The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . tes con-tinue to follow old methods and get from four to eight acres what the boys getfrom one. Where one farmer adopts such methods as constantlv increase theproductivity of his fields and preserve his woodland, hundreds allow their landsto become impoverished l)y shallow pl
The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . tes con-tinue to follow old methods and get from four to eight acres what the boys getfrom one. Where one farmer adopts such methods as constantlv increase theproductivity of his fields and preserve his woodland, hundreds allow their landsto become impoverished l)y shallow plowing, constant clean cultivation and conse-quent erosion, throw them out as worthless, and clear their woodlots for newground to undergo the same course of de])letion. The work before the Federal and State departments of agriculture is to edu-cate the masses. It is easy to teach those who wish to learn, l)ut it is exceeding-ly difficult to force knowledge and a desire for something ]:»etter upon those whoare blinded by prejudice and wedded to old customs. But success has followedevery well directed eifort to promote better farming, and the work will continueuntil most of the agricultural lands of the country will be brought to a high stateof cultivation, and all conditions of rural life correspondingly T. A. WRIGHTPRESIDENT NATIONAL CONSERVATION EXPOSITION THE KNOXVILLE EXPOSITIONS Nothing- of greater interest can be found in the histories of llie cx])Ositionswliieh ha\e been held in Knowille than the ince])tion and slow growth of the move-ment; the llrst etiort to i)romote an exposition ha\ing been made in the fall of1900; the second in l0,\ and the third and successful etiort, resulting in the firstAppalachian Exposition, in 10. All exposition plans were formed in the Commercial Cluli of Knowille, and itwas through the efforts of the members of this organization that the plans fiiialb-were carried out. Chilhowee Park was selected as an exposition site in 18W; and
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