The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-03-23
THE De MONSTRA-
TON TRAIN.

tIUV lnAlN,
The State Demonstration tram
that entered upon lis itinerary on
Monday, March I, completed Ills
| first week on Saturday night. ,
when Il rrturnrI 10 i;a'on hougr.
after having operated over ~
Baton Rouge, Hammond 4 tasl
cfh Ry the Illinois Central Nv !.
The New Orleans Great Northern
Ry., and that portion 81 the Y ~
NJ v ~. h.low Baton R"ng"
| A short stop was made ~ New
Orleans and on reaching Baton
Rouge the entire day of Sunday.
March II, was spent IN litlng mp
an additional car 10 contain the
RAINING exhibit ana otherwise
Olklng over the exhibits on the
train and letting the I'VE stock
aud poultry gel a rest from thcl'
confinement IN HE cars
On Monday morning the train
got way and made the stops sn
tho Y. Il NJ. v. Ry and branchn $
north Of Baton Rouge and rrtutn
ing to Baton Rouge on Tuesday
night, crossed the river Oh Wed
nrsday morning and gong west
"A
upon It's itinerary on thc west side
OF the river, which will consume
practically some fifty days q.
more Of the tralii's itinerary IA
the state.
During HIS sojourn on the y a.
Nj. V. Ry the tain went into the
state Of mississippi, having made
4 STOP al CentervllIc where there
are large dairyiug interests and !
other agricultural enterprises
closely allied with the interests on
the Louisiana sd, If tia state
line The people Of The Missis
SippI town gave the train a rereu
tion as cordial ~ those extended
in the state If Louisiana
Estimates made Of the attend
ance greeting the train at points
visited show the following: Ill
nois Central Lines, Denhan,
Springs, 800; Corbin, 200; Ham
mond, 1900; kentNood. nn0U;
200; Roscland, 800;
AmItr City, 1900; Independence,
100; Natalhany, 1000; Pnntcha-
tonIa, 800; Great Northern Lines,
900; MandcviIlr, 100; Abb
ia Springs, 225; Covinston, 1000;
BogaIonsa, 1000; Rio, 100, Frank
|int0h, 2OOU: Y q NJ. Y. lines.
I'ntchcr, 1000; Convent, 100;
(ieismar, GOO; Zachary, 200:
Slaughter, 100; CI'ntos, 500, J
$50; Norwood, 800; Cen
.crvillr, MISS 1000 ptactlcalj, I,
III the parishes east Of The Mis- f;
''ssIppi were visited through the
'alls made at the points above
and the exhibits were !,
'lewrd ny something Nike 20. 600 /
'eOple in these few parishes {
lone. 0 q
The effects Of bringing the RI
ouIcts Of the state before twenty e
h"nsand people, who would OF,
rwIse not realize the rxtcnt ef }
nc facilities at their d,spnSa' ;
III produce results which cannot
q estimated in dollars ana cents q
set forth in language % figures.
bile all Of the visitors to tie
am were INTEREST,", Il in certain
'rtIOns of the exhibits, each afr =
It's particular relation to then +
lulvlduaI interests, 1t may be ~
lld thai as 4 whole be train was o'
Infinite benefit to even the cas. U
Al visitor, for il mouslr4t. Il "
70 lhtln'ty Of resource possessed ~
y the state o; Louisiana IIt,l. ~
nvwn among It's own people and I
,rOad. AZ
me persons IN the train noticed y
the interest displaved :"
an sections Ia the live stock ~ -
o''s his is prominently tue -
Dsl interesting exhibit. if at. ~
ndance u an Indication of nom 40
NY, with the people visited ="
10 livestock demonstrators had y
bulk Of the attendance and ~
9 people Of he section visited SIT
'p'astd the greatest interest in lee
'eci ures and exhibits on this 'e'
Dject. pcT
Next IN point OF interest was =.
corn exhibits and the question 80
where to secure the best corn
planting" was one of he sail
demonstrations of interest in -