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This is the itinerary for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad farm demonstration train on dairy, swine, and poultry. The list includes descriptions of railroad cars and equipment, program for each stop, purebred sire exchange, and the division of costs between the Kansas Agricultural College of Manhattan, Riley County, and the Santa Fe Railroad. Demonstration trains such as this one represent an alliance between railroad companies, agricultural scientists, and manufacturers to promote settlement, improve farm management, and market commercial farm products. The railroad's Agricultural Development and Publicity Office managed the trains.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: March 13, 1922
Item Number: 209098
Call Number: AT&SF Coll. 789, Box 402 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209098
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices
Agriculture - Education - Colleges and universities - Kansas State University - Research and Extension
Collections - Manuscript - AT&SF
Date - 1920s - 1922
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Agenda
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Itinerary
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Transportation - Railroads - Agricultural development
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Special & excursion trains
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Business records
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