The Forrest City times., 1895-04-26
B. E. FERNow.

The Forestry exhitbt, to be presented at the Cotton States and International Expo sition at Atlanta. Ga., will be the most complete and comprehensive display of the flora of the South ever gathered to- gether. By an agreement between the Directors of the Exposition and the Gov ernment Board. MT. B. E. Fernow, Chief of the National Bureau of Forestry, will have charge of this department of the Ex- position. In outlining its scope, MT Fernow says:
 ''The Division of Forestry will have its exhibit placed separately in the Forestry. Mining building, the chief of that division having also charge of the entire Forestry exhibit of the Exposition, by an agree ment between the Directors and the Gov ernment Board. The idea in this co -ope- ration is, that more unity of purpose and method in exhibiting the splendid forest resources of the South, may be attained with less expense and less needless repe- tition, if the assignment of space, arrange ment of installation, etc., were left in the hands of an absolutely unbiased man, who, versed with the various interests to be represented, and with their relative value. would fairly proportion and distri- bute the space.
 II believe, without arrogance, that the exhibit at Atlanta can be made far more instructive. attractive. and hence more valuable to the exhibitors, from a commer- cial point of view than was the World s Fair, with its endless Implications of ill., assorted wood blocks, without any indica- tion as to why they were there. The ex- 1 hibit of the division itself, which is to oc- cupy some three thousand square feet. in l in the centre of the Forestry building, will. of course, in the main, attempt-as l all other Government exhibits-to illus trate the functions of the division. These | functions are to give information regard 1 ing extent and character of our forest re- sources, the value and quality Of our tim bers, improved methods of utilizing the | timber and by-products, best manner of 1 managing timber crops. and especially the il-effects of forest destruction, and practicable means of recovering denuded and eroded lands.
 ''One of the most interesting exhibits. l in this fast direction, it is expected, will be set of three models. the one to rep | resent i6O acre farm, in the hill lands of the South. which, by bad management, and especially by improper cutting of the forest, has become gullied, furrowed and sited over, such as one can see in al most every State.
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 bush dams. with ditching, proper drain age. with terracing, with sodding and replanting, the lost ground may be recoy- cred; while the third model, representing the same 160 acres. is to show how. finally. the farm should look ideally, with the fields and meadows and forest growth
 properly disposed. in good condition. the
 roads running at proper levels. instead of
 up and down, and the fences reduced to
 the smallest extent practicable.
 ''lt is hoped that this object lesson will
 be studied by every farmer in the South
 and may stimulate him to improved
 methods.
 "The forest resources will be shown.
 aside from maps and charts, and other grapic illustrations, as to their amount
 and distribution. by a series of twenty monographic displays. showing each one
 of ihe economically important tree species
 which form the bulk of the lumber pro- duction of the South. Here will be seen.
 in monster frames, made of the trees
 themselves. a full description of the tree,
 in its foliage and fruit, it's timber, its
 range of distribution. and all information desirable regarding the nature of the wood
 and it's application in the arts.
 "To further illustrate the forest botany
 of the Southern States. sections of wood
 with botanical specimens, and descrip-
 tive labels of more than 1S0 different kinds
 of southern trees, will be displayed, not
 counting some one hundred Florida and Texas species, which are of a semi-tropi- cal character. so that the student of the flora of the South will find rare chance for getting acquainted wi tn it's different
 arborescent features.
 1 "One of the main features of the ex- hibit will be the timber-test. which the Division has carried on during the last
 three years It is expected that a testing
 machine will be kept in operation. so that the manner Of carrying on the work can
 be practically demonstrated. As most of the testing has been hitherto performed on Southern tinbers. especially the South ern pines, the display of broken material
 with the weights which broke it recorded
 all combined into an artistic structure !