The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-02
DoNALDsoNv1LIE, LA, SATURDAY, MARCH ?. 1917
DEMONSTRATION SPECIAL.

Live Stock, Educational an
Health Exhibits to Begin Tw
Months Tour of the state-A
DonaldsonviIIe April is.
Monday, April Is, is the date sc
aside for the visit to Donaldsonvill
OF the agricultural demonstrate
NJ traln to be run over the variou
rallroad lines of the state under tn
direction of the department of agrj
culture and the experiment station
4 OF the Louisiana State University
The :tEain rain sWill. begin, its. Two months
tour next Monday, the I'll 4th inst an1
| VIII make more : than 200 STOP.
throughput l4g tAe3 sstatesfs: ..r:,. ss4s:s..
+. a-59Gs.t Healths Cars s..sss..I=s; 8
A&1shdalth iears' and the Pullman
coach owned by the State Board o1
Heath will be a-part!z Of the special
me health exhibit consists oi
| models Of sanitary buildings and
| EQUIPMENTS; models of appliances and
fixtures which are a means OF say
lng time and labor in food indus
trles, and are equally a prevention
OF the cause of many communicable
diseases In addition, the lessons
ct pure food, pure water, adequate
Ventllation, clean milk for the babies,
and suggestions in personal hygiene
are graphically illustrated
These exhibits are supplementary
to those shown in. the statewide
health campaign of last year, the pur-
pose being to keep ever before the
public mind three principles:
-, Methods of prevention of dis
eases. Es:zs55t 5st
2. -Prolongatfon Of life through
personal effort and community action
20. Health as fundamental in in
dlVldual welfare and national pro-
gress.
DIR. Oscar DoWling, president of
the State Board of Health, will be.
with the train throughout the tour.
Live Stock Exhibit.
The live stock exhibit on the train
VIII be the most complete in the his
tory of this means of placing object
lessons before the people of the ru-
raj districts of the state The ex-
pertinent stations purchased from the
owners at the state fair in Shreve-
port last year the champion Berk-
shire silt which, beside taking all
in her class, took all prizes
Fer pelng the best animal on thezI
chs 1
and ~ weighs 500 pQunds and will
pc exhibited TO visitors 10 the train
interested in hog raising. A com
1aratiye exhibit will be made. of full
FLOODED Poland China hogs with
hogs of the same class
md with scrub hogs of the same age
and condition, SO asstte Illustrate the
Effects of: blood and. breeding in
hat animal. The iced record :. OIL
hese hogs will be exhibited In CON
lection with the ..comparison.s The
rain Will carry a mgh-grade steer
1ree years old weighing 400 pounds,
Which will be placed in comparison {
With the scrub steer for the illus
ration of the advantages of blood t
nd breeding in this class of ami s
lal life. The Jersey COW will be Fl
Xploited for all milk purposes, with t
acord OF production and feeding. Q
mere will be two beef strains rep-It t
7sented, the Hereford and the An v
Us, and also the Red Poll, that com t
ines both the beef strain and the
!ilk production. Records will show Ia
oW the animal is fed and treated | o
y milk production and fattened for g
aef purposes. There will be shown il
: Angus calf 5 months old Weighing II
70 pounds, and as large as the aver Ii
5es scrub a2-year old. These speci- La
ems are not secured from northern D.
states, but are the ac W
al product of breeding and feeding al
the experiment stations in this So
ate, and are fair illustrations Of
hat can be accomplished if the m
me care is given them by the N
rIner rIner as in the case of the expert tt
ent station authorities th
S Model Dipping Vat. ST
Along with the: animal exhibit will " "
shown the model dipping vat now ~ ~
popular in some sections of the ~
ste in the, eradication of the cat ~
tick, the greatest enemy to cattle ~
/. process Of raising for any pur- -
Sc. The miniature will show the ~ ~
atlye proportions of the regulation - -
and all the conVeniences and safe -
a d3S tAdir. ollOMiu 10 dltdGIi TO THIS -
vice to. insure cheap. operation and -
obnoxious effects to surrounding -; =:
lmal and vegetable life. Computa- ~ a.
rs will be made by. the lecturers -
the train to: prove the wisdom of 4.
entific breeding and feeding in O.
ok Of all kinds and its effect on ll nie
value of the; animal to the pro- Lmlit m
GER IN dollars and cents of addi- .. -,
nal market value or better pro- y. W
Il for home. consumption. A full we
nonstration Of the results attain
by the boys corn clubs, the boys Eli
T clabs, and the girls canning
bs will be shown on.t the train un- !
the auspieesa of the agricultural Ma
ension work department Of the vii
versity. Do
Home Canning Plant Shown. i
= complete home canning plant tha
be in operation and on exhibit on mo
train, and the women of the hea
e aFe particularly invited to see the
exhibit. for it means the end Of sid,
te in the domestic household and cou