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Show I EXHIBIT TRAIN I GREAT SUCCESS ' Prof. John T. Cnlno 111, supt. of far- B mors' Institute for the Agricultural H , Collego arrived homo Thursday after H having flnlsliod up tho few details H following tho trip of tho exhibit tram H and tho Agricultural Collego. Tho H put on Jointly by tho Salt Lnka Home Um train was under tho dlrcrtlou of Mr. H v DouglasB While, Industrial ngc-tit for H tho Salt Lake Route and Prof. Calnt H for tho Agricultural College. Tho H larty was out t'Viiity.four dayj and K visited In twenty one different towns, H holding meetings in each. Tho train H way Kt.owu us "Tliu Mora nnd IWoi H Live Slock Tor Utah and Nevada Spec- H lal" and took up also as a Bpccll tea- B turo tliu proper uso of Irrigation wat- H er. Tho personnel of the party constst- H ed of Dr. 10. (1. Peterson, Director of H tho Extension Division of tho Collego, B Prof. J. T. Cnlno 111., Hon. Don II. H Eldredge, President of Utah State HH Dairymen's Association, Mr. Ed. W. Dowllng, domonstrator, In clinrgo of H exhibits for tho -Agricultural College, H Prof. Lewis A. Merrill, tho agrlcul- H tural expert for tho Salt Lako llouto, H and Douglass While, Industrial agent H of tho Salt Lako Koutc. H ' The Itinerary covered points weat- H ward from Salt Lako and down Into H Nevada as far as Las Vegas, then up H by way of Modena, Llndel and Ncphl H through tho various towns In Utah H County and back to Salt Lake. Tho H train was made up of ono composite mm buffctt, sleeping car, ono baggago H stock car, ono baggago exposition car, H nnd ono coach fitted up for steroptl H can lectures, Seltcted Sbort-norn, H hereford, Jorsey, and Holsteln cattlo, H Cotswolds, Ramboulllet, and Hamp- H shlro sheet .and Berkshire, Tumworth, H Poland chlna.Suroc Jersey hogs wero H shown. In addatlon to this a dairy H equipment of separators, churns, cans H buckets, etc., was shown. H Prof. Calno rep rts that greater In- H 'tcrest has been shown In this train H than In any previous trains, showing H that tho novelty of tho affair haB not H yd worn off. In other words, that tna H farmers of the stato liav0 learned to H nppreclalo tho fact that tho train Is H n great educational Institution on H wheels nnd they nil appeared to bo H eager to take advantage of tho sumo, i H The icop!o of Cedar and surround- H Ing country drovo over by hundreds H through storm nnd over bnd roads, ' H sometimes as far as sixty miles to bo ablo to visit tho train. Altogothtr, approximately1 9.1C0 people passed through tho train and 7,136 nt'onded tho various meetings, making a total of 16,296 people who wero brought Into contact with tho samo. Tho biggest day of tho Itinerary wns at Provo, Thursday, Marcn 6, upon which occasion It Is estimated tliero wero 2,450 pcoplo In attendance. |