Image of exterior of the livestock car of the Better Farming Train with hogs and sheep in pens.

A group of predominantly women seated and watching a lantern slide presentation in the tree planting car. Staff are identified as T.R. Stevenson and John Mitchell. Photo taken from front of car.

"Young children were taken care of here while their parents attend the lectures." Staff and children in the nursery car of the Better Farming Train.

Lawrence E. Kirk (background) and G. Murray, staff members, standing behind a display of grains with posters.

Children sit on benches and look at two illustrations of local birds. Staff member [Harry Saville] at projector inside the Boys' and Girls' lantern car. View from back of car looking towards screen.

"Young children were taken care of here while their parents attend the lectures." Lucy Murray, Miss J. Gillespie, Mrs. Fife, and Mrs. Elva Currie, staff members, with children in the nursery car of the Better Farming Train.

Harry Saville, staff member, and Fred Bradshaw, staff member and chief game guardian of Saskatchewan, at screen and projector, with children seated in the Boys' and Girls' lantern car.

"Young children were taken care of here while their parents attend the lectures." Staff and children in the nursery car of the Better Farming Train; children's sandbox at left.

"Young children were taken care of here while their parents attend the lectures." Miss J. Gillespie, staff member in charge, takes a break alone in the nursery car of the Better Farming Train.

A display of farm equipment and posters on the farm machinery car of the Better Farming Train.

A display of farm equipment on the farm machinery car of the Better Farming Train.

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.

"Young children were taken care of here while their parents attend the lectures." Staff and children in the nursery car of the Better Farming Train.

"Young children were taken care of here while their parents attend the lectures." Staff and children in the nursery car of the Better Farming Train.

A display of farm equipment on the farm machinery car of the Better Farming Train.

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.

Interior of lecture car for crop production on the Better Farming Train. Various grain strands attached to wall.

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.