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.

A man with a bull in front of a building

Men leading oxen around the track in front of the grandstand.

Image of cattle grazing in a field near Wilkie, Saskatchewan.

Image of three horse-drawn carts carrying cargo across a field. There are cows grazing on rolling hills in the background.

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.

Three cows and one calf

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.

Abe Fennell in cattle pen with men standing amongst the cattle; the other names are unknown at this time.

Cattle eating out of troughs at the Melfort Research Station; there is a truck in the background that has been dumping the feed.