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annually as the lumber fell from the saw, 

 and for which there can be no substitute. 

 and also to curb the rapidh' advancing prices 

 of the necessary products of the forest. To 



accomplish these results, desirable, legitimate, 

 and born of economic necessity, it is incum- 

 bent upon the legislature to provide the 

 means." 



EDUCATION 



Biltmore Forest School 



The first visit of the Biltmore Forest 

 School to the German forests for study and 

 work is completed, and with very satisfac- 

 tory results. The students were able there 

 to study conditions which do not yet exist 

 in the United States, but are likely to in 

 some of our older states in the near future. 

 Our American boys were somewhat sur- 

 prised to find an opportunity to study Amer- 

 ican tree species, especially conifers. In the 

 Odenwald the students had an opportunity 

 to see how poor private forests are even 

 in Germany. 



At Carlsruhe, in the Black Forest, there 

 was seen a fine hardwood forest containing 

 many species, notably ash, which yielded 

 over $8 per acre, net, annually. The school 

 arrived in New York on the i8th and will 

 visit the tree nurseries of New York state. 

 This visit is the result of negotiations be- 

 tween Doctor Schenck and Commissioner 

 Whipple for the mutual benefit of the school 

 and the state. The commissioner believes 

 that in bringing the students who have 

 studied German conditions at first hand into 

 close relationship with the tree nurseries of 

 the state, technical advantages in German 

 methods will be brought out and the general 

 forestry work of the state thereby benefited. 



From New York the school goes to Bilt- 

 more early in May. 



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Correspondence Course in Forestry 



The School of Agriculture of the State 

 College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts 

 at Brookings, S. Dak., has instituted corre- 

 spondence courses for home study in various 

 branches of agricultural science. Four sys- 

 tematic courses are offered in horticulture, 

 covering the subjects of vegetable gardening, 

 fruit culture, floriculture, and forestry. The 

 courses are planned not for financial profit, 

 but to bring scientific and practical instruc- 

 tion within the reach of those who cannot at- 



tend college, yet are ambitious to gain in- 

 struction which will be helpful in their work 

 and life. Information in regard to these 

 courses can be obtained from Prof. A. A. 

 Brigham, director of college extension, 

 Brookings, S. Dak. 



Correspondence courses are undoubtedly 

 helpful if their limitations are fully recog- 

 nized. The trouble is that they have been 

 so largely exploited for commercial purposes 

 by some of the great correspondence schools 

 that too much has been promised and ex- 

 pected from them. Such an enterprise as 

 the South Dakota school has on foot may 

 be very helpful to its constituency. 



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A National School of. Forestry 



A bill has been introduced by Senator 

 Burkett of Nebraska in the United States 

 Senate to establish a national school of for- 

 estry at Nebraska City, Nebr., as a memorial 

 to the late j. Sterling Morton, formerly Sec- 

 retary of the Interior, and founder of Arbor 

 Day. The bill makes an appropriation of 

 $250,000. It is said to have the approval of 

 the Secretary of Agriculture and of the Chief 

 of the Forest Service. 



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Forestry in the State College of Washington 



A four years' course in forestry has been 

 added to the program of the State College 

 of Washington at Pullman. The two years" 

 course, formerly given, has been reduced to 

 one year and is now designed to prepare 

 men for positions as forest rangers. The 

 four-year course is intended to fit students 

 for the higher branches of the work. The 

 course is said to be strong along the lines 

 of botany and engineering in connection with 

 forestry. Last year there were thirty stu- 

 dents enrolled in the two years' course. The 

 outlook is good for a large enrollment next 

 year. 



