Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-06-06
MANY VISIT THE
POULTRY SPECIAL


Quite a number of citizens o
Mountain Home and vicinity visited
the poultry special' which was il
Mountain Home Wednesday morn
ing from to II o'clock. The ex
hibits were interesting and wertl
while.
By actual count, 4,16S people
passed through the cars, saw the ex-
hibits and heard the talks, the first
two days of the trip, divided as fol-
lows: Boise COS; Nampa, $50;
Caldwell, 612; Parma, 483; Weiser,
462; Ontario, 1876; Payette, 4O6;
and Emmett, I'll.
Dean e. J. Iddings, of Moscow. di-
rector Of experiment stations and ex-
tension service and head of the col
lege of agriculture joined the train
Tuesday evening and spoke at En-
NETT. He will remain with the train
the remainder Of its trip.
Personnel-C. C. Gignoux. assis-
tant supervisor Of agriculture for U.
P. System, Salt Lake, Utah; H. E.
Goodwin, assistant general freight
agent, U. P. System, Salt Lake, Geo.
J. Mohler, travelling agricultural
agent, Omaha; E. e. Larkin, travel
ing passenger agent, U. P. System
Boise; E. c. Manson, superintendent
Idaho division o S. L., PocatelIo; L.
Yonier, exhibit attendant, U. P. sys-
TEN, Omaha; R. T. Parhurst, poultry
husbandman University of Idaho.
Moscow; Prem Moore, poultry ex-
pert, University of Idaho extension
division, Boise; H. c. Hulbe, repre-
senting Boise-Payette Lumber Com
pany, Boise; ]. E. Nessly, field repre-
sentative The Idaho Farmer, Boise,
man.
The train, the train crew, equip
ment and all operation are contrib
uted by the Union Pacific System is
its contribution to the campaign for
better farming, and more profits for
the farmers of Idaho. This is the
fist exclusive poultry train ever OPP
Grated in the United States and it is
a wonderful demonstration of the
railroad company's faith in the edu-
'ational work being carried on by
he University of Idaho to stimulate !
he production of more and better j
POULTRY in Idaho. All expense of /
'perating the train, even to feeding !
IL Of those accompanying it and Q
furnishing Pullman sleepers for
hem, is borne by the Union Pacific il
abroad system as its "bit" toward b
elping in this great work. I
The train was planned by Prem Ii
Ioore, of the university extension e
eryice, who has given years of la
or and study to stimulate the pro- is
uetion of more and better poultry h
! Idaho. That his work is bearing fl
'uit is shown by the reports of the o.
RECON Short Line in regard to poul- S
y and egg shipments. In 1920 Ida Il
o was importing eggs for home CON W
lmption. In 1921 the first carload B
ipments Of eggs were made from q
Iaho, there being 10 carloads W
tipped that year. In 1928 there h,
ere 100 carloads of eggs shipped
It of Idaho on The Oregon Short hi
me In March, 1923, there were 81
carloads of eggs shipper from al
aho IN March, 1924, there we're tr
carloads of eggs shipped from Ida PC
}. more than twelve times as many Ii
were shipped in March, 1928, and tr
ore than twelve times as many as ia
ere shipped in the entire year, eli
81 br
r. 7. Parkhurst, head of the poul- u
y department of the University Of he
aho, at Moscow; and Prem Moore Be
charge of the poultry department tn
the extension service, are the err
ief speakers on poultry production, su
d give interesting facts concern gu
the breeding, feeding, and care no
poultry and the marketing of thu
ss sp'
2. G. Gignoux, of the Union. Pacific
stem is one of the speakers who
Is much Of the growth of poul-
production in Idaho, the future 70
the industry and how the Union tn
'ifc System is trying to help the ma
ustry to grow H. E. Goodwin. Tn
istant general freigh agent for II
Union Pacific System, is another tin
aker who tells of the work being the
ie and what it means to Idaho alv
incidentally to his railroad. E. w w