THE WOODS OF THE PHILIPPINES 



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Pennsylvania State Forest /irademy, Mont 

 Alto. This is a special school to prepare 

 .young men for the State Forest Service and 

 vacancies are tilled by appointment after 

 competitive examination. Students must 

 complete a three years course and remain in 

 the State service at least three years after 

 graduation. 



SECONDARY SCHOOLS 



Eric Forest Sclwol, Duxbury. Massachu- 

 setts. Gives an elementary course in for- 

 estry, with either regular high school work 

 or special subjects. Prepares for higher 

 forest schools. 



Mount Hermon School, Mount Hermon, 

 Massachusetts. Has as a part of its curri- 

 culum a course in the elements of land- 

 scape gardening and forestry. 



Smith's Agricultural School, Northampton, 

 Massachusetts. "We pay attention to for- 



estry and shall do forestry work on our 

 farm for demonstration purposes with our 

 students for the benefit of the public. Our 

 instruction will be primarily the kind that 

 will be the most value to boys that intend to 

 operate their own farms and want to know 

 what are the best forestry methods for their 

 own use." 



Crookston SchooJ of Agriculture, Crooks- 

 ton, Minnesota. Affiliated with the State 

 University. Teaches farm forestry with ref- 

 erence to the needs of the prairie region in 

 which it is located. 



North Dakota School of Forestry. Bot- 

 tineau. This is a State institution, with an 

 agricultural and industrial course. The 

 school is mis-named, as forestry occupies 

 only a minor place in its course. 



Murray State School of Agriculture, Tis- 

 homingo, Oklahoma,. Forestry occupies its 

 usual place in a school of this class as one 

 subject in an elementary agricultural course. 



THE WOODS OF THE PHILIPPINES 



So little is known in America of the 400 or 

 more merchantable woods of the Philippine 

 Islands, and so difficult is it even for a 

 wood technologist to identify them, that a 

 recent announcement of the Philippine Bu- 

 reau of Forestry will doubtless be welcomed 

 by student and timber-user alike. Arrange- 

 ments have been completed for the general 

 distribution of samples of all of the Phil- 

 ippine woods of any commercial importance, 

 and also of a large number of the rare and 

 little-known species. Each sample is about 

 4x5 inches and ^ in thickness, with planed 

 surfaces. They can be readily fitted into a 

 case or used as desk specimens, paper- 

 weights, etc. An attached label gives the 

 scientific name and the native name bv 

 which the wood is most generally known 

 in the Philippines. Samples from the great 

 bulk of the woods are sold at a nominal 

 cost of 10 cents each (U. S. Currency), but 

 those which are difficult to replace, or whose 

 hardness or toughness of grain makes them 

 rather expensive to saw out, are sold at 20 

 cents apiece. These latter comprise the fol- 

 lowing species : 



Agoho 

 Anubing 

 Betis 

 Cam agon 



Kuyus-kuyus 

 Dungon 

 Ebony 

 Alupag 



Bansalaguin 



Bolongeta 



Camuning 



Dalinas 



Dungon-Iate 



Ipil 



Liusin 



Mancono 



Narig 



Oak 



Palo Maria 



Sasalit 



Tamavuan 



All others are sold at 10 cents each. The 

 weight of each sample averages about four 

 ounces, and if they are to be mailed to the 

 United States, 4 cents per sample should be 

 added to the above prices. The post-office 

 monev orders should be made payable to 

 the Director of Forestry, Manila, P. I. 

 Stamps will not be accepted. 



If the purchaser wishes, he may leave the 

 selection of the samples to the Bureau of 

 Forestry, simply stating the number of sam- 

 ples he desires, and the use to which he 

 wishes to put them, or the class of woods 

 in which he is interested; e. g., for use as 

 school collections, woods for furniture manu- 

 facture, etc. 



Of course, it is not expected that the 

 mere possession of such samples will maEe" 

 their owner an expert in identifying Phil- 

 ippiiie woods; but they may often prevent 

 his being imposed upon through either the 

 ignorance or the bad faith of the vendor. 



