Demonstration on the Better Farming Train. Cars and trucks parked beside train station in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan.

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.

Bird's eye view of Stanley Park and South Railway Street. Looking southwest from the CPR station.

A view of part of the Gardens around the Canadian National train station in Biggar, Saskatchewan

A view of part of the Gardens around the Canadian National train station in Biggar, Saskatchewan

A view of part of the Gardens around the Canadian National train Station in Biggar, Saskatchewan

A view of the Canadian National Railway station and grounds in Biggar, Saskatchewan

An exterior view of the Canadian National Railway (CNR) station in Biggar, Saskatchewan.

An exterior view of the Canadian National Railway (CNR) station in Biggar, Saskatchewan.

An exterior view of the Canadian National Railway (CNR) station in Biggar, Saskatchewan.

Exterior view of the second Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Station in Moose Jaw, with [Union Jacks] hanging on first and second floors.

An exterior view of the Canadian National Railway (CNR) station in Biggar, Saskatchewan.

A view of the railway in Rosetown with the town in the background.

Melfort Canadian National Railway (CNR) train station at the left with grain elevators to the right. Photograph taken from the south end of Main Street looking east.

Canadian National Railway (CNR) depot in Melfort, Saskatchewan looking west.