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furnisli power for the crusher and light for the train, which will be electri- 

 cally lighted throughout, enabling night stops and demonstrations. 



Car No. 8 will be the Dining Car, in charge of Mrs. John W. Thomas. 

 This will be outfitted to accommodate all those accompanying the train, 

 including the operating crews. 



Car No. 9 will be the Sleeping Car, which will accommodate all those 

 who will be with the train throughout the entire trip. 



Farm bulletins, agricultural papers, and other literature will be 

 distributed at every stop of the train. These will cover all subjects of 

 interest to the farmer and his family, and there will be an abundant 

 supply. 



TAKES PLACE OF INSTITUTE. 



The Agricultural Special will take the place of county institutes in 

 the counties it is enabled to reach, and it is expected to be more ben- 

 eficial and effective, because the train and its exhibits will be seen by a 

 much larger number of people in the rural communities than could 

 possibly be gotten to attend the institutes. County institute work has 

 been and is being conducted in those counties not reached by railroads. 



The train is to be operated at a time when the farmer and his 

 family have the most leisure, and it is hoped by the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture that every one who is convenient to the scheduled stops 

 will attend. They will see on the train what many of them would not 

 have an opportunity to see otherwise. They will see the finest types 

 of beef and dairy cattle, the best breeds of sheep and hogs, and the 

 best poultry, and hear the very best lectures on these subjects. They 

 will learn about the silo — how to build it and how to fill it and feed 

 ensilage. They will learn about agricultural lime for sweetening their 

 soils, and how to grow clover, and all about winter cover crops. 



They will be enabled to see the most practical in dairy equipment; 

 about the care of the orchard, spraying and pruning trees, and about 

 marketing fruits and vegetables; about the honeybee — ^how to keep 

 it with pleasure and profit ; about the work that is being done by the 

 State Department of Agriculture to eradicate hog cholera from the 

 State, and see demonstrations of the use of cholera serum and the 

 virus in the simultaneous treatment for this scourge, and will be in- 

 structed in the use of this serum and virus, which will render their 

 swine absolutely immune from this deadly disease. 



Visitors to the train will be shown the progress that has been made 

 for rural education in the State, and will be told the benefits and ad- 

 vantages of rural community cooperation. They can learn how to pre- 

 vent disease by using preventive measures. The farmers' wives and 

 daughters may learn about domestic science and home economics, and 



