EXHIBIT OF FOREST PRODUCTS 



FOLLOWING an exhibit at Chi- 

 cago which proved even a 

 greater success than the most 

 sanguine promoters had ex- 

 pected, the Forest Products Exposition 

 for the last ten days of May duplicated 

 its show at New l ork City in the 

 Grand Central Palace, and here the 

 Chicago success was actually eclipsed 

 both in point of attendance and general 

 public interest. It is gratifying to 

 state, following the many initial doubts 

 as to whether such an exhibit could be 

 made attractive, profitable and of prac- 

 tical worth, that the response of the 

 exhibitors, in space contracts and in 

 appropriations for impressive, not to 

 say elaborate, displays, were so liberal 

 that success was assured before the 

 doors were opened. 



Not only were the displays of the 

 different kinds of woods and of their 

 uses of great value to the contractor, 

 engineer and builder and of artistic in- 

 terest to the public, but they furnished 

 to the prospective builder ideas and in- 

 formation which will be of great serv- 

 ice. In addition, the whole exhibit was 

 of marked educational value and none 

 were more impressed with this than 

 were the teachers from the public and 

 private schools, who, with thousands 

 of their pupils, were present by the 

 courtesy of the managers both at 

 Chicago and in New York. 



Aside from the trade exhibits was 

 one by the United States Forest Serv- 

 ice which in itself was an education in 

 forestry, lumbering, milling, building 

 and land and water conservation, show- 

 ing as it did not only how to preserve 



the forests but how to use them to the 

 best possible advantage and illustrating 

 with graphic models the amount of 

 waste now contingent upon transfer- 

 ing the tree into ultimate use and the 

 methods by which most of this waste 

 may be avoided. This exhibit attracted 

 particular attention. There was also a 

 most attractive exhibit by the American 

 Wood Preservers Association, where 

 the many samples of treated and un- 

 treated woods for various uses indi- 

 cated in a most impressive manner how 

 greatly the life of woods for railroad 

 ties, block pavements and other uses 

 may be prolonged by the use of various 

 preservatives. A model of a wood- 

 preserving plant showing just how 

 wood is best treated attracted large 

 numbers. 



There were also displays by city park 

 and shade tree commissions, by the 

 Y. M. C. A. of its buildings and its 

 work in lumber communities and camps, 

 and the American Forestry Association 

 had an interesting exhibit showing the 

 nature and the value of its work in the 

 forestry cause. The trade displays, of 

 which space does not permit detailed 

 mention, were of great variety, and on 

 most of them many thousands of dol- 

 lars were spent for what proved to be 

 a very artistic and attractive display. 



The undisputed success of the two 

 exhibits should convince the promoters 

 and the exhibitors that it will be well 

 worth their while to have other foresr 

 products exhibits in the future, and 

 that other cities will find them as at- 

 tractive as did Chicago and New York. 



Goats For Fire Prevention 



Angora goats have been used with profit to keep fire lines clear of inflammable vegetation 

 on national forests in California. 



Seed Yield From Cones 



_ Western yellow pine cones, to the amount of 6,377 bushels, obtained on the Bitterroot 

 national forest, Montana, yielded 9,482 pounds of seed. The average cost of the extracted 

 seed was 41 cents per pound. 



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