TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE 249 



AGRICUIvTURAI, SPBCIAI, TRAIN. 



Special Will Leave Nashville, Wednesday, July 15 — Tour Will End on 

 Tuesday, September 15. 



The great good accomplished by the Agricultural Demonstration 

 trains operated by the Department of Agriculture in 191 1 and 1912, 

 and the numerous requests from all sections of the State for the run- 

 ning of another Agricultural Special this year, have induced the De- 

 partment of Agriculture to again undertake this enterprise for the 

 summer of 19 14. 



More than 250 points on the railroad lines of Tennessee were made 

 by the train run in 191 2, which traveled more than 6,000 miles and 

 was seen by more than 200,000 people, principally farmers and their 

 families. The train carried exhibits and demonstrations helpful to 

 every phase of rural life, and its good effects are still felt and will con- 

 tinue to be felt throughout the State for many years to come. 



To continue the work begun in this direction by the present admin- 

 istration of ,the Department of Agriculture, Commissioner T. F. Peck- 

 has, through the liberality and pro'gressive policies of the railroads 

 operating in Tennessee, made arrangements to send out a train this 

 year more thoroughly equipped to carry the gospel of scientific farm- 

 ing into every county in the State having railroad mileage. 



The 1914' train will be composed of nine cars and engine, and each 

 car will be fitted up to make a complete exhibit in itself. Assisting the 

 Department of Agriculture this year will be the State Departments of 

 Health and Education. 



The Special will leave Nashville at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 15, 

 over the Tennessee Central Railroad, going first to Ashland City, and 

 making two other stops, Doddsville and Spaulding, on that day, and 

 will return to Nashville that night, leaving again the next morning, 

 going east. While on the lines of the Tennessee Central, the train 

 will be accompanied by Rutledge Smith, Superintendent of that road, 

 and will be accompanied by representatives of the various roads while 

 on their lines. The tour of the Agricultural Special will end on Tues- 

 day, September 15, the last stop being a night meeting at Iron City, 

 in Lawrence County, on the lines of the Louisville & Nashville. 



The arrangements made by Commissioner Peck with the railroads 

 of the State mean that this train will be operated without any cost to 

 the taxpayers of the State. The roads furnish all the equipment for 

 the train and the crew to operate it. The officials connected with the 

 Department of Agriculture and the Departments of Health and Educa- 



