(4 TT 7 ELL, why haven't we seen these things before?" 

 \ \ "Why isn't there a whole building devoted to 

 the exhibition of the forest resources of the 

 state?" 



"Why is it that more prominence isn't given to this exhibit, 

 one of the best on the grounds?" 



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These were only some of the questions which fair visitors 

 asked after they had viewed the exhibit of the Minnesota 

 Forest Service at this year's fair. For the first time in the 

 history of the Minnesota state fair, the greatest of all state 

 fairs, there was an exhibit of the forest resources of Minne- 

 sota. In former years some of the counties have attempted 

 in a small way to show the forest resources of their respective 

 sections of the state. The agricultural college, too, has tried 

 to show this phase of the state's natural resources. The 

 exhibit this year, however, was the first one devoted exclu- 

 sively to forestry. 



Exhibit an Educational One. 



Thousands of people visited the exhibit every day during 

 the six days of the fair. They went away better informed as 

 to what Minnesota is doing. The display was educational in 

 that it furnished object lessons in tree raising, the benefits 

 derived from it, etc. Many farmers, interested only in prairie 

 forestry, sought information on the best ways to plant trees 

 for wind-breaks, etc. 



A Real Object Lesson. 



One of the features of the exhibit was a Northern Minne- 

 sota farm in miniature. There was a small house, 18 by 16 

 inches. The barn and other farm buildings were in propor- 

 tion. In the rear of the buildings was some winter stripped 



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