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tion will deliver the lectures, and this means that there will be no addi- 

 tional 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 & Ohio Railroad. 



Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway. 



The Birmingham & Northwestern. 



The Knoxville, Sevierville & Eastern. 



The Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio. 



The Tennessee, Kentucky & Northern. 



No effort will be spared by the Department 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 a trained 

 lecturer, and an abundance of literature will be on hand for free dis- 

 tribution, touching on all the subjects of interest to the farmer and 

 his family. 



Car No. 1 will be the Farm Crops Car, and will be in charge of A. L. 

 Garrison, Chief Feed, Seed and Fertilizer Inspector, with capable assistants. 

 It will contain exhibits of forage crops, grasses, grains, fertilizers, feeds, 

 seeds, etc. 



Car No. 2 will be the Fruits, Vegetables and Apiary Car, and will be in 

 charge of State Entomologist G. M. Bentley and State Apiary Inspector 

 J. S. Ward. It will have exhibits of fruits, vegetables, spraying appliances 

 for the apiary, and literature for free distriljution on these subjects. 



Car No. 3 will be Live Stock Car, with Dr. George R. White, State Veter- 

 inarian, in charge. This car will be fitted up in the most modern style with 

 the best dairy and barn equipment. It will carry an exhibit of animals 

 which will be interesting as well as instructive. It 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. J. Bullock, Cookeville; Aberdeen 

 Angus, not yet selected; Hereford heifer, W. J. Robinson, Lancaster; Jersey 

 heifer, iPercy C. Brown, iSpring Hill; Holsteln heifer, Simeon Hill, Memphis; 

 Guernsey heifer, Simeon Hill, Memphis. 



Sheep^Cheviot, H. C. Davidson, Blbridge; Dorsett, Percy C. Brown', 

 Spring Hill ; Southdown, Percy C. Brown, Spriiig Hill. ' 



Swine— Berkshire, J. W. Russwurm, Nashville; tlampsiiire, A. L. Garri- 



