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able time was spent hv (he tea(liin<; force in extension work <•! various 

 kinds in different parts of the state where aid was asked rejj;arding the 

 establishment of i)lantations, windbreaks and shelter belts and other 

 ])hases of foresti'.v aiul woodlot work. S]>eeial investi*>alioM of wood- 

 lot conditions in tliiee townships of the state was cari-ied on diirinff the 

 summer of 1912 by Ihe writer with the aid of two senior assistants, 

 viz: M. West veld and }l. S. Kroodsma whose conscientious efforts 

 deserve special mention. 



Nurscri/ Operations. — The Forest Nursery maintained by the dejjart- 

 ment has been handled with the same attention and care as fonnerly 

 reported. The financial standing of the work is as follows: 



Estimated value of stock on hand $4,039.28 



Total receipts from stock, 1913 712.G2 



Number of coniferous seedlings and trans- 

 plants sent out for planting 02,591 



Number of hardwood seedlings and trans- 

 plants sent out for planting 35,272 



Total stock shipped 97,803 



For the encouragement of rural school planting and as a means to 

 assist in raising the interest among the children of the rural schools of 

 Michigan, 1137 trees of different sizes, were gratuitously distributed for 

 this purpose. 



I wish to add a word of high commendation to the capable wt)rk of 

 the following who compose the personnel of the department : Instructor 

 S. V. Klem, Instructor W. I. Gilson, Miss Nellie Stradley, clerk, and 

 Mr. C. B. Baker, nursery foreman. Their loyal co-operation has made 

 it possible to report the close of a strenuous but successful year. 



F. H. SANFORD, 

 Acting Professor of Forestry. 



East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1913. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL 



EDUCATION. 



To the President: 



Dear Sir — I herewith submit a brief report of my labors during the 

 collegiate year ending June 24th: 



1, I have taught tJie pedagogical subjects leading to teachers' cer- 

 tificates to both the men and the women. I have had thirty-five women 

 and seventy men in class. Nearly all the women have secured jto- 

 sitions to teach for next year, and twenty of the men who were grad- 

 uated in agriculture have secured positions to teach agriculture during 

 the ensuing year. Several others of the men have secured supervising 

 positions. I have taught fifteen hours each week during the year. 



2. During the past year we have had twenty high schools giving 

 courses in agriculture taught by graduates of this institution. To 

 this number we shall add ten new schools the ensuing year, making 



