. California fish and game . times in Game District Nineteen. There are no legal restrictions to thepropagation of fur-bearing mammals inthe state. FORESTRY AND FISH AND GAMEEXHIBIT AT STATE odor of mountain forests and thesound of running water greeted the vis-itor to the joint exhibit of the Califor-nia Fish and Game Commission and theUnited States Forest Service at the There was also on exhibition a helio-giaph, an instrument utilizing the sunsrays to flash messages. Beneath this lookout tower an ingeni-ous methotl of showing the five principalcauses of forest fires was to be found
. California fish and game . times in Game District Nineteen. There are no legal restrictions to thepropagation of fur-bearing mammals inthe state. FORESTRY AND FISH AND GAMEEXHIBIT AT STATE odor of mountain forests and thesound of running water greeted the vis-itor to the joint exhibit of the Califor-nia Fish and Game Commission and theUnited States Forest Service at the There was also on exhibition a helio-giaph, an instrument utilizing the sunsrays to flash messages. Beneath this lookout tower an ingeni-ous methotl of showing the five principalcauses of forest fires was to be rotation of a wheel-like structurebrought in view a series of small modelsshowing automobilists dropping ciga-rettes and matches, homesteaders burningbrush, campers leaving a camp fire stillburning, lightning striking a tree and arailway tiain, from which sparks mightstart a fire. A touch of realism wasadded to the lightning scene by the useof an induction coil and a piece of tin,with which a semblance of lightning and. Fig. 27. Part of educational exliibil of Caliloiiiia l<ibli and Game Commission at State The mountain lion is represented as killing a fawn, and details as to the destruc-tiveness of this animal are given on the accompanying placard. To the right is showncanned products and data on California fisheries. Photograph by II. C. Bryant. State Fair, held in Sacramento, Septem-ber S-16, 1917. Avoiding artificiality asfar as possible, the exhibit took the formof a miniature forest, in which was to befound a Forest Service lookout tower,aquaria containing several varieties offine large trout, a model hunters camp,with bags of different varieties of gamehanging nearby, and a pond with thir-teen different species of waterfowl uponit. Pine, fir and cedar trees were broughtfrom the Tahoe National Forest, nearGrass Valley, and a space fifty feetsquare was turned into a forest. Onentering between i-ows of pines and firs,the visitor was invited to in
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