Report of Dairy Commissioner. 73 



REPORT OF DAIRY COMMISSIONER. 



To the Honorable Board of Agriculture: 



Last March, through the courtesy of the 

 Burlington Railroad, a dairy and poultry special 

 was run over that road from St. Louis north 

 and west. Leaving St. Louis at 8 o'clock the 

 morning of March 5th and concluding the run 

 on March 9th, the following towns were visit- 

 ed: Winfield, Elsberry, Clarksville, Canton, 

 Palmyra, Monroe, Shelbina, Clarence, New 

 Cambria, Bucklin, Brookfield, Chillicothe, 

 Hamilton, Lathrop, Kearney, Harlem, Cameron, 

 St. Joseph, Amazonia, Savannah, Bolckow, 

 Barnard, Pickering, Hopkins, Maryville, King City, Darlington, 

 Bethany, Ridgeway and Albany. 



Through the courtesy of Dean Williams of the school of 

 journalism, certain members of the school accompanied the train 

 to write up each meeting. Previous to the running of the train, 

 the young men of the school of journalism wrote for each paper 

 in each town to be visited an account of what was expected to be 

 accomplished by the lectures, and setting forth the advantages of 

 Missouri as a dairy State. 



During the trip it was found that over one hundred columns 

 of reading matter had been printed relative to the train and its 

 personnel, and material was accumulated to be used by these 

 journalists in the future in writing up Missouri for magazines and 

 papers out of the State. The train was unaccompanied by any 

 special advertising feature other than the lectures. 



That great good was accomplished is evidenced by the fact 

 that it was estimated that at least 20,000 farmers and their wives 

 attended these lectures, filling two lecture cars at each stop, and 

 often making an overflow meeting necessary. The interest was 

 especially noticeable at Ridgeway in the northern part of the State. 

 There eighteen inches of snow covered the ground, yet not less than 

 one hundred and fifty bobsleds were in evidence about the hitching 

 racks in tov^n, and not less than 1,000 people were present at the 

 station to receive the train. Six lectures were given at this point. 



