timber. Still further back was some non-agricultural land. 

 It needed no explanation to prove the land to be unprofitable. 

 Around the house and barns were the snow drifts that in- 

 evitably make life miserable on an unprotected place. 



The scene was suggestive of all the hardships of the pioneer 

 life where preparation has not yet been made to meet the 

 storm king. A few sheep huddled closely together near the 

 drifts of snow indicated the misery that even the animals 

 endure. 



Next to this miniature farm, was another, supposed to be 

 the same one after it has been transformed. On the non- 

 agricultural land was to be found white elm and white spruce. 

 Instead of being the "sorry" looking, unprofitable tract, it 

 was one that was a credit and a source of profit. 



Instead of the yard filred with snow drifts and the cattle 

 huddled in one corner, an entirely different scene was pre- 

 sented. The snow was there but not in drifts. Paths were 

 laid out and everything was in order. The wind-break was 

 shown to be responsible for the change. It was an object 

 lesson that many farmers pondered over. 



"That certainly shows what a change a good wind-break 

 will mean on my own place if I put it in on the north side," 

 said one man from Western Minnesota. "I have been think- 

 ing about it for a long time. This is enough to make me want 

 to go right home now and start putting in the trees." 



Our Great Wealth Indicated. 



The great wealth that Minnesota possesses in the great 

 forests of poplar, birch and black ash, that have as yet been 

 practically untouched, was clearly set forth in the section 

 of the exhibit devoted to these woods and the uses that can 

 be made of them. Few people realize the utilitarian values 

 of these woods. Barrels and barrel staves, excelsior, ceiling, 

 buckets, and even interior furnishings, can be made from the 

 poplar. It was a surprise to many of the visitors, even those 

 from the North country, to learn that the woods could be put 

 to so many uses. The black ash used for buckets, barrel 

 staves, and interior finishings, was also exhibited. The uses 

 to which the birch can be put, namely, veneers, flooring, 



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