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cent. An extra instructor was added to the teaching force at 

 the beginning of the year, to enable the department to carry 

 forward the work devolving u/pon it. 



The greatest need of this department at the present time, 

 is increased class room and laboratory space. Some solutioa 

 of this problem will have to be found very soon or the work 

 of the department will be severely crippled. Since approxi- 

 mately one-sixth of all the college hours required of agricul- 

 tural and forestry students is taken in the department of biol- 

 ogy, adequate accommodations for the department are matters 

 of great importance to the College of Agriculture. 



FORESTRY. 



During the last 'two years, the number of students taking 

 major work in forestry increased from forty-four to sixty- 

 three. This increase has made necessary the employment of 

 an additional instructor. A revision of the forestry curricu- 

 lum was made during the year, seven new courses being added, 

 and the program now offered compares favorably with that 

 given by the best of forestry schools. 



Forest Nursery. — A special act of the Legislature made 

 possible the establishing of a State Forest Nursery in connec- 

 tion with this department. The site has been chosen and a 

 substantial wire fence now encloses it. Within the enclosure, 

 a storage and packing house has been built and the heavy grad- 

 ing necessary has already been done. A start on the planting 

 proper was made in a small way last spring, but permanent 

 arrangements were not made in time to permit extensive plant- 

 ing. In the spring of 1914, however, the planting will be begun 

 just as soon as the frost is out -of the ground. It is the purpose 

 to grow forest tree seedlings for planting on wasite and cut- 

 over lands in Maine, and to supply them to prospective planters 

 at the cost of production. In addition to thus furnishing 

 planting stock, at a minimum cosit for reforestation, the stu- 

 dents taking the course in Silviculture will have the very 

 valuable experience gaine'd by practical work in the forest 

 nursery. 



