Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-25
GOVERNMENT DISPLAY
WILL Be EXCELLENT
AND OF INTEREST

Ono of the best government exhibits
In the history of the fair will be dis
played this year. judging from the TWO
truck loads of material which arrived
during the day. w. l.. Barker, rep
resentative of the exhibit department
of the U. S. Forest Service. John g.
Rose of the U. S. Bureau OF Puolc
Roads, and Stanley Young, of the U.
8. Biological Survey arrived in the
the exhibit and to remain during the
fair for explanation purposes.
The exhibits will be extensive. ac-
cording to the government representa- a
tves. and cover the three fields OF
Forestry. Roads and Biology, under
the general head of Agriculture. Five
different bureaus are represented.
Tho Forest bureau has on display sew
sral bear and wolf hides. representing
the destructive forces OF the forests.
miniature forest OKLA feet in size is
Intended to illustrate the grazing, tim
ber and recreauonal phases of the
forest. The details are carefully work
ed out, showing the cattle grazing,
various kinds of trees growing in the
forest, and is complete in its unique
representation of forest life. An irri-
cation model will be arranged with
the actual dry farming irrigation pro-
cess in action. Water is first shown as
1t is caught by the forests and seeps
down into the streams leading to the
reservoirs, where it is stored and later
used for irrigation purposes. The in
terest in the model is not confined to
the technical details alone but is
drawn by the actual operation of the
water thru bitches, fumes, reservoirs
and overfows into the land proper.
Three models of mature forest are
especially interesting. The first dis
play is composed of the undisturbed
forest in which the trees and under
growth are found in the natural state
before touched by man; the second
showing the wood destroyed and brush
recklessly thrown about by careless
lumbermen and settlers. The third
model gives the properly treated forest
the trees and timber cut in the right
way the young trees left to grow, and
the brush burned in a safe place, leav-
ing the forest safe from forest fires.
The Biological display includes sew
cral panels of predatory animals, such
As rodents injurious to crops, stuffed
birds, squirrels, and others. Tho
methods of Graduating the pests of the
forests are to be explained. how the
be explained by Mr.. Young, who will
he in charge. Models of miniature
farms will also give an idea of pro-
lection along the lines OF wind breaks
In sandy countries. The study OF the
farms exhibited will prove interesting.
hfbit Is shown in two divisions, the
first being that of federal aid, and the
second of forest road work. Two large
panels arc used to present the ideas
OF the materials used in tho highway
construction. the one OF gravel surface
and tho other of sand-clay surface.
Samples of roads actually taken from
highways arc introduced to show the
construction and type of the roads
which arc composed of concrete paving
blocks and bituminous paving surface.
Concrete mixers are also shown Civ
ing tho amounts used in highway and
bridge concrete, and sand-clay roads
arr reduced to the material OF which
they arc constructed. Another unique
panel is illuminated giving the eafc
and dangerous grado crossings.
Tho government exhibits arc being
sen. to the various fairs and shows IN
order to educate tho people of the
value and importance OF tho branches
described above. Tho men and exhibits
csme hero from Douglas, Wyoming.
and after the fair here win hc placed
IN exhibition at the Denver Stock
Show.