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Forestry, Fish and Game Building. 



south front. The central nave is 85 feet 

 wide and entirely clear of posts. The 

 ends are 85 feet in width, without posts. 



Interesting features of the palace are 

 the great aquarium and enclosures 

 which will contain the live fish and game 

 exhibits of many States. In the center 

 of the building is a marine pool, 40 feet 

 in diameter and five feet deep. 



The forest resources as well as the 

 fish and game of most of the States and 

 many foreign countries will be exhibited 

 in this palace. The exhibit space will 

 be supplemented by many acres of out- 

 door area for displays of tree-planting, 

 forest management, live game and other 

 features. 



Our Exhibit. 



Arboriculture will make an exhibit 

 in the Forestrj^ Building, the materials 

 for which are now being collected. It 

 will consist of catalpa w^ood in various 

 forms, showing its durability in contact 

 with the ground, fence posts, rails, rail- 

 way ties, telegraph poles, and other arti- 

 cles which have been long in service. 



Then articles of furniture, house-fur- 



nishing materials and lumber in numer- 

 ous shapes, which will show the value of 

 catalpa wood, its handsome grain, high 

 polish and adaptability for all the pur- 

 poses of the manufacturer and builder. 



Articles will be shown to exhibit its 

 strength and tests will be madv3 to deter- 

 mine its resistance. Trees in sections, 

 and those of various ages, will enable 

 the visitors to learn the rate of growth. 



Photographs of trees in their native 

 woods will, it is hoped, convince those 

 who attend the St. Louis World's Fair 

 that we have in America a tree which is 

 destined to play a most important part 

 in the reforestation of our country. 



We have secured crossties which were 

 in continuous use for thirty-t\s^o years- 

 four times as long as white oak ties will 

 last. 



We have posts which almost a century 

 ago were placed in the ground. 



Altogether we hope to have an exhibit 

 which will be of interest and can not 

 fail to instruct any who have the subject 

 in view. 



