Forestry Exhibition Building. 

 in the new mexico building at the panama-california exposition at san diego, cal., is the united states 



forestry service exhibit in charge of don carlos ellis. 



FORESTRY AT THE EXPOSITIONS 



By Allen Henry Wright 



IT IS in the New Mexico building 

 at the Panama-California Exposi- 

 tion in San Diego, California, that 

 the United States Forest Service 

 is making its official exhibit, with Don 

 Carlos Ellis in charge. On the second 

 floor of this structure, which is a repro- 

 duction of one of the oldest buildings 

 in the State of New Mexico, the mission 

 of Acoma, Mr. Ellis has arranged the 

 model fire-fighting station, with all its 

 equipment, the charts showing the 

 work of the Forest Service, maps upon 

 which are shown the National Forests, 

 and models of some of the forests, par- 

 ticularly of New Mexico. Then, too, 

 there are specimens of the various kinds 

 of commercial woods which are grown 

 in the National Forests, and specimens 

 of the grasses that are good for range 

 cattle and those which are bad. 



This exhibit has attracted much 



interest since the Exposition opened 

 on New Year's Day, and much credit 

 has been given Mr. Ellis for the manner 

 in which he has arranged it. From 

 San Diego he will proceed to San Fran- 

 cisco, where he is to install a similar 

 exhibit for the government at the 

 Panama-Pacific Exposition. During the 

 year he will divide his time between 

 the two cities and their big fairs. 



Aside from the forestry display made 

 by the United States government, the 

 San Diego exposition has much of 

 interest to the student of forestry and 

 the reclamation of barren wastes, for 

 the very site of the exposition was little 

 more than a waste spot only two years 

 ago while it is now a garden of floral 

 beauty, with thousands of fine trees, 

 like the acacia, pepper, eucalyptus and 

 palm, lending themselves to the charm 

 of the whole. 



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