Forestry Exhibit at Cornell. 



this was arranged for farmers' week and was used as an object lesson in forestry for the several 



thousand who visited ithaca for the occasion. 



FARMERS' WEEK AT CORNELL 



FAR]\IERS' Week has become one 

 of the big events of the college 

 year at Cornell University. 

 Several thousand persons from 

 all parts of the State visit Ithaca at that 

 time to listen to lectures, attend demon- 

 strations, inspect exhibits, enjoy social 

 gatherings and in general to get in 

 touch with the faculty of the New York 

 State College of Agriculture. Each of 

 the Departments of the College makes a 

 point of presenting to the visitors the 

 ways in which its work is of practical 

 benefit to the individual and the 

 community. 



During the Eighth iVnnual Farmers' 

 Week held this year from February 8th to 

 13th, the Department of Forestry offered 

 ten lectures, given by the several 

 members of the Forestry faculty. The 

 topics included forest planting, the care 

 and improvement of woodlots, methods 

 of measuring growth and ^aeld, a 



discussion of the value of town forests 

 for New York State, a talk on the work 

 of the United States Forest Service, 

 and a demonstration of methods of 

 increasing the durability of farm timbers 

 by the open tank method. During the 

 week a portable sawmill was in opera- 

 tion in one of the laboratory rooms in 

 the basement of the Forestry Building. 

 In addition to the lectures a forestry 

 exhibit further emphasized the points 

 covered in the lectures. The exhibit 

 included small plots of trees showing the 

 size and kind of i:)lant stock, both of 

 conifers and hardwoods, suitable for 

 planting ; cones and tree seeds of species 

 of commercial importance; wood sec- 

 tions showing the growth and value of 

 planted forests; and photographs and 

 slides of good stands of timber, of 

 fighting fire, of planting trees and of 

 reconnaissance work by forestry stu- 

 dents. Collections of saws and of 



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