Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-06-16
|OBJECT LESSONS
| IN FORESTRY
The United States Government Ex
hibit at the Worlds Fair.
INSTRUCTIVE SPOT TO VISIT
The saving of Our Forests Demon-
strated by Practical Lessons
In Their Preservation and
Maintenance.

st. Louis, June 1.-THE magnitude
and importance of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition as school of instruc-
ton to the people of the United States
is fully appreciated by the government,
which has many interesting and M
structive exhibits. The bureau of for
estry has an exhibit in the government
building, its purpose being to illustrate
the work which the bureau is doing
and to show actual forest conditions
in all parts of the country.
The Importance of preserving our
forests is receiving much considera-
ton, and Worlds fair visitors are
given object lessons showing them
what practical forsetry is and how the
forests can be preserved and main
tanned
American Lumber Interests.
The American lumber interests are
very extensive and are important ma
tional sources of wealth. The forests
must be protected and preserved in
order to continue the lumber industry
and as a means of aiding the farmer
the forests figure in many ways. With
the enlargement of the cultivable area
and the improved methods of farming
by irrigation the degree of depend
ence upon the forests is becoming
more appreciable.
The government has three separate
exhibits at the fair. One is in the
rv/~,,arp,,,apt h,,ildiou nrnpar an0thp or
in the forestry, Fish and game build
ing, in which is centered exhibits of
the great lumber industry Of the coun.
try, and third is an outdoor exhibit.
A complete and attractive collection
of Photographic transparencies Illus
trates forest problems and conditions
as they exist in the United States.
Among the Features Shown.
Among the features shown are the
tree planting, cutting of forests and
their renewal by natural reproduction,
forest planting in treeless regions and
in places where forests have been de-
stroyed by various agencies. These
pictures form an interesting display.
The various implements and in
struments used in connection with
forest culture and forest destruction,
and the insects which destroy trees
are also exhibited. Methods OF test
ing the strength of woods are also
shown IN this collection.
An extensive outdoor forestry ex.
hibit is another of the features OF
general instructive value of this bu.
reau. Two and half acres are given
to tree planting AMI scientific forestry,
| showing how to plant trees and pre-
serve forests, and the best forms of
windbreaks, made of trees planted in
various ways for preserving the farms
in the windy regions of the west.
Outdoor Forestry Exhibit.
The entire forestry exhibit is val
liable school for the public. Farmers
can derive inestimable benefit from
visiting the Worlds fair and carefully
studying the governments scientific
methods, not only of forestry, but of
other branches of the field, farm and
garden, the ranch and the home. The
fair is the worlds greatest school,
where more acan be learned on al
most any one subject in weeks OBJ
servation than can be learned in the
ordinary course of a life time by
merely taking advantage of things as
they come and go.