:.5 pm. to 5:4o pm. Wednesday.
December 3 Gaithersburg. am. to IL
am; Boyds, 11:15 am. to 1:l5 pm;
Dickerson, 1870 pm. to 3:25 pm. Adams
town, 3:55 pm. to 5:45 pm. Thursday,
December 4. Gapland. am. to IL a.rn.;
Rohrersville, 11:15 am. to 1:1o pm; !;
Keedysville. 1875 pm. to 1928 pm;
December 8. Swanton. 8 am. to IL am; !;
Deer Park Village. II m. to pm: Oak
land. 2:3O pm. to 8 pm. Saturday. De-
cesnber 6, Monrovia, am. to IL AM. !;
Woodbine, 1:30 pm. to 2:25 pm, and
Sykesville, pm. to 5:4o pm.
Midwinter Courses at College.
Tie Maryland Agricultural College has
arnpunced the dates for the regular mid
winter short courses to be held at that
Institution. They are: Seeds and Fer
tlizers," January 5-10: Farm Crops"
January 1911; Domestic Science" Janu-
airy. 12-17: Poultry Husbandry," January
1-c4; horticulture" January 26-Febru-
aty. Z; Animal Husbandry," February
9s2$; Farm Machinery and Farm En-