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Texas Farm Boys on 5,000 Mile Tour Enthrall Midwest
Fort Worth Star Telegram reporter recounts 115 Texas farm boys and 45 chaperones touring 18 states aboard an all-Pullman special. The group experiences hospitality, dairy and stock demonstrations at the Nebraska Agricultural College, and visits to Kansas and Iowa institutions, highlighting Brigs and Williamson praises, with Lincoln reception and Ames acclaim. The journey emphasizes regional ties, dairy breeding lessons, and spirited Keener teamwork as the train progresses toward Des Moines.
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Max Bentley
Des Moines
Iowa
Texas Farm Boys
Extension Department of
A.& M. College
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas
College Station
Middle West
Great Middle West
Upper Middle West
America
Great Central Basin
Kansas
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Agricultural College
State Farm
Nebraska Extension
State Dairy
J. H. Frandsen
Frandsen
Sweden
Jersey
Guernsey
Ayreshire
la Verna
State College
Walter Briegs
Ite
H. H. Williamson
Flayton
Hamilton
Te Lee
Lampasas
Williamson
Mr. Eckhardt
DeWitt County
Hampton and Lee
Ames
Iowa Agricultural College
All Agricultural de
Patriot Auto
Cook
E. T. Meredith
Meredith
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Peteet
Progressive Farmer, Farm and Ranch
Belo Publications
The
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
San Antonio Express
Houston Chronicle
Fort Worth
Texas & Pacific
Rock Island
Wichita
Kan
Oklahoma
Manhattan
Kansas Agricultural College
Agricultural College
Forestry Department
F. G. Pernoud
Red Cross
Southwestern
St. Louis
College
Jene Cleghorn
Pernoud