Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
Special Poultry Exhibit Train to
Visit Southeast Missouri.

A poultry crusade is about to
be inaugurated in Missouri by one
of the large railroad companies in
corporation with the Missouri
State Board Of Agriculture, which
is expected to greatly increase the
poultry products of the State. The
plan involves the use of poultry
train, filled with exhibition coops
for the display of the finest speci-
mems of the various standard
breeds produced By Missouri
poultrymen; in addition, a COM
plete display of every appliance
will be made, including poultry
feeds, incubators, brooders, bone
cutters, etc., used by growers of
poultry. Experts will be present
to explain their uses
The State Board of Agriculture
will furnish trained experts to
lecture on topics relating to poul-
try culture in all it's phases. The
territory in Southeast Missouri will
be covered on the first trip. The
mornings will be devoted to show
ing the farmers the specimens of
we'll bred poultry on exhibit and
in explaining the various appli-
ances used in extensive poultry
culture, while the afternoons will
be taken up in lectures by poultry
experts. The lectures will be
given in halls in the various places
visited, as the cars will be too
crowded with exhibits to accom-
modate the audiences.
This is the first time that a
poultry train has been used by
any railroad, although the seed
specials used in Iowa, Illinois,
Missouri and other western States
have proven immensely popular.
The slogan of the projectors OF
the idea is "Breed two hens of o
standard breed where one mongrel
now roams, and reduce to the class
of capons all cockerels not needed
in the economy of poultrydom."
1t is their conviction that an
enormous increase in egg produce
ton will result with the proposed
improvement in breeds, even with
the present number of fowls, but
the interest to be aroused in stand
ard poultry is expected to result
also in an enormous increase in
the number of fowls maintained
on each farm. The advantage of
using the standard breeds raised
in Missouri is to demonstrate to the
farmer on his own soil what has
been accomplished by others, and
to show him the difference in value
between the we'll bred fowl and the
common breeds that he has been
satisfied to produce with probably
Indifferent results.
The industrial department of the
Missouri Pacific system in planning
the poultry crusade, and in secur-
ing the corporation of the State
Board of Agriculture, is convinced
of the value Of this plan for the
education Of the poultry farmer.
A complete file of all leading
poultry and agricultural papers in
the country will be part of the
The itinerary of the train, which
will close the first trip at Bismarck
in time to be present at the Dis
trict State Dairy Convention, to be
held there October 10th and Goth,
is as follows: De Soto, October
9Th; Potosi, October 9th; Ironton-
Arcadia, October 10th; Piedmont,
October 18th; Doniphan, October
18th; Dexter, October 18th; Skies
ton, October 18th; jackson, Oc-
tober 10th; Lutesville, October
18th; Fredericktown, October 18th;
Pennington, October 10Th; Bis
October Goth.
Each community to be visited
will be invited to arrange for a.
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