S. Hannon giving instruction on electricity and demonstrating to students inside a machine shop.

A train engineer leans out of locomotive No. 2083 of the Better Farming Train. Four sets of railway tracks in foreground.

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.

The Saskatchewan Bulletin, June 1962; "M. J. Serienko, Driver Education Director, gives City Park Collegiate student Janet Paul a parking pointer. Mr. Serienko says the technical aspects of driver education are secondary to developing a mature sense of responsibility."

Fleet of cars used for Drivers Education High School Program in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Students gathered around instructor among large machinery.