394 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Two hundred and thirty panels, 42 fohlinf^ cabinets, and 95 tables 

 were used for displayin<j^ the exhibits. A list of subjects furnished 

 by one bureau only follows. 



F!ample list of e-i^hihits — Forest Service, 



On panels;: Pholoi^'raphs. charts, (liii.i,'i'anis, etc. Land erosion throiiRli de- 

 forestation, Woodland improvement, Forest fires — effects, Forest-lire pre- 

 vention, Destructive luniherinir, Ilecreation in national forest, Farm-timber 

 treating, Windbreaks, Methods of turpentininj?, Fi-nce-post treating. 



In models: Lumbering in New Hampshire, National forest — t.vpical features, 

 Erosion — result of deforestation. Box testinii. I'ost treating. Forest fire.s, 

 Wood waste and utilization. Windbreaks, Timber sales, Grazing lands, 

 Southern Appalachian lumbering. Turpentining, Fence-post setting. 



The itineraries covered by the five circuits included 39 fairs dis- 

 tributed over 27 States, as follows : 



Circuit No. 1 extended as far west as Salem, Oreg., and included 

 the States of Wasliington. Montana, Utah, and Arizona. Circuit 

 No. 2 covered the States of Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. 

 Circuit No. 3 took in Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Louisiana, and 

 Florida. Circuit No. 4 visited Minnesota and Wisconsin in the 

 North, and Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia in the 

 South. Circuit No. 5 covered the States of Massachusetts, Virginia, 

 North Carolina, and South Carolina. 



The various bureaus contributed the services of about 100 repre- 

 sentatives from time to time as they were needed for demonstration 

 purposes at the various fairs. The traveling expenses and subsistence 

 of these attendants were paid from the agricultural exhibits appro- 

 priation. 



EXHIBIT AT NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW. 



In addition to the exhibitions made at the State fairs included in 

 the five circuits above noted a number of special shows Avere made, 

 the most extensive being the exhibit and demonstration at the Na- 

 tional Dairy Show, which was held in Chicago, 111., October 6-12, 

 1919. This occupied 11,000 square feet of floor space and about 5,000 

 square feet of space around the walls. Nearly all the material shown 

 was prepared especially for this show and originated in the Bureaus 

 of Animal Industry, !Plant Industry, and Markets, the Dairy Di- 

 vision taking the lead in supplying exhibits. During the six days 

 of the show more than 150,000 persons visited the department's space 

 and saw the exhibits. 



EXHIBIT AT INTERNATIONAL HAY AND GRAIN SHOW. 



A less extensive but no less interesting and instructive exhibit was 

 made at the International Hay and Grain Show, which was held in 

 conjunction with the International Live Stock Show at Chicago, 

 111., November 29 to December 6, 1919. This exhibit covered a floor 

 area of about 4,000 square feet and was made up of exhibits from the 

 Bureaus of Plant Industry, Entomology, Markets, and Chemistry. 

 Ten employees from these bureaus were detailed to assist the Office 

 of Exhibits in installing and demonstrating these exhibits. The es- 

 timated attendance at this show was 250,000. 



