REPORT OF THE FORESTRY DEPART.MENT AT 

 THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE TO THE 

 FOREST COMMISSIONER NOVEM- 

 BER I, 1910. 



We append herewith the report of i'rof. John M. Briscoe, 

 who has charge of the forestry department at the University of 

 Maine. The maintenance of this department is taken from the 

 $2,500 appropriated for pnbHc instruction in forestry. This 

 department is doing excellent work in instructing young men in 

 practical forestry and I hope that ample appropriation will be 

 made to continue the work and enable us to employ an assist- 

 ant. 



To the Hon. E. E. Ring. 

 Forest Commissioner, 

 Augusta, Maine. 



Sir :— 



THE PAST. 



It gives me pleasure to present herewith a report on the .status 

 of the Fore.stry Department at the University of Maine. 



Eight years ago, when the forestry course was first instituted 

 at the University, there were only three other institutions in the 

 United States offering instruction in forestry. Today more than 

 twenty educational institutions ofifer more or less complete 

 courses in the subject. These figures are given simply to show 

 the general growth of the movement, and to emphasize the fact 

 that in order to keep well up in the front ranks and to maintain 

 the position and prestige which are the natural result of prior- 

 ity in the field, it is necessary to move forward. In other words, 

 the equipment and the funds that were at one time sufficient are 

 no longer adequate for the demands now made upon them, which 

 have been increasing regularly and steadily from year to year. 

 This has been occasioned both by the increased number of stu- 

 dents taking this course, and also by the more advanced work 



