Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-06
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Godfrey Morgan Will Take An Excursion of Western Ken
lucky Farmers To Central Kentucky, Leaving Hopkins
vile at $50 P. M, June 6th

Godfrey Morgan is preparing to
pull off another of his famous farm
ers' excursions, this time of Western
farmers to the Bluegrass section.
The following letter gives the details:
Eastern State Normal School.
Richmond, KY, May 1, 1916.
To all Agents in Kentucky:
All preliminary arrangements have
been made for the visit of the West
ern Kentucky County Agents and
their farmers to Eastern Kentucky.
The train will make up at Hopkins
vile on Tuesday, June 9th, leaving
that point about $50 p. m. All
agents in the extreme Western part of
the State should arrange to be at Hop
kinsville with their party in time to
leave on the train.
Other agents in Western Kentucky
will meet the train at Guthrie, Rus
sellville, Bowling Green, Glasgow
Junctionor any other point that is
most convenient to them.
The train will arrive at Louisville
early on the morning of Wednesday,
June 7th, and will leave about 500 a.
m, arriving at Lexington about $50
a. m.
Wednesday, June 18th, will be spent
in Fayette county visiting the Expert
ment Station and some of the best
farms Of that section.
All agents in Eastern Kentucky
should arrive at Lexington with par
ties on the morning of Wednesday,
June 7th.
Thursday, June 9Th, will be spent in
Pendleton county, studying dairy and
soil problems.
Friday, June 9th, will be spent in
jefferson county. The train will
leave Louisville about midnight,
June 9th, in two sections; one half ar
irving at Hopkinsville about 1000 a.
M, and the other half at Lexington
early in the morning.
Low round trip rates will be made
from all points in Kentucky to points
of contact with the Farmers Train"
and we have the promise of still lower
rates for the round trip on the Farm
ers' Train.
The train will be made up OF all
steel Pullmans and the party will
sleep on the train at night.
The expenses of all County Agents
will be paid but the farmers will have
to pay their own expenses.
No actual limit will be set upon the
size of the parties from each county,
but all counties, except Warren and
Christian, will be expected to hold
their party down to reasonable size.
AS this is limited train, all names
and addresses of those who will be
on the trip must be in this Office not
later than May Goth and some ar
engagements should be made for ev-
cry man who expects to be on the
trip to make a deposit with his local
ruilroad agent so as to insure his
presence.
II is understood, of course, that
this trip is for the purpose OF promot-
ing better agricultural methods in the
State of Kentucky, so every farmer
on the train will be expected to make
talk at his farmers Club, on his re-
turn, telling of the things he learned
and will also be expected to write a
full account of his trip for publication
in his local papers.
Governor A. o. Stanley and Mr..
Bradford Knapp have signified their
intention of being on the Farmers
Train"
File this letter for future reference
and write in to this Office promptly if
there is anything you do not under
stand. Yours very truly,
GEOFFREY MORGAN,
State Ageili.
Farmers Cooperative Demonstration
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