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the aeroplane flights long after they have forgotten many of the other 

 interesting features of this year's fair. 



Notwithstanding the recent street car strike, which promised for a 

 time to cripple the company, the service throughout the entire city was 

 the best of any year. The street car company is under new management 

 and, preparing for the immense crowds, of fair visitors, had purchased 

 twenty-five new cars of the latest and most improved type. One-minute 

 service was maintained to and from the fair grounds and there was little of 

 the overcrowding and still less of the discourteous treatment at the hands 

 of conductors and motormen noticeable in former years. Shuttle trains 

 were run as formerly and there was little or no difficulty in getting to and 

 from the fair ground. The officials of the street car company announce 

 that on Tuesday 175,000 cash fares were taken in on all the lines, the 

 record receipts for any year. 



The results of a unique and interesting experiment, conducted by Prof. 

 W. A. Lippincott, of the Iowa State College, were shown in the poultry 

 building. By feeding different dyes to the hens. Professor Lippincott has 

 succeeded in having the yolk and albumen colored with the colors of the 

 college. The yolk was colored by feeding a fat stain called Sudan III, 

 while the white was colored by feeding a protein stain called Rhodamine 

 red. The eggs thus colored were hard boiled and cut in two, showing 

 the different colors in distinct circles. The experiment is without any 

 practical value, but shows the possibility of changing the food value of 

 the eggs by substances fed to the hens. Exhibited in this same display 

 of the Iowa State College in the poultry building were dressed chickens, 

 the flesh and feathers of which had been colored by feeding dyes. Prac- 

 tical demonstrations were giving in trussing and boning chickens, while 

 charts displayed on the walls gave valuable suggestions as to the care 

 of eggs and of laying hens. 



That Iowa raised a bumper crop of apples this year was evidenced by 

 the splendid display of this fruit in the horticultural building. The best 

 apple specimens that have been exhibited in many years were piled high 

 upon the tables. Practical instruction was given in apple packing by 

 a firmer from the Hood River country of Oregon. Western horticul- 

 turists have mastered the art of apple packing to a high degree and 

 it was noticeable that many of those who were taking instruction from 

 this Hood River expert were Ames college students. Fruit exhibited this 

 year was perfectly clean and free from insects and worms. The utmost 

 interest was shown by Iowa fruit men in the exhibit of spraying materials 

 and machines and in the instruction given by the exhibitors. 



The value of state fairs as educators to the farmers who attend them 

 has often been commented upon, but the fact that they are educating the 

 city man as to the prosperity of the farmers has not been so widely ex- 

 ploited. During the past week one of the Des Moines daily newspapers 



