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The Opportunity News, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe special train newspaper

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The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad ran special trains to encourage farmer along it routes. This is 2 page newspaper that was distributed in Kansas in 1925. The content contains information about improving wheat farming, dealing with the Hessian Fly, etc. J. F. Jarrell, A, T, & S F promotions, gives the company's reasons for running the trains on page 2. He wrote that the lectures and demonstrations that accompany the train provide the farmers with the lastest information on how to improve their yields. Another article on page 2 is by J. C. Mohler, secretary of the Kansas Board of Agriculture. Mohler states that Kansas is tops in wheat production but that farmers need to continue to update their practices to improve quality and quantity. There is a picture of Vada Watson, the Kansas Wheat Girl, on page 1.

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