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the Minnesota State Fair. These criticisms are necessarily made 

 from his standpoint, which is in some measure, at least, a different 

 one from that occupied by the managfement and exhibitors in mind. 

 There is little criticism of the regulations in force, and we may con- 

 sider them fairly satisfactory to our critic. The fault to be found 

 with us is that they are not strictly enforced. Our readers, and 

 especially the exhibitors in this department, are asked to give the 

 regulations careful study (they will be found in this number also), 

 and if in their judgment they find they have not been enforced as 

 they should be to assist the management hereafter to do so. It is not 

 always best to require exactly to the letter all that can be demanded. 

 "Justice tempered with mercy," makes the world much more agree- 

 able to stay in. The exhibitors should assist the management in 

 making the enforcement of these regulations sufficiently strict to 

 secure the best general results to all the parties interested. 



Fruit for thb Paris Exposition.— Minnesota has been invited 

 through this society to contribute fruit for the exposition to be held 

 at Paris next year. For good and sufficient reasons, as is believed, 

 the officers of the society have decided not to try to put up a show 

 of Minnesota fruit in Paris, but some of our members may desire to 

 contribute to this object a barrel of Wealthy or of some other variety 

 of apple keeping as well. It is no use to send anything that is no* 

 in condition to bear handling several times and come out of storage 

 (which is probably of the " cold " variety), in good condition after 

 June 1st. Mr. H. M. Dunlap, of Savoy, 111., is government agent in 

 the we^t for the collection of this fruit, and upon application to 

 him oiled paper and other wrapping paper will be furnished for 

 properly packing any fruit designed for this purpose. The method 

 pursued is to wrap the specimen fruit in oiled paper and then in 

 " fruit" paper before packing. It is likely fruit will keep longer by 

 this method than where less care is taken. Should any of our mem- 

 bers decide to contribute to this object, the secretary would like to 

 know of it also, and is ready to give any needed assistance. 



Inspecting the Minnesota Forests.— Dr. C. A. Schenck, an 

 officer of the forestry administration of the state of Hesse-Darm- 

 stadt, Germany, said to be one of the ablest forestry experts in the 

 world, is in this state in response to the invitation of the State For- 

 estry Board. 



Dr. Schenck is on a furlough from his native state of Germany, 

 and has been engaged for some time as superintendent of George W. 

 Vanderbilt's forest at Biltmore, N. C. 



Dr. Schenck, Prof. S. B. Green and General Andrews, State Fire 

 Warden, have just returned from a visit of inspection to the pine 

 forests of Minnesota, or as much of them as they could get to in a 

 two weeks' cruise through the big woods in the northern part of the 

 state. The trip was made by request of the State Forestry Board 

 with a view to securing data to be used at the next session of the 

 legislature for a wise revision of the state forestry laws, with regard 

 to the perpetuity of Minnesota's great but fast disappearing pine 

 forests. Dr. Schenck's presence and advice in the matter was 



