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Trewhella Bros., Ltd., Birmingham, showing method of 
uprooting trees. 
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and the 
Selborne Society, both exhibited nesting boxes for the 
encouragement of the more useful birds, and the former added 
food wells and food tables. This class of exhibits is a very 
commendable one, inasmuch as it suggests the association of 
ornithology and forestry questions. 
Messrs. Fisher, Son & Sibray, Ltd., Sheffield, presented a 
most excellent stand of forestry tools, for which a silver medal 
was awarded. 
The gold medal offered by the Royal Agricultural Society 
for the best general collection of exhibits in Classes 1-22 was 
awarded to Earl Beauchamp. To the one who carries off a 
gold medal congratulations may be deservedly offered, but in 
this case they are doubly deserved as it is the second time 
Earl Beauchamp has been awarded the gold medal. His 
Lordship was awarded the same honour at Liverpool three 
years ago, and much credit is due to Mr. Slater, the forester, 
for his very enthusiastic labours and for the very fine manner 
in which he displayed his exhibits. 
Now that this most excellent Exhibition of Forestry has 
been in existence for several years and has received such hearty 
support from so many landowners, together with much labour 
from estate agents and foresters, it becomes a question how 
far the exhibition may be improved in order to present the 
most salient educational features and demonstrate the more 
important principles in forestry. 
It is practically obvious that forestry exhibits differ from 
agricultural exhibits, inasmuch as the latter can be entirely 
produced in a season or two, whereas in the former it takes 
a comparatively long time to produce a crop of timber. Thus 
forestry exhibits must be of a varied nature, viz. : (1) examples 
of the crop produced ; (2) the methods adopted to produce it ; 
(3) the scientific principles associated with the production ; and 
(4) the encouragement of planted plots to demonstrate the 
principles of correct sylviculture. The question therefore 
arises how is this to be done, and at the same time improve, if 
possible, the exhibition as a whole ? A few points must be 
borne in mind, viz. : (a) the full encouragement of exhibits 
within the show area ; (6) the exhibition from specialists 
(perhaps yearly repetition), having regard to fresh visitors ; and 
(c) exhibitions from colleges of an educational character, but 
not in competition with private collectors. 
The above are only suggestions, but as it requires a con- 
siderable time to arrange for an exhibition it is essential to 
invite an early response, tabulate the “ acceptances,” and then 
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