76 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
equipping exhibit cars with agricultural products and send- 
ing them over the line. (These cars usually spend a day and 
evening in each town, giving chart talks in the day time and 
lantern-slide or moving-picture shows at night.) The work 
also includes: defraying expenses of lecturers to farmers’ in- 
stitutes and other meetings; preparing and printing agricul- 
tural bulletins of information and distributing them among 
farmers, either through the mails or from agricultural trains ; 
providing special rates and free transportation to farmers’ in- 
stitute workers, especially federal and state employes; fur- 
nishing pure-bred stock to farmers for breedin g purposes; col- 
lecting data and furnishing reports on the condition of crops 
along the line, this information being also given to the traffic 
department, so that they can make arrangements for hasty 
handling, and proper refrigeration of perishables, also for ex- 
tra telegraph service during a rush season, ete. ; getting in 
touch with produce commission men in the cities with a view 
to assisting the growers and shippers in proper and profitable 
marketing; furnishing daily, through the local agents, tele- 
graphic reports to shippers respecting market conditions; in- 
forming farmers as to the customs and requirements of the 
various markets; organizing poultry, dairy, horticultural, and 
truck-growing associations; aiding in securing a supply of 
agricultural labor and transporting it at a reduced rate; fur- 
nishing free, good seed, fertilizers, ete., and providing inocu- 
lation material for use in growing legumes. 
This, in brief, gives an idea of the possibilities of railroad 
agriculture, and of some of the problems being worked out 
by the railroads for the benefit of people living along the 
ine. 
J. HOLLISTER TULL, 
Agriculturist, Kansas City Southern Railway. 
NOTICE 
There are a number who have registered as Garden pupils 
since 1890 who are not members of the Alumni Association, 
and whom we would like very much to have join. In some 
instances we have been unable to locate them, and would be 
glad if anyone knowing their whereabouts would advise the 
secretary, or if the members who are best acquainted would 
lend a helping hand to awaken their interest. 
Name Year Last Address 
Chilton, John A....... 1911....36 Paris Road, Louisiana, Mo. 
Culling, bows = 222, 1912.... Webster Groves, Mo. 
Dunford, J; W.... 2.5: 1890....Sioux City, Ia. 
Field, Ernest P........ 1898....Kansas City, Mo. 
Kawase, Harutaro ....1893... -Sapporo, Japan. 
