The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-30
APRIL 15 THE DAY.
Demonstration Train to Visit Donald.
sonviIle the Third Monday in
April-some OF the Interesting
Exhibits and features of the
Novel Educational Enterprise.

Aprii-Some OF the Interesting
Exhibits and Features of the
Novel Educational Enterprise.
The state demonstration train now
touring Louisiana S scheduled to
visit Donaldsonville Monday, April Is
and much interest in its coming is be-
ing manifested by the farmers, stock
raisers, school children and citizens
Of this section. Pans are being
formulated to extend the train a cor
dial reception, and if the weather is
favorable it will undoubtedly be
visited by very large crowd during
its stay here.
Following is a brief outline of some
of the many interesting exhibits and
features of the great educational en-
terprise:
Steam and Electricity.
A steam engine mounted on a fiat
lear furnishes 1ne motive power for
| driving the corn gnnder, hay cutter
and feed mixer that form a part of
the demonstration material of the
train. The engine is coupled to
dynamo for generating electricity as
a source Of light for illustrating night
| lectures. Wherever the train stops
| overnight, brief lectures are given,
illustrated with lantern slides of live
stock and crops.
Canning Demonstration.
Two canning outfits are operated,
one the size for home use and one
for hotel purposes Potatoes and
other vegetables are canned before
the audience at each stop Come
and see how easy it is to preserve
vegetables by putting them up in tin
cans. Learn how you can save the
vegetables and fruits that go to
waste in the gardens each year. This
demonstration is for the special bene-
fit of ladies Interested and members
of girls canning clubs.
Corn.
The corn display is the exhibit of
the boys corn clubs of Louisiana.
This exhibit is worth seeing for the
reason that, aside from rs instructive
value as a showing of the crop
grown in 1911 by the boys. Of the
state, it was exhibited at the several
parish fairs, at the state fair in
Shreveport, at the hnd show in Chi
cago, and in the Union Depot of the
Illinois Central RaiIoad at Chicago,
D IlaaNin nasstEaH 2500 miles
and been seen By more than 70O,e06
people throughout the country 1t |
was used in various forms of demon
stratfons at the Louisiana State Uni
versity short course in agriculture, |
and has been used by the student |
body of that institution in the labora |
tories.
Forage Crops.
The exhibit of forage crops shows |
specimens of some of the good crops |
that can be grown, accompanied with |
data regarding the type of soil to |
which such crops are adapted, the
method of planting and the yield that |
may be expected. Special informa-
tion regarding lespedeza, clover, al |
falfa, soy beans, hairy vetch, ETC., |
appears in brief form on the labels |
and on cards to be distributed to the |
farmers.
Pecans.
There is on exhibition a fine col |
lection Of pecans, illustrating all the
varieties grown in the state, with |
data regarding grating and budding.
Hogs.
The hogs shown include a good e1-
ample of each of the following popu-
lar breeds: Berkshire, Duroc Jersey,
Poland China, Hampshire, and York
shire
In addition there is an exhibit to
show the effect of using pure-bred
sires. A scrub sow Weighing %
pounds at six months of age and a
pure-bred SOW were bred to the same
pure-bred boar. A six-month-old pig
from each of these soWs is shown.
The half-blood weighs 80 pounds, or
four times as much as it's mother
The full-bood pig weighs 100 pounds,
which is but a little more than the
nalf-blood. In case like this the
sirst infusion of pure blood would go
.ar toward paying for a good sire if
only two or three sows were used.
There are also pictures showing re-
suits of similar nature obtained by
suG i1tIilDEiS vi tH5 tIcSo SItbo sLll1o
year, and it will be worth the while
If every boy to come and see this ex-
libit and learn more about good hogs
md how to care for them.
Poultry
The poultry exhibit includes pairs
If the leading breeds Of poultry. Liv-
ng specimens of fancy birds are
displayed in show cases in one Of the
cars.
Cattle.
In the cattle exhibit, two fine Jer-
seys represent the milk and cream
COW; a handsome Red
oolled serves as the type of the COM
oined beef and milk cow, and the
strictly beef animal, the Hereford and
Angus, are represented by one ami
nal of each breed. All these cattle
:ome from the state experiment sta
ions, where they were raised. A fine
Iolstein COW Of splendid genealogy,
oaned by the State Hospital for the
insane raDreSa11ts a breed having |