76 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Iiusbaud, who Avas president of this College for 22 rears. During the 

 summer vacation the Librarian catalogued and made ready for the 

 shelves 377 of these books. The remainder will be arranged as time 

 j>ermits. 



On October 15 the position of Assistant Librarian was made vacant 

 by the resignation of Mr. H. K. Patriarche. His work in the Library 

 had been most efficient and his departure was' regretted by all. He 

 was succeeded by Miss E. Armstrong, who remained until December. 

 The present assistant. Miss Caroline Balbach, was appointed January 

 1, 1904. In her work she is painstaking and interested, and we have 

 great j)leasure in commending her. 



Respectfully submitted, 



LINDA K. LANDOX, 



Librarian. 

 Agricultural College. Mich. 

 June 30, 1004. 



REPOKT OF FORESTRY DEPARTMENT. 



To the President : 



Sir — I have the honor to submit the second annual rej)ort of the De- 

 partment of Forestry for the year ending June 30, 1904. 



The work started last vear has been carried on and extended as far 

 and as fast as funds would ]>ermit. There is no other kind of crop 

 that takes so long to get started as a forest crop which is all the more 

 reason why pro])agation and planting should be pushed vigorously at 

 Ihe very start. The trees that were planted in the spring of VMY.i made 

 fair growth during the season. In the nursery the Norway ])ine and 

 locust made the best growth. Some of the locust were five feet high 

 five m.onths from seed. Exhibitions of forest trees grown from seed 

 were made at the State fair at Pontiac and at the West ilichigan State 

 fair at Grand Rapids. In each case the exhibit was especially attrac- 

 tive to visitors. It was probably the largest and perhaps the first 

 exhibit of this kind made at the State fair. 



Planting toward an ari)oretum is continued in the river woods shown 

 on the ])lot as field number 20. 



Improvement cuttings have been continued in numbers 20 and 17. 



One hundred twenty-two and three- fourths (122%) cords of IG-inch 

 and twenty and one-half (2()V2) cords of .■>()-inch wood have been cut 

 and sold. Two dollars and a half ]»er cord has been received for nearly 

 all of the IG-inch and from |2.50 to |4 \wr cord for the 3()-iuch, Sixty- 

 five and seventy-five cents per cord wer-e ])aid for cutting, and the cost 

 of delivery was about the sam(,\ leaving a stumpage price of |1.20 for 

 the lO-inch and from |1.20 to ^.50 for the 3r)-inch. 



During the spring just passed 8,000 trees from our own nursery and 

 as many more purchased have been planted ])ermanently and 10,000 

 mere have been purchased and planted in the nurser\' for future per- 



