 The following is a production of New Mexico State University. Getting information out in the early years of New Mexico State University was vastly different than the high-tech approach of today, and sometimes unusual methods were used. The Cooperative Extension Service, now part of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics, introduced the demonstration train in the early 1900s. The train traveled New Mexico statewide, stopping at towns large and small to give lectures and demonstrations on new farm crops, horticulture, and animal husbandry. Some tours lasted eight days, sported a staff of ten instructors who would speak to more than 13,000 people by trip's end. Others carried electric generators so that films could be shown in towns where no electricity existed. Demonstration trains continued throughout the 1920s on the Santa Fe Railroad, with the service finally ending in 1930. For the early years, I'm Carla Aragon. This was a centennial minute from New Mexico State University. The preceding was a production of New Mexico State University. The views and opinions in this program are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of the NMSU Board of Regents.