The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-16
DoNALDsoNvILLE, La, SATURDAY, MARCH l6, 1912
STATE TRAIN ON ITS WAY,
Demonstration Special, Composed of
Ten Cars, Begins sixty-Day Tour
of Louisiana--Marks New Era in
Agricultural Economies.


of Louisiana-Marks New Era i,
| Agricultural Economies.
The Louisiana state demonstration
train left Baton Rouge Monday
March 4, over the Baton Rouge
Hammond and Eastern Railway. an6
during it's sixtyday tour will visit
practically every portion of the state
or at least wherever railroads are
operated. The train consists of a
baggage car loaled by the Southern
Pacific Railroad, coach loanea by
the New ORLEANS Great Northern
Railroad, a coach loaned by the Rock
Island Railroad, a stock car loaned
| by the Frisco Railroad. a flat car
loaned by the illinois Central Rail-
road, a flat car=loaned by the Kan
sas City Southern Railroad, a flat
car loaned by t1e J. L. Case Ma
chlnery CompanT, and a sleeper
loaned by the State Board of Health.
In the Great Eerthern car is the
exhibit Of the bo7s' corn clubs, which
has been shown in Chicago and else
where; the exhibit of the State De-
partment of Education; and the ex-
hlbit of the louisiana State Live
Stock Sanitary Dard.
In the Rock Hand car is the ex-
hibit of the agricultural experiment
stations.
The stock car5contains cattle and
hogs, and the sWeral. flat cars CON
tain the exhibits of farm machinery.
These are coyerd over and protect
ed from the ran, and are electric
lighted Throughout, the train having
its own power and electric plant.
One of the features OF the stops will
be the presentation Of moving pic
lures on instructive subjects at no
cost to those Witnessing the exhibit
tions.
The train is the most modern ever
sent out by the agricultural and other
authorities interested in. the de-
monstration, andWill do more toward
advertising Louisiana to Louisianians
than any other gency.
The corn EXHIBIT is the one that
made Louisiana famous throughout
the north and vest at the Chicago
Land Show, and was for some time
exhibited in the Union Depot at
that place by tie Illinois Central
Railroad. Il has Travelled all over
the country and served to call
tllalle ana
corn growers of sae country.
The Live Stock Sanitary Board
shows a complete exhibit of all that
pertains to the prevention of hog
cholera and the general health of
for domestic purposes in
this state. Special attention is given
to tick eradication ap}urtenances.
The car containing the general ex-
hlbit of the experiment stations |
shows practically all that is worth |
seeing in the line of Louisiana agri- |
culture.
The stock car is filled with fine |
cattle, and the poultry and hog ex-
hlbit is one of the best ever as
sembled.
The farm machinery shown is all
susceptible to operation on the cars
or purposes of demonstration, and
includes every known device for the
essening of labor on the farm and
n the home. The mechanical dis
olay is especially worthy of the at
ention of the public visiting the
rain
At every stop there will be can
ling demonstration. Sweet potatoes
md other vegetables will be cooked
md canned in the presence of the
roWds, with a view to showing how
asy it is to save the vegetables and
ruits that go to waste in the gardens
ach year.
The running of this demonstration
rain is the result Of many months of
york on the part of the Louisiana
'tate University and the state ex-
stations, in cooperation
yith the railroads, and is expected
0 mark a new era in Louisiana ag-
icultural economics, The railroads |:
urnish the cars, and each line over
yhich the train is operated will sup
" the motive power. The Uniyer-
ity furnishes the exhibits and will
AXE care of them during the tour, I