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grassed slope awaiting the opportunity for providing the final 
finish. 
e Museum is oe lighted by gas, but the walls and 
floors are tubed and the gas-fixtures provided with electric attach- 
ments, so tha t- wires may be provided in the future. The ele- 
ining it. There 
is a fine water-pressure throughout the Buide notwithstanding 
its height, provided by the proximity of the Williamsbridge 
reservoir and a thirty-six-inch main therefrom which runs 
ough the valley in front of the edifice. 
= total cost of the building, together with its furniture equip- 
ment, been about $300,000, which, considering its size, and 
the high character of the work of construction is believed to be 
very reasonable. It was at by Mr. R. W. Gibson, Archi- 
ct of sacha The construction has been under the im- 
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of his Chief Engineer, Mr. Daniel Ulrich, and the thanks of all 
in any way interested in the ee are due to these gentlemen for 
their care and solicitude that it should be carried out in the best 
manner possible. 
N. L. Britton. 
COOPERATIVE FORESTRY. 
The division of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture is 
prepared so far as its very limited peo ee will permit to 
render practical assistance to farmers and others by cooperating 
with them to establish forest plantations, woodlots, shelterbelts 
and windbreaks. A section of the division has been recently or- 
ganized and placed in ee of an expert tree planter, assisted 
a number of collaborators and assistants residing in the differ- 
ent states, who are thoroughly familiar with the local conditions. 
