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grounds. The campus or school grounds comprising some three or four hun- 

 dred acres has on it over one hundred different species of trees for study along 

 forestry and botanical lines. 



During the summer months employment is found for the students in the 

 U. S. national forests, the State forests and the lumber camps of the country. 



While the forestry course as given here gives primarily the work required 

 for a thorough training in forestry along all technical lines, yet secondarily it 

 also provides a good foundation for other courses, such as civil engineering, 

 botany, agriculture, horticulture, chemistry, entomology, zoology, geology and 

 others, so that with very little extra work a forestry student may fit himself 

 for any other vocation in life. 



That the forestry school is successful is vouched for by the fact that 

 some of her graduates are holding State Foresters' positions, and others are in 

 private and TJ. S. Forest Service work. 



VERMONT'S MEETING 



T the business meeting of the Vermont State Forestry Association re- 

 cently Hon. Allen Fletcher was elected President to fill the vacancy 

 caused by the death of Ex-Governor Proctor. Mr. Fletcher has long 

 been an active supporter of the forestry movement in the State and expressed 

 himself as a firm believer in the policy of the State investing a certain amount 

 of money each year in the purchase of State forests. The other officers elected 

 were: Vice-Presidents, Hon. Charles Downer, Sharon, and Hon. W. J. Van 

 Patten, Burlington ; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. Craig Burt, of Stowe. The 

 Executive Committee consists of Hon. Joseph De Boer, of Montpelier; Mr. 

 Charles Greene, of White River Junction; General Clarke C. Fitts, of Brattle- 

 boro; O. L. Martin, Plain field, and A. F. Hawes, Burlington. 



At the evening session the chief speaker was Professor H. H. Chapman, 

 of the Yale Forest School, who gave a very interesting and instructive address 

 on ''The Relation of State Forests to Farming." Mr. George Chedel, Superin- 

 tendent of the International Paper Company, told of the extensive forestry 

 work now being carried on by his Company in Vermont and New Hampshire. 

 He told of the nursery in Randolph where a large supply of seedlings is being 

 raised for planting on the cut-over lands and of the improved method of 

 cutting, following the markings made under the direction of the State Forest 

 Service in Vermont. Mr. Hawes, State Forester, discussed the question of 

 forest taxation and suggested a bill along the line of the one advised by the 

 Wisconsin Commission but to apply only to plantations. This bill would tax 

 planted land not to exceed |3.00 per acre and make a ten per cent tax on the 

 gross value of all stumpage when cut. 



The Association has just issued a bulletin of its proceedings for 1911. 

 It proposes hereafter to hold, in addition to the annual meeting, a summer 

 field meeting in some forest which is being managed on forestry methods. A 

 good many new members have recently joined the Association and its prospects 

 for future usefulness seem very encouraging. 



