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English Class, J. F. G. Stokes ; in the Game Class, John iNIarkham. 
. For the best male chicken, C. ^^^eedon ; for the best female 
chicken, C. \\>edon. 
For the best exhibit of pigeons, J, H. Craig. 
i\Ir. H. Jetts' Cup. for the heaviest chicken. Dr. C. B. High. 
Special Prize Ribbons were awarded as follows : Highest scor- 
ing Hawaiian-bred bird, iMrs. S. L Shaw. Best pen in the Ameri- 
can Class, J. Andrade ; in the ^lediterranean Class, [Mrs. S. F 
Shaw : in the English Class, W. C. Weedon. Best conditioned 
bird. Dr. C. B. High. Best shaped male in the show. Dr. C. B. 
High : best shaped female, Raymond C. Brown. Best parti- 
colored male, C. [Montague Cooke ; best parti-colored female, F. 
C. Atherton. Best solid colored male, [Mrs. S. L Shaw ; best solid 
colored female, W. C. ^^Aedon. 
Heaviest Tom, [Mrs. E. R. Bath. 
Best twelve white eggs, won by [Mr. John Guild; best twelve 
brown eggs, Mb C. bVeedon. 
THE REPORT OE THE SECTION- OX EORESTS, NA- 
TIONAL CONSERVATION COMMISSION. 
Owing to the fact that only a small edition of the full report of 
the Rational Conservation Commission was published, the find- 
ings of that body have not been as widely disseminated as the 
importance of the subjects treated deserves. The commission 
was appointed by President Roosevelt in June, 1908, and sub- 
mitted its report to the President in January, 1909. The full 
report consists of three stout volumes, which contain beside the 
report of the Commission itself, the reports of the Secretaries of 
the four sections, MAter Resources, Forests, Fands, and [Mineral 
Resources, with various contributions by experts in many lines. 
The following extracts from the report of [Mr. Overton \V. 
Price, Secretary of the Section on Forests, give the gist of the 
conclusions and recommendations of that branch of the Com- 
mission : 
WHAT FORESTS DO. 
Our industries which subsist wholly or mainly upon wood pay 
the wages of more than 1,500,000 men and women. 
Forests not only grow timber, but they hold the soil and they 
conserve the streams. They abate the wind and give protection 
from excessive heat or cold. MModlands make for the fiber, 
health, and happiness of each citizen and of the nation. 
The fish which live in forest waters furnish each year $21,000,- 
000 worth of food, and not less than half as much is furnished by 
the game which could not exist without the forest. 
