Winkona Frank (Shaw), Miss M. Rutherford, and a unidentified woman inside the Household Science Car of the Better Farming Train.

Bio/Historical Note: Hired by President Walter Murray in 1911 as the University of Saskatchewan’s first dietician, Winkona Wheelock Frank set up the first dining room for students and faculty and was in charge of food service and university functions. She also gave demonstrations and instruction on the Extension Department’s Better Farming Train. Frank lived on campus with her mother, Mrs. Frederick Frank, in a suite just to the left of the main entrance to Qu’Appelle Hall. In 1918 she married A.M. Shaw, Professor of Agriculture and ended her employment at the U of S. She did, however, return to live on campus in 1927 when her husband was appointed Dean of Agriculture and took up residence in what is now the Faculty Club. As wife of the dean, she hosted numerous receptions and dances. In 1937 the family moved to Ottawa, where Winkona Shaw died in 1948. Dean Shaw died in 1974.

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.