52 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



EXTENSION. 



Work in Drainage and Conveniences and Land Clearing will be found 

 nnder separate heads. Considerable time has been spent this year in 

 connection with experiment station work on l*otato storage in working 

 and ventilating systems for potato warehouses. As in other years many 

 plans of all kinds have been sent out and assistance given in working 

 out special and individual problems which cannot easily be reported, but 

 which contribute to our fund of experience and in a demonstrational way 

 to the betterment of farm equipment. 



Yours very truly, 



H. H. MUS^SELMAN, 

 Professor of Farm Mechanics. 



REPORT OF THE DEPART^MENT OF FORESTRY 



To the President : — 



Sir : — I have the honor to submit the following report for the Depart- 

 ment of Forestry for the j^ear ending June 30, 1023 : 



There were two changes in the teaching staff of the Department during 

 the year. Mr. John C. DeCamp was appointed Assistant Professor of 

 Forestry to take the place of Mr. P. L. Buttrick, who resigned on August 

 31 in order to travel and study abroad. Mr. DeCamp graduated from the 

 College in the class of 1910 and has brought to the Department a wide 

 knowledge of forest utilization and of lumbering acquired from many 

 years' experience in the West and elsewhere. 



Mr. Paul A. Herbert was appointed Instructor in Forestry to take 

 the place of Mr. G. A. Garratt, who resigned on August 31 in order to 

 continue his studies in the East. Mr. Herbert is a graduate of Cornell 

 where he also took post-graduate work. He has accomplished some not- 

 able work in the study of forest insurance and is continuing such work 

 here in addition to teaching. 



The forestry summer school was held on the lands of the Antrim Iron 

 Company near Mancelona. The company furnished us with the use of 

 buildings for sleeping quarters, mess hall, kitchen and classroom and 

 also furnished much of the equipment needed to operate the camp. I 

 wish to take this opportunity of expressing our a])preciation of their 

 assistance in making the camp a success. In connection with the sum- 

 mer camp a large amount of data has been collected on the growth and 

 management of hardwood forests in tlie northern part of the State, and 

 the camp has brought the College into touch with many different com- 

 munities. I feel that it has accomplished a great deal m interesting 

 people both in forestry and in the College. 



The forest nursery was operated as usual although the work was 

 greatly handicapped by the late spring followed by unusually dry 

 weather, making it difficult to handle the trees satisfactorily. Planting 



