. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. 414 Missouri Agriciilhiral Fcport. shown the oiitcDiiic (>r similar effort, and have placi'.l in tlu'ir liaiuls the material with which to work it. It is l()<iical. It is likely. On January 23 and 24 a special agricultural ti-ain was run over the Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield road; February 21 to 25, inclusive, one over the Frisco's Missouri tracks; March 7 to 11, another over that part of the Burlington in Northwest Missouri; March 21, 22 and 23, an- other tr
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. 414 Missouri Agriciilhiral Fcport. shown the oiitcDiiic (>r similar effort, and have placi'.l in tlu'ir liaiuls the material with which to work it. It is l()<iical. It is likely. On January 23 and 24 a special agricultural ti-ain was run over the Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield road; February 21 to 25, inclusive, one over the Frisco's Missouri tracks; March 7 to 11, another over that part of the Burlington in Northwest Missouri; March 21, 22 and 23, an- other traversing the Wabash system in the A Motor Train—"State Dairy, Poultry and Good Roads ; It is doubtful if any other trains in any other state have ever ap- proached these in eoml)ined interest, enthusiasm, attendance and good accomplished. These splendidly equipped trains, furnished free by the railroad companies, but at an operating cost totaling thousands of dol- lars, represent the development and growth of a Missouri idea. A number of years ago when John T. Stinson, now Secretary of the Missouri State Fair, was connected with the Fruit Experiment Station at Mountain Grove, he conceived the idea of fitting up a box car as a labora- tory whereby orchard owners might be given lessons in the mixture and use of sprays, and in which spraying apparatus might be transported. The Frisco railroad was quick to co-operate to the extent of putting the plan into practice—and crude as was the beginning, it marked the birth of the demonstration car idea in Missouri. The agricultural trains, such as have recently been run, represent the gratifying growth of an idea of proven worth and one pregnant with. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Missouri. State Board of Agriculture. Jeff
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