1904 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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furnished by the distribution maps on a 

 number of log specimens. 



Kentucky. This state has a very 

 good exhibit of hardwood products. 

 It is chiefly made up of samples from 

 various industrial establishments ar- 

 ranged to show the special uses for 

 which the more important woods are 

 fit, and in this respect is interesting 

 and valuable. The specimens are care- 

 fully labeled, though there is the usual 

 confusion of common names. 



Louisiana groups a good collection of 

 wood specimens about a large-scale re- 

 lief map of the state, colored to show 

 in a broad way the character of the for- 

 ests. Various wood products are also 

 shown, but the exhibit lacks the defi- 

 niteness. in detail that is found in some 

 others. 



Michigan. Here is an example of 

 pretty good material made of little avail 

 by faulty treatment. The exhibit is a 

 collection of small photographs, pla- 

 cards, and wooden ware, jumbled up 

 with some lumber specimens. There is 

 information to be gained if one takes 

 the trouble to hunt for it, but few are 

 disposed to do that. 



Mississippi. The wealth of forests 

 that is known to exist in this state is 

 only suggested by the exhibit made. A ' 

 considerable space is filled with wood 

 specimens, but many of them are not 

 even labeled, and one has difficulty in 

 getting any information of practical 

 value from what is shown. 



Missouri. The home state of the ex- 

 position is accorded the place of honor 

 in the Forestry building and a space 

 larger than that of any other. It is oc- 

 cupied by a series of rather heavy booths 

 of various woods, and those in turn by 

 wood specimens and manufactured pro- 

 ducts. The feature that no forester or 

 lumberman will be apt to miss is a 

 booth, about 20 feet square and 12 feet 

 high, constructed entirely of red gum. 

 The display proves the value of red gum 

 for inside finish, disproves the common 

 contention that it can not be seasoned 

 and used in that way, and exhibits the 

 fitness of the wood to take many stains 

 and a fine polish. 



New York. The Empire State makes 

 a great exhibit in an effort to show what 



forestry is. The central feature is an 

 Adirondack log cabin, rather finely built 

 and furnished, it must be admitted, yet 

 showing well the attractiveness of woods 

 life. The trees are represented by spec- 

 imens of leaf, flower, and fruit and their 

 woods by small pieces instead of by 

 lumber forms. Outside the building 

 about a quarter of an acre is occupied 

 by a nursery designed to show how trees 

 are raised and set out to renew the for- 

 est. The lumber industry is ignored 

 entirely. 



North Carolina. - - The wonderfully 

 fine collection of hardwood specimens 

 seen at former exhibitions is here shown 

 again. A clear black-walnut log four 

 feet in diameter attracts much atten- 

 tion, as does a section of a tulip poplar 

 tree five and one-half feet in diameter. 

 These specimens all evidence the size 

 and quality of the timber of the state, 

 and stand in rather strong contrast to 

 the gaudy furniture that is also dis- 

 played in the cabin built of pine slabs. 

 In much of this furniture the chief aim 

 seems to be to display the greatest 

 amount of silver grain in what passes 

 for quartered oak. The thing becomes 

 ridiculous when oval drawer fronts and 

 even cylindrical pillars and rails are 

 made to exhibit the broad medullary 

 markings. North Carolina is not the 

 only offender in this respect. The whole 

 display, though attractive in many ways, 

 does not well represent the forest re- 

 sources of the state, and nowhere does 

 it even suggest the state's commanding 

 position in the proposed Appalachian 

 park and the interest its people are un- 

 derstood to have in that movement. 



Oregon. This exhibit is not so at- 

 tractive as some, but in value it stands 

 easily in the front rank. The indoor 

 exhibit shows a number of unvarnished 

 specimens of commercial lumber and a 

 full collection of the woods of the state. 

 Outside the building may be seen a stick 

 of red fir 42 feet long and 4 feet square 

 and a log of the same 9 by 30 feet. 



Other features of the exhibit consist of 

 samples of special manufactures pine 

 needle fiber, etc. but most important of 

 all is the collection of figures concerning 

 the amount, kinds, and quality of timber 

 in the state. It probably is true that 



