The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 2 (June 1, 1929.)
A Seed Car Special
A Seed Car Special
An interesting experiment in the running of a Seed Car Special Train has just been brought to a satisfactory conclusion by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. The special was organised by the railway in co-operation with the Seed Branch Department of Agriculture for Manitoba and the Manitoba Agricultural College. It was composed of seed cars, a poultry car, a baggage car—well stocked with a supply of the different seeds for sale to the farmers, who bought freely. Two cars for the display of grains, grasses, clovers and corn, were also provided, and the train had ample space for lecture purposes, being fitted with a machine for illustrating the lectures by means of pictures. A competent staff, supplied by the Department of Agriculture, accompanied the train, which visited; altogether, thirty-nine points of the Canadian Pacific Railway system.
The train (which was supplied, equipped and moved by the Canadian Pacific Railway) toured for nine weeks, and its movements were followed with keen interest by the farmers who attended the lectures and demonstrations by the experts in large numbers.
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