Good Old Days Oct. 13

Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. farming demonstration train is seen here during a stop in Hooper in 1910.

In 1909 and 1910, railroad companies sent farming demonstration trains on tour to promote improved agricultural practices in an effort to ensure and improve reliable freight business between farmlands and marketplaces.

Crowds greeted the trains at depots and looked at a variety of exhibits in the cars.

Professors and scientists traveled with the trains and gave agricultural lessons at each stop, according to text courtesy of Kathy Tucker from the Oregon History Project 2002 by the Orego...