The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-07-17

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meeting at Iron City, M Lawrence
County, on the lines of the Louisville
& Nashville
The arrangements made by Commits
sioner Peck with the railroads of the
state mean that this train will be op-
Grated without any cost to the taxpay-
ers of the state. The roads furnish all
the equipment for the train and the
crew to operate it. The officials con-
nected with the Department Of Agri-
culture and the Departments of Health
and Education will deliver the lee
lures, and this means that there will
| be no additional cost for these, as they
are already on salary.
The railroads cooperating with the
Department Of Agriculture this year In
operating the train include every road
doing business in the state. They are:
The Nashville Chattanooga & st. Louis
Railway
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
southern Railway, and allied lines.
The Tennessee Central Railroad.
The Illinois Central Railroad.
The Mobile e. Ohio Railroad
Cincinnati, New Orleans Texas Pa
The Birmingham & Northwestern.
The Knoxville, Sevierville g. Eastern.
The Carolina, Cllnchfield & Ohio
The Tennessee, Kentucky q Northern.
No effort will be spared by the De-
partment OF Agriculture to fit out the
train to be an object lesson to the
farmers OF the state in better farming.
live stock breeding, dairying. etc, and
to show to the farmers wives and
daughters the best that there is in
! housekeeping and making the farm
home attractive Each car will be in
charge of trained lecturer, and an
abundance of literature will be on
hand for free distribution, touching on
all the subjects of interest to the farm
er and his family.
Car No will be the Farm Crops Car,
and will be in charge OF A. L. Garrison,
Chief Feed, Seed and Fertilizer Inspector,
with capable assistants II VIII contain
exhibits of forage crops grasses, grains.
fertilizers, feeds. seeds, etc.
Car No. will be the Fruits, Vegetables
and Apiary Car and will be in charge OF
State Entomologist q N Bentley and
will have exhibits of fruits, vegetables,
spraying appliances. appliances for the
apiary, and literature for free distribu-s
ton on these subjects.
Car No. will be Live Stock Car, with
Or. George r. White, state Veterinarian,
in charge This car will be fitted up in
the most modern style with the best dairy
exhibit Of animals which will be inter-
estng as well as instructive. 1t has been
planned to carry animals which have
been bred in Tennessee and owned by
private individuals located in different
sections of the state Typical animals OF
the respective types will be furnished by
the following owners
Cattle-Polled shorthorn heifer C. ].
Bullock, Cookevllle; Aberdeen Angus, not
yet selected; Hereford heifer. w. ]. Rob
inson, Lancaster; Jersey heifer, Percy Z.
Brown, Spring Hill; Holstein heifer, Sim
con Hill, Memphis; Guernsey heifer, Sim
con Hill, Memphis.
Sheep-Cheviot, H. c. Davidson, FL
bridge Dorsett, Percy c. Brown, Spring
Hill; Southdown, Percy 9. Brown, Spring
: swineABerkshire. ]. w. Russwurm,
Nashville; Hampshire, A. L. Garrison,
Crossviile; Duroc Jersey. not yet selected;
Yorkshire, Percy G., Brown, Spring Hill;
1t is hoped that the live stock exhibit, |
with the Instructive lectures delivered at |
every stop, win tend to promote interest
Car No. will be the Health Car, and |
will be under the auspices Of the State |
Board Of Health. with. Dr.. Lucius T
Brown, state Pure Food and Drugs In
spector, actively in charge 1t will con- |
tain exhibits showing the extensive work |
Of the State Board Of Health, the Anti
Tuberculosis League, the state Pure |
Food and Drugs Department In the bet |
torment Of health conditions In Tennes- |
see and the protection OF the consumer |
from adulterated and impure foods and |
short measure.
and In charge of Prof. M. w. Robinson,
Agricultural Supervisor in the High |
Schools. This car will. contain exhibits |
showing the work of the State Depart
ment Of Education IN promoting the study
of agriculture In the schools, and will |
also have exhibits from the industrial de-
partments OF the State Normal schools at |
Murfreesboror Memphis and Johnson City /
Car No 8 will be the Domestic Science /
and Dairy Car. and will be under the SUI
pervision of Miss Lucy Buttorff, trained +
lecturer on domestic science, and u u.
have exhibits showing the latest In con-
veniences for the farm home and the
dairy.
fitted with a crusher for grinding lime
stone for fertilizing purposes, and ntefa.-
ture on this subject will be distributed, /
and the operation Of the machine ex- /
planned This car will also have an en- \
CINE and dynamo to furnish power for the
crusher and light for the train, which win |
be electrically lighted throughout, enRb-
ling night stops and demonstrations.
charge s Of Mrs John RS w. Thomas Tfhis
will be outfitted to accommodate all those
accompanying the train, including the
Oy car q No. win be the Sleeping Car,
which win accommodate all those who
win be with the train throughout the en-
tire trip.