DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 49 



Fall Term: Kec. 



Forestry 10. (Forest Law) 24 



Forestry 11. (Forest Technology) 120 



Forestry 12. (Lumbering) 36 



Winter T&rm: 



Forestry 11a. (Forest Technology) 120 



Forestry 9a. (Forest Management) 36 



Forestry 13. (Forest Protection) 24 



Summer Term : 



Forestry 14. (Forest Investigation) 120 



Forestry 15. (Forest Policy) 24 



Forestry 16. (Wood Preservation) 36 



FOREST NURSERY. 



The dnal purpose of the Forest Nursery is to supply demonstration 

 work for students and to produce sufficient tree stock to meet the de- 

 mand of the farmers in the State woodlot work. This tree stock is 

 also used in replanting open places in the college farm woodlots. 

 These college farm Avoodlots are a great help in practical demonstra- 

 tion work. 



There is now on hand in the nurserv the following stock: 



Coniferous, 4,635,464; Broadleaf, 1,228,924. 



FOREST EXTENSION WORK. 



Under a ruling of the State Board the department renders free as- 

 sistance to farmers and land owners in making examinations and recom- 

 mendations for the proper management of forest lands. 



To date 113 applications have been received and filed; twenty of 

 which have been visited and recommendations made. Gratuitous dis- 

 tribution of 3,377 forest trees was made to public institutions; 51,861 

 were sold to applicants at cost; 26,736 were planted in the college wood- 

 lot and farm. 



Great interest and enthusiasm is everywhere shown among farmers 

 along the line of this woodlot Avork. 



In order to bring the possibilities of forestry more clearly before 

 the land owners of the state I recommend the establishment of model 

 forest plantations, made up of various species on different soils and 

 sites. This work could be carried on by cooperating with the land 

 owners; they furnishing the laud and the departuient furnishing the 

 ti*ees free of charge. In accepting the trees the applicant should agree 

 to care for and protect them for a period of years. 



Not until demonstration work of this kind is taken up and carried 

 forth with energy Avill the land owners realize the possibilities of profit 

 in the proper care and culture of their forest lands and waste places. 



COLLEGE FORESTS. 



The boundaries were run on the 42,000 acres owned by the college in 

 Iosco and Alcona counties during the fall and winter and rough esti- 

 mates were made of the standing timber. 



