104 FOREST COMMISSIONERS REPORT. 



Work has been added. This latter requires six hours a week 

 practical work at the mills and manufacturing plants in and 

 near Orono, as well as an inspection trip and report on a log- 

 ging operation during the winter. 



In addition to the requirements of the prescribed curriculum, 

 students majoring in forestry are now required to serve an 

 apprenticeship before their names will be presented and recom- 

 mended for graduation. This apprenticeship consists of not 

 less than ten weeks practical work in the woods with an individ- 

 ual, firm or corporation approved by the Department. No 

 credit in hours is given for this work, but compensation is 

 permitted. It has been found impractical to require the at- 

 tendance of the students for a whole summer term's work, since 

 many of them use this time to earn money to defray either the 

 whole or a part of their college expenses for the rest of the 

 year. 



The introduction of the course in Pulp and Paper, by the 

 Department of Chemistry, has brought a new group of students 

 in touch with this Department. All of these students are re- 

 quired to take courses in forestry in connection with their work, 

 including economics of forestry and forest products. Special 

 lectures are always given at the Farmers' Week conference, and 

 the short winter courses in Horticulture and Agronomy. With 

 these exceptions, only minor changes have been made in the cur- 

 riculum as formerly reported in detail. 



Publications. 



Besides numerous minor articles and publications, the most 

 important publications of the Department during the past two 

 years are : "Handling the Farm W'oodlot," Extension Bulletin 

 No. 105, by Carleton W. Eaton ; and "Tree Planting, An Arbor- 

 Day Handbook for use in Maine Schools," by John M. Briscoe. 

 The former was published by the University of Maine Exten- 

 sion Service in cooperation with this Department ; and the lat- 

 ter was published from the funds for public instruction in for- 

 estry, and was distributed to the schools through the office of 

 the Superintendent of Schools in cooperation with the Forest 

 Commissioner. Both of these have been very well received 

 by the general public, and several commendatory letters and 

 notices appeared concerning them, and additional copies have 



