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be great. Consequently the Department is prepared to continue to 

 train professional students, as well as to give instruction to those from 

 other departments or colleges who desire an understanding of the basic 

 principles of forestry. 



Investigation. — The appointment of Assistant Professor Chandler made 

 possible the carrying into effect of a part of the program of the Depart- 

 ment in forest investigation. Two problems were attacked — a study of 

 hardwood utilization in the Adirondacks, and the collection of data bearing 

 on the growth of red pine. Both studies will need to be continued for 

 some time, but certain conclusions are already in hand. A preliminary 

 report is now in preparation which sets forth the general situation as 

 regards the utilization of Adirondack hardwoods. The study as a whole 

 is designed to determine how large a proportion of the timber crop is 

 marketable economically under any given set of conditions. In this 

 three main points are involved: (i) the quantity and grades of material 

 now being left in the woods; (2) the value of this material for manufacturing 

 purposes; and (3) the cost of delivery and manufacture. Both the hard- 

 wood and the red pine study will be continued during the simimer of 

 1918. 



During the months of May and June Professor Chandler was detailed 

 to assist in a cooperative study of the important forest types in the Adiron- 

 dacks, including the establishment of permanent sample plots which will 

 serve also as demonstration areas. This work is being carried on under 

 the direction of a committee of the New York Section of the Society of 

 American Foresters, of which Professor S. N. Spring is chairman. 



Extension. — Starting in January, 1918, Assistant Professor Collingwood, 

 and also for a few weeks Assistant Professor Chandler, devoted no little 

 time to the wood fuel campaign, in cooperation with the State Advisory 

 Committee on Wood Fuel appointed by the Conservation Commissioner, 

 at the direction of the Governor, to work in conjunction with the State 

 and County Fuel Administrators. Professor Hosmer was named as one 

 member of this committee, and Professor Collingwood was given charge 

 of one of the districts into which the State was divided in the campaign, 

 a forester being assigned to each district. Especial emphasis w^as placed 

 in this work on the establishment of municipal wood yards and the increased 

 use of wood as a substitute for coal. 



In cooperation with the New York State Food Commission, a bulletin 

 entitled Maple Simp and Sugar Production, by Professor Chandler, was 

 issued in the spring. 



Twenty-one woodlots were examined for the purpose of giving advice 

 regarding the future management of the property, to estimate the timber, 

 or to assist the owner in marking the timber preparatory to cutting. 



