. American forestry. Forests and forestry. ClllCSTXLT TRKE OX FARM SHOWING HARLY STACKS OF factories, as the leading railway lines conceded special low rates for carrying ])liglitcd chestnut. The utilization ques- tion is l)eing investigated most carefully and thoroughly. Another important movement will be to display specimens of the blight at the various county agri- cultural fairs this fall. These will l)e in charge of demonstrators who will fully explain the nature of the blight and suggest remedial measures so far as practicable. As the fairs of Pennsyl- vania during the season of
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. ClllCSTXLT TRKE OX FARM SHOWING HARLY STACKS OF factories, as the leading railway lines conceded special low rates for carrying ])liglitcd chestnut. The utilization ques- tion is l)eing investigated most carefully and thoroughly. Another important movement will be to display specimens of the blight at the various county agri- cultural fairs this fall. These will l)e in charge of demonstrators who will fully explain the nature of the blight and suggest remedial measures so far as practicable. As the fairs of Pennsyl- vania during the season of llHl at- .tracted ,500 visitors, this educa- tional plan needs no further commenda- tion. The farmers" institutes of the State will also afford an excellent op- ])ortunity to acquaint the ]:)eople with the al)solute necessity for waging a con- tinued and united warfare against the bliirht if any chestnut shall be saved. The Pennsylvania State Forestry De- partment has rendered invaluable as- sistance in combating the blight. The State owns 1,000,000 acres of forest lands, and the foresters in charge are making every possible effort to eradi- cate the disease. Their efforts have re- duced the percentage of infection on State lands to a very small figure. A greater and more earnest interest in the work is needed in all the States threatened bv the disease. Pennsvlvani'i does not ])elieve in impossil)ilities, and will continue t<j lead in this laudable but dillicult task of eradicating the blight. General Manager Carleton stated that within two or three weeks every county of the commonwealth will be repre- sented by active agents in charge of conservation work. General Superin- tendent Detwiler has concentrated a large amount of work in combating the l)rogress of the blight upon western Pennsylvania counties, and is greatlv encouraged b\- the ])ros])ect that the \al- ual)le chestnut in that section ma_\' be saved. The man who wears shoes, reads the magazines, rents a
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