Better Farming Train (New South Wales)
Better Farming Train may refer to: *Better Farming Train (Saskatchewan) which toured Saskatchewan, Canada between 1914 and 1922 * Better Farming Train (New South Wales) which toured New South Wales, Australia between 1927 and 1929 *Better Farming Train (Victoria) The Better Farming Train was an agricultural demonstration train which toured Victoria, Australia in the 1920s and 1930s to promote better farming practices. It was the first of two agricultural demonstration trains to run in Australia. Backgro ...

Better Farming Train (Saskatchewan)
The Better Farming Train was an agriculture demonstration train which toured Saskatchewan, Canada, between 1914 and 1922. Background The idea of special trains to promote better agricultural practices was developed in Canada in the early years of the 20th century. In 1904, special trains brought farmers to the Dominion Experimental Farm in Indian Head to demonstrate farming techniques. In 1906, a Special Seed Train ran throughout the Canadian Prairies to advertise the Seed Act and warn of the dangers of weeds. In 1913, the Government of Canada passed the Agricultural Instruction Act "to assist the provinces by grants of money to carry on educational and instructional work for the benefit and encouragement of agriculture". Two trains called "Better Farming Specials" operated in Manitoba in 1913, demonstrating farm equipment, live stock and home economics. A more substantial "Better Farming Train" was devised by William Motherwell of the Saskatchewan Department of Agricul ...
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Better Farming Train (New South Wales)
Better Farming Train may refer to: *Better Farming Train (Saskatchewan) which toured Saskatchewan, Canada between 1914 and 1922 * Better Farming Train (New South Wales) which toured New South Wales, Australia between 1927 and 1929 *Better Farming Train (Victoria) The Better Farming Train was an agricultural demonstration train which toured Victoria, Australia in the 1920s and 1930s to promote better farming practices. It was the first of two agricultural demonstration trains to run in Australia. Backgro ...