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Show The Union Pacific Poultry Special Stops in Milford The special Union Pacific train, devoted entirely to poultry, arrived here yesterday at 1 o'clock and stood on the sidetrack until 3:30, when it left for Delta. It was visited by many Beaver county people, who were very much interested in the exhibit and lectures. The poultry special is operated by the Union Pacific system and the Utah Agricultural college. Its purpose pur-pose is two-fold: (a) to stimulate interest in-terest in more and better poultry and (b) to encourage the adaption ot modern production methods, so as to insure greater profits to the producers. produc-ers. Tiie train consists of five cars, turee exmuit cars, a puliman and a .wsiiic;si car. Uutj of tne exhiuic cars, a "strippeu" aay coach, carries tue o..uiuils prepared oy tile poultry de partnient of the agricultural college, wnich are based upon the resuits of xperiniental work conducted through experimental work conducted ti-iodgh a period of many years. The e.vuioits clearly demonstrate wnat may be expected, to follow the adoption adop-tion of proper feeding methods, and u:e proper housing of well-bred poultry. poul-try. Tiie importance of feeding is emphasized by the laying recoftis of ooth good and poor birds, carried on the train, which have received rations of different feed value. The importance impor-tance of culling is also brought out by the laying records of cull hens and good hens from the same flock, reared under identical conditions. In this exhibit car, also, the Utah Poultry Producers' association, by means of eggs in cases, shows the manner in which eggs are graded and packed to meet the requirements of both eastern and western markets into which Utah eggs are being de livered in increasing numbers. The possibility of avoiding unnecessary unnec-essary losses in the shipment of the eggs and live poultry, through the use of cases and crates of the correct proportions and plan of construction, as, well as through the use of proper packing in the cases, is shown by tho exhibit carried in a baggage car especially es-pecially prepared for this purpose by the American Railway Express company. com-pany. On a flat car are carried model poultry houses, including laying, brooding and colony houses, of designs de-signs approved by the Utah Agricultural Agricul-tural college. These show more clearly clear-ly than could any other kind of .exhibit, .ex-hibit, the points to be observed in the construction of houses of any desired de-sired type. The train is in charge of C. C. Gig-noux, Gig-noux, assistant agriculturalist of the Union Pacific system and the agricultural agricul-tural college exhibits are under the direction of Prof. Byron Alder, head of the poultry department of that in-! s'.itution. Trot. ? Alder is assisted by V.". H. Warner, also of the college, and Mr. C.ignoux is assisted by Geo. Knutson. agriculturist of the L. A. and S. L. unit of the Union Pacific sys'em. Others on the train are. E. IT. IU'tp. commercial agent of the AmTfcn Railway Express romritiny, Benjamin Brown, manager of tiie Utah Poultry Producers' associat-on. : P. V. Carrion, editor of the Utah Farmer. Louis Bonic-r. exhibit attendant attend-ant of the Union Pacific system and jj. H. Burt nr. agriculturist Union ; Pacic system. The train recently completed a trip through Idaho, and began its j'r:n through Vah last Monday at j Rirtimoml. It went as far south a- Coder City. vl" , in tr the more import- r-t pnal'ry errors n route, j It has been warmly received at 'every scheduled stop, and interested ; crowds have carried away with them j the lessons taught by the evhihits and emphasized by the brief talks made by the poultry specialists and the railroad officials. |