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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



try. It should be noted that these can 

 in no case be considered training for 

 the profession of forestry. They are 

 at best partial and elementary, giving 

 such knowledge as may be considered 

 properly a part of a general education, 

 and particularly of agricultural educa- 

 tion. In most cases they are designed 

 for the latter purpose. 



Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn. 

 A one term course in the senior year in the 

 department of agricultural sciences on forest 

 conditions of Alabama and care of wood- 

 lots. « 



Connecticut Aoricnltural College, Storrs. 

 A course in the spring term "to give' students 

 an idea of practical forestry in Connecti- 

 cut." 



Delaware College, Newark. A course 

 deahng with the elements of forestry in the 

 agricultural course, second term, senior 

 year. 



Kansas State Agricultural College, Man- 

 hattan. Two junior courses — one in farm 

 forestry and one in silviculture. 



University of Illinois, Urbana. A brief 

 course as an elective. 



Berea College, Berea, Kentucky. Course 

 on fundamental principles of forest influ- 

 ences, in the fall term. 



Maryland Agricultural College, College 

 Park. Elementary forestry in the sub-fresh- 

 man year; farm fojestry in the senior year, 

 and wood technology in the second term of 

 senior year. 



Massachusetts Agricultural College, Am- 

 herst. This college has had since' 1905 a 

 short course of lectures by the State "for- 

 ester. It has secured this year an assist- 

 ant professor of forestry and a course is 

 nlanned covering silviculture, dendrology, 

 forest mensuration and nursery practice the 

 first year, and forest management, lumber- 

 ing, technology, and handling of woodlots 

 the second year. 



Mississippi^ Agricultural and Mechanical 

 College, Agricultural College. Single term 

 courses in farm forestry, silviculture, and 

 forest policy. 



University of Missouri, Columbia. Courses 

 on principles of forestry and introduction 

 to forestry. This imiversitv is now estab- 

 lishing a department of forestry and intends 

 to develop a stronge course leading to a 

 forestry degree. . 



University of Nevada, Reno. One-term 

 course in elementary forestry, primarily for 

 the junior colleges. 



Neiv Hampshire College, Durham. One- 

 term courses in principles of forestry, forest 

 technology, systematic arboriculture, and 

 forest nursery management, the first re- 

 quired, the others elective for students in the 

 full agricultural course. Also a one-term 



course in farm forestry for students in the 

 two years agricultural course. 



North Dakota Agricultural College, Far- 

 go. A course in the spring term of six 

 weeks, devoted chiefly to North Dakota con- 

 ditions. 



Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical 

 College. Stillwater. A one-term course de- 

 voted chiefly to planting and care of trees in 

 Oklahoma. 



Rhode Island State College, Kingston. A 

 one-term course on the management of a 

 southern New England woodlot. 



Clemson Agricioltural College, Clemson, 

 South Carolina. A lecture, field and labora- 

 tory course in elements of forestry. 



South Dakota State College of Agricul- 

 ture and Mechanic Arts, Brookings. A one- 

 term course in the principles of forestry. 



University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A 

 one-term course in principles of forestry. 



Agricultural College of Utah, Logan. The 

 United States Forest Service and the col- 

 lege offer conjointly a winter course for 

 forest rangers. 



University of I'^ermont, Burlington. An 

 elective course, "not intended to make for- 

 esters, but to give students a working knowl- 

 edge of forestry such as is needed by the 

 farmer and lumberman, and to enable them 

 to decide whether they wish to pursue the 

 study at a forest school." 



Middlebiiry College, Middlebury, Ver- 

 mont. A one-term elective on general prin- 

 ciples. President Thomas says : "We have 

 not in mind, of course, the adequate training 

 of young men as foresters, but a fitting in- 

 troduction to technical studies and an at- 

 tempt to show the practical application of 

 previous studies in botany. It is our hope 

 that we may be able to do much more in 

 the future in the way of practical instruc- 

 tion in forestry." 



Hampton Normal and Agricultural Insti- 

 tute, Hampton, Virginia. An elementary 

 course in general principles. 



West Virginia University, Morgantown. 

 Offers six half courses in forest botany, 

 elements of silviculture, forest economics, 

 forest technology', forest management, and 

 forest mensuration and survey. 



SPECIAL COURSKS 



University of IVisconsin, Madison. Con- 

 sidering that the field of general higher 

 forestry education in the Lake States is 

 sufficiently covered by the schools of the 

 University of Michigan and Minnesota, this 

 university seek to fill an unoccupied place 

 and avails itself of the opportunity offered 

 by the conjunction of its excellent engineer- 

 ing plant and the L'^nitcd States Forest Pro- 

 ducts Laboratory to conduct a scries of 

 courses in wood technology and wood manu- 

 facturing machinery. 



