Image from behind a demonstration flat car. "Better Farming Train" banner on top of the flat car where a man with two cows is lecturing to a crowd.

Bio/Historical Note: From 1914 to 1922 a Better Farming Train (BFT) toured the province providing lectures and demonstrations and presenting exhibits on matters pertaining to agriculture. Funded by the Agricultural Instruction Act, equipped jointly by the Department of Agriculture and the College of Agriculture, and staffed by the University of Saskatchewan, the BFTs were operated free of charge by the railways. Consisting of between 14 to 17 cars they toured the province for several weeks each summer. During part of one summer two trains operated. The train was divided into five sections: Livestock; Field Husbandry; Boys and Girls; Household Science; Poultry; and Farm Mechanics. A converted flat car acted as a platform for the display and demonstration of the "well-selected" horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. Each section usually contained a lecture car accompanied by one or more demonstration cars.

P. Hunt showing prize calf; other boys showing their calves. Building in background; winter scene at unknown location.

Three cows standing behind each other at centre. Club members in group at left, men at right. Trees in background; location unknown.

Members holding their calves in front of a grandstand. Buildings, vehicles and spectators in background; location unknown.

Instructor B.D. Owen is showing four students some finer points in Animal Husbandry in the University of Saskatchewan Livestock Pavilion.

Club members and men surrounding dairy cattle and horses at Regina, Saskatchewan; barns in background.

A crowd in front of Better Farming Train cars listening to a lecture. "Better Farming Train" banner on top of a flat car where[[A.M. Shaw] is lecturing.

Bio/Historical Note: From 1914 to 1922 a Better Farming Train (BFT) toured the province providing lectures and demonstrations and presenting exhibits on matters pertaining to agriculture. Funded by the Agricultural Instruction Act, equipped jointly by the Department of Agriculture and the College of Agriculture, and staffed by the University of Saskatchewan, the BFTs were operated free of charge by the railways. Consisting of between 14 to 17 cars they toured the province for several weeks each summer. During part of one summer two trains operated. The train was divided into five sections: Livestock; Field Husbandry; Boys and Girls; Household Science; Poultry; and Farm Mechanics. A converted flat car acted as a platform for the display and demonstration of the "well-selected" horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. Each section usually contained a lecture car accompanied by one or more demonstration cars.

Mr. Ronse is identified as freighting for construction camps on the Goose Lake line. An ox team pulls a load of hay. It appears that J.F. Gibbings of Kindersley, Saskatchewan first owned this photograph. Annotation reads "The Kindersley Limited."

Crowd watching a demonstration at the Livestock Car in foreground; grain elevators in background.

Bio/Historical Note: From 1914 to 1922 a Better Farming Train (BFT) toured the province providing lectures and demonstrations and presenting exhibits on matters pertaining to agriculture. Funded by the Agricultural Instruction Act, equipped jointly by the Department of Agriculture and the College of Agriculture, and staffed by the University of Saskatchewan, the BFTs were operated free of charge by the railways. Consisting of between 14 to 17 cars they toured the province for several weeks each summer. During part of one summer two trains operated. The train was divided into five sections: Livestock; Field Husbandry; Boys and Girls; Household Science; Poultry; and Farm Mechanics. A converted flat car acted as a platform for the display and demonstration of the "well-selected" horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. Each section usually contained a lecture car accompanied by one or more demonstration cars.

Judging of cattle before an audience in the University of Saskatchewan Livestock Pavilion (Animal Husbandry Department); view is facing the audience.

Semi-circle of people sitting in yard in front of one cow and two men at Regina, Saskatchewan; buildings in background.

Club members and men sitting in stands, while cattle being led in front at Yorkton, Saskatchewan; trees in background.