The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-13
3VARlETY#z AND SIMPoR.
TREES SHOWN In THE FOR
EsTRY EXHIBIT AT THE ST.
LOUIS FAIR.

4 ST. LOUIS. July 12---Ihe forestry
1 exhibit at st. Louis is one OF the most
! comprehensive and valuable Of the
lentire exposition. 1t is framed upon
practical lines. and sets forth to an
/ extent surprising TO the average Wis
itor the vastness. variety and impor-
tance OF the resources found in THE
forests of the United States. No peo-
pie ever had SO great heritage of
forest wealth than those of this coun-
try, and none ever used it SO profit
gately. The waste of timber in the
United States has been, and even In
late years. little short of criminal. 1t
| is not yet wholly checked. but through
the aid of a few far-sighted men in
different sections. and the forestry
department of the United States and
OF many OF the States. a great deal
has been accomplished toward the
conservation and partial renewal of
forests OF the country. New York took
an important step when II acquired
the Adirondack region the source of
the Hudson and other rivers; Pennsyl7
vania has also secured some forest
reserves. while the United States, by.
setting aside vast sections of the pub,
lie timber lands as forest reserves,
guarding the sources of important
streams, and thus making more easy
the work of irrigation in many OF the.
arid areas Of the West and Southwest.
Outside of the Central Southern
States and Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota, the principal forestry eX-
hibts come from States west of the
Mississippi. kentucky shows LAT
kinds of wood, Arkansas 1877. largely
oak, pine and cypress; Mississippi.
Tennessee, Georgia and North Caro-
lima have excellent displays, the yell
low pine exhibit of the Southern Lum-s
bermens Association being especially
complete and representative of that
important industry. Michigan has a
practical exhibit, showing her forest
products from the log to the manufac-
tured article. The average man only
knows a few trees by sight and name
and those of the most usual varieties.
When he walks among these exhibits
he finds scores of trees of which he
has not even heard Wisconsin shows,
in the sawn and finished lumber, hem
lock, red and white oak, red birch,
curly birch and pine. maple, red ash, I;
elm. Eastwood, curly butternut. wal
nut, cherry and many others
Missouri has a long list-black,
sweet. tupclo and red gums, red.
white. burr, water. Spanish and
swamp oaks. pines, naples, ash, yell
lou, "a nr1
willow, blackberry, persimmon, cherry,
coffee, cucumber, chinduapin oak.
hickory, elm and others. Many OF the
above are found in the East, of course,
but they do not grow to a size which
makes them valuable as timber. Lou
isiana shows ever sixty varieties of
cypress and long-leafed pine. Turpen-sl
tine is obtained from the latter, and
there is an exhibit of the SCARED
trunks of tapped trees, together with
the implements used, the resin OBJ
tanned, and its manufactured products
Texas shows ccdars, oaks, e1ms. pine,
cottonwood. red cypress and a lot Of
other varieties. |
Beyond the Rockies the land Of the
Oregon and Washington have magnifi- {
cent displays. The first-named has
~ varieties on exhibition. None of |
them is polished. but simply varnish-
ed, and yet the surfaces CLEAN and |
glisten, and the marvellous grain of |
the different woods is SO beautiful |
one might think a most skiIlfuI paint |
er had traced it there. Not only have
they the great redwood and Douglas
spruce planks, white and red cedars,
live oak, cottonwood, chestnut. butter
nut, black walnut and sycamore, but |
there are shown in the woods of the
figtree, pear, apricot. nutmeg, cherry,
holly, magnolia, mesquite and alder. +
Redwood and Douglas spruce planks
four and one-half feet by 16 feet, and
6 feet by 16 feet are displayed, with
out a knot or blemish. Thomas
Hatch, forester of over forty years
experience, and an expert Of the Uni
ted States forestry bureau, is in I
charge of California's exhibit, as he
has been at four other Worlds fairs
here and in Europe. California carr
ried away all the honors at each of
theu, said Mr. EIafch and with 4