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ITASCA FORESTRY SCHOOL 



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that it will be impossible to use a 

 team. In such places shovels and grub 

 hoes can be used. When the ditches 

 are complete, favorable weather will 

 be chosen to burn the interveninsf 

 space of stubble ; thus making a two 

 rod strip absolutely free from combust- 

 ible material and bordered on each 

 side by a six foot strip of bare mineral 

 soil. Some of the roads and trails, 

 also, were cleared out to a width of 

 six or eight feet, that they might serve 

 as secondary fire breaks within the park. 



ducing a little forestry and nature 

 study into their school work, those of 

 the general public who are sufficiently 

 interested in the great movements of 

 the country to desire a little definite 

 knowledge of forestry, and also those 

 desiring an introduction to technical 

 study, will take advantage of this 

 course. There will also be advanced 

 classes for those who have had more 

 or less experience and training in the 

 technical work. 



This gives ]\Iinnesota a splendid op* 



Minnesota State Forest School, in Itasca Park 



All this work of the past summer 

 was but preparatory to the work of 

 next year, when it is expected to es- 

 tablish a summer school of forestry, 

 as a part of the course novv^ offered at 

 the State University. There will be 

 an elementary course, wdiich may or 

 may not lead to the further study of 

 forestry, consisting approximately of 

 the following subjects : silviculture, 

 mensuration, taxonomy, geology, en- 

 tomology, and surveying. It is ex- 

 pected that teachers, who are intro- 



portunity of demonstrating what can 

 be done in the application of practical 

 forestry in the great pineries of the 

 Lake States. Every type and condi- 

 tion of forest is represented in the 

 park, and the combination of the 

 school work with the application of 

 the working plans offers many advant- 

 ages to both. It is an ideal situation 

 for a forest school. Extensive prep- 

 arations are being made for next 

 year's work and it is believed that they 

 are justified. 



