Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1919 — ARKANSANS TOURING INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

ARKANSANS TOURING INDIANA.

Lafayette, Ind., June 12.—Governor C. H. Brough, of Arkansas, and a party of sixty prominent bankers, stockiren, planters, editors and others from that state, visited Purdue university today to obtain the latest information and ideas possible on Indiana agriculture which they hope to carry back home. Indiana was chosen for the visit because it is recognized as one of the leading agricultural states. 'The party arrived here from Chicago after inspecting the stock yards and packing plants and started immediately after breakfast on a tour of the university. The methods which htve made Purdue the leading institution in the country, especially in livestock work, were explained. The crop improvement work was gone over in detail and the men were shown how certain experiments over a period of years had revealed the best methods of * fertilization, seed bed preparation, etc. They then visited the poultry and dairy farms and other things -of interest about the university, inspecting buildings and livestock. Methods employed in conveying information gained by experimental work to the farmers of the state were explained by men in the extension department, which is so organized that it reaches to every township in the state. They also were taken to several large pure-bred stock farms in the vicinity of this city. The Arkansans were guests of the Lafayette Rotary club at luncheon and left immediately afterward for Crawfordsville to make a tour of Montgomery county, as guests of the Montgomery County Farmers’ association and the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce. The party will go from Indiana to Illinois and Missouri and thpnce home.