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their name and appearance, and become familiar with 

 the different kinds of forest growth, while cabins could 

 contain pictures of the birds and animals common to 

 that section. In addition to miniature camps, it has been 

 suggested that 

 where suitable 

 areas, advantage- 

 ously located, can 

 be found, a minia- 

 ture forest might 

 be laid out with 

 trails, fire look- 

 out towers, fire 

 boxes, etc. This 

 would give the 

 children a chance 

 to play at forest 

 protection and 

 learn the lesson 

 of preservation of 

 all forest life. It 

 is really surpris- 

 ing what a small 

 per cent of both 

 children and 

 grownups who 

 find keen enjoy- 

 ment in outdoor 

 life have any 

 conception of the 

 enormous damage 

 to forest life 

 wrought by care- 

 lessness. Thus, in 

 making the National 

 Forests and Parks attrac- 

 tive, let us think of the 

 children of today as the 

 men and women of to- 

 morrow. Let us so con- 

 struct i)laygrounds for 

 them that through play 

 they will receive a taste 

 for nature and the lessons 

 it teaches. 



To be sure such jday- 

 grounds will cost some- 

 thing to construct and 

 maintain, as will all camp 

 groutids or pleasure areas 

 prepared for the iniblic. 

 The children, too, will 

 need instruction and direc- 

 tion at such playgrounds 

 if they are to secure the 

 greatest use and enjoy- 

 ment out of them. It has 

 been found that an officer 

 must be stationed at camp 

 grounds to guard against 



fire and assist the public, and to teach the children the 

 use of these play camps. It is the child's nature to teach 

 other children the play-games he has mastered, and thus 

 will our little folks learn of outdoor joys and pleasures 



and return to their 

 homes rosy- 

 cheeked and happy 

 — the better boys 

 and girls. 



A FAIR FIELD AND NO FAVORITES 



The always exciting "fat man's race" at one of the picnics enjoyed by hundreds of people each 



year in ' 



the National Forests. 



LESSONS THAT COME IN PLAY MAKE DEEPEST IMPRESSIONS 



ON CHILDREN 

 This young Arnerican is Frank McConnell, son of Ranger McConnell of 

 the Colorado National Forest, and he and his trusty friend are busily 

 engaged carrying to the Ranger Station mail and supplies wliich have been 

 left by stage three-quarters of a mile jiway. 



UNIVERSITY 

 EXHIBITS 



The State Col- 

 lege of Forestry 

 at Syracuse Uni- 

 versity has had ex- 

 hibits at eight fairs 

 this fall. One fea- 

 ture of the exhibits 

 showed a n entire 

 tree o f Norway 

 Spruce cut and 

 sawed into various 

 products, including 

 two logs yielding 

 eight foot boards, 

 two fence posts, 

 valuable if treated 

 against decay, and 

 one hop pole. The 

 entire yield of the 

 tree was fifty-nine 

 board feet, and a 

 chart which ac- 

 companied it gave cost and 

 profit figures per acre per 

 year, at the rate of growth 

 which this particular speci- 

 men had made. Other 

 features were specimens of 

 l)aper made from bark 

 which would otherwise 

 have been absolute waste, 

 and numerous other things 

 manufactured from wood, 

 but seldom credited to the 

 forest, such as articles of 

 clothing from fiber silk, 

 and twine made from twist- 

 ed Kraft paper fiber, rugs, 

 phonogra])h records, wood 

 Hour, fiber shingles and 

 transparent sheets of vis- 

 cose, a wood jiroduct used 

 as a substitute for celluloid. 

 Another feature was a 

 group of wartime products, 

 showing food, medicine and 

 explosives yielded by the 

 forest. 



