SYRACUSE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY EXHIBIT 



TN the neighborhood of thirt\- tliousaiul persons studied 

 the cx!ii!)ii made at nearly a score of county and state 

 fairs and e.\])ositions in New York state the past fall by 

 the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse. 

 This did not include those who passed the exhibit merely 

 glancing at the showing made, but only those who really 

 made a visit to the exhibits. 



The College of Forestry, as soon as the war was over, 



UNIQUE MANUFACTLKKS FROM WOOD 



This p.-incl was a feature of tlie exhibit, showing as it did tlie many 

 and versatile uses of wood in the manufacture of artieles in con- 

 stant claily use by every one — articles in appearance far removed 

 from their oriRin in the forest. 



began its plans for the autumn educational work, and a 

 returned soldier, Lieut. George H. Cless, Jr., who served 

 in Italy, and who later was head of a food investigation 



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commission in livmgary and Serbia, was secured by 

 Dean Hugh P. Baker to organize its exhibit work. Lieu- 

 tenant Cless is known to foresters and lumbermen from 

 his work in the Chicago exhibit of the National Lumber 

 Manufacturers' Association, in tlie permanent building 

 materials shown in that city. 



The first plan of the exhibit was to departmentalize the 

 various panels and exhibits so that each might bring out 

 a particular phase of forest work. The manner in which 

 the College of Forestry trains students was shown by 

 pictures of student activities in the College at Syracuse 

 and at the summer camp at Cranberry Lake. 



Another j)hase of the exhibit was to show the need of 

 forestry, to conserve water resources, prevent erosion, 

 and provide water reservoirs for drinking and industrial 

 uses. Still another was a demonstration of how the 

 College works to aid the state by sending representatives 

 out to assist in reforestation projects, lectures to farmers 

 on the woodlands, and how, by its publications and other 

 lectures, the College is taking forestry to the public of 

 a great state. 



Special attention was paid to utilization of the waste of 

 the forest, and this was shown in many ways. One panel, 

 for instance, was "The Story of the Pipe," another, a 

 panel showing the manner in which small bits of wood 

 are used to form the minute parts of a piano player. An- 

 other display was a set of wooden dishes made from 

 what a few years ago would have been seiU to the mill 

 liurner as waste. These displays were made with tlie 

 co-operation of manufacturers and other agencies, and 

 for the State Fair at Syracuse the Bureau of Standards 

 of the Federal Government loaned an extensive exhibit 

 showing the utilization of wood for twine, substitute 

 fabrics for burla]) and the like. 



Probably, however, the most studied exhibit was that 

 of the use of wood for artificial silk manufacture. It 

 caused such wide attention that the newspapers took u|i 

 the discussion of artificial silk, and, by error, credited 

 the display to the lalioratory of the College of h^jrestry 

 at Syracuse, when in fact it was made up by co-operation 

 of various manufacturers. 



Such uni(|ue uses of wood as silk stockings, the manu- 

 facture of linoleum, phonograjih records and sausage 

 casings, brought special attention at all the fairs. The 

 exhibit attracted such wide attention that it was finally 

 necessary for the College of Forestry at Syracuse to 

 send out a special statement on the manufacture of 

 artificial silk in the United States with which to answer 

 iiu|uiries as to the manner in which wood waste could 

 be used for this industry. 



How the College of Forestry has been campaigning, 

 together with such organizations as the .American l*"or- 

 estry Association, for beautification of highways and for 

 the proper forestry development of ])ublic grounds, such 

 as schools and hospitals, was shown in another series 

 of ])anels. 



