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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



in character, and requii-ed of all studi^nts in the Agricultural Division. The 

 first two years of the course are arranged primarily for giving the student 

 adequate fundamental training in those branches which should be completed 

 before the more technical subjects in forestry are attempted. The course in 

 Farm Forestry is designed especially to meet the needs of the Iowa farmers. 

 Attention is given to the influence of forests in the modification of climatic 

 conditions with special reference to the efl'ect of windbreaks in agricultural 

 districts. The production of fence posts, poles, lumber and fuel on the farm 

 is considered in the study of prairie woodlots. A part of the course is given 

 over to work regarding the utilization of the poorer classes of timber especially 

 in connection with preservative treatment. In addition a general survey of 

 the field of forestry is included which makes the course of more interest to 

 regular students of forestry. 



TECHNICAL PORKSTEr SUBJECTS 



First year Farm Forestry. 



First Term. 

 Lumbering. 

 Forest Mensuration. 

 Forestry Seminar. 

 Dendrology. 

 Forest Surveying. 

 Lumbering Trip. 

 (Winter vacation.) 



Second Term. 

 Forest LTtilization. 

 Forest Mensuration. 

 Wood Technology. 

 Camp Technique. 

 Timber Testing. 

 Foresti'y Seminar. 

 Forest Surveying. 

 Range Forage Plants. 



Third year 



Second year 



Fourth year 



First Term. 

 Silviculture. 



Second Term. 

 Silviculture. 

 Dendrology. 



Forest History and Policy. 

 Forest Economics. 



First Term. 

 Forest Management. 

 Forest Protection. 

 Forest Administration. 

 Forestry Seminar. 



Second Term. 

 Forest Management. 

 Mycology and Forest 



Pathology. 

 Forestry Seminar. 

 .Thesis. 



In the second year two courses in silviculture are required. During the 

 first term the fundamentals of silviculture are taken up in the class room ; the 

 silvics of the more important trees of the vicinity are studied in the field and 

 the silvicultural systems of handling woodlands are considered in detail with 

 special reference to their adaptability to American conditions. In the second 

 semester the work deals largely with seed collecting and forest nursery prac- 

 tice. The department is maintaining a nursery where the students are required 

 to acquaint themselves with all operations from the testing of seeds to the final 

 planting of nursery stock. The two terms of dendrology extend through the 

 last half of the second year and the first half of the third year. The work 

 consists largely in field study, but is supplemented with laboratory work and 

 lectures. The campus and forest garden are well supplied with a large number 

 of tree species both native and exotic, which afford the students an excellent 

 chance for first-hand study. The course in Forest History and Policy is 

 designed primarily to give the student a brief survey of forestry as it 

 developed in the more important countries from the earliest times. The rela- 

 tion of forestry to the other industries; its bearing on agriculture, manufac- 

 turing and commerce, is considered in the course in Forest Economics. In 



