68 FOREST commissioner's REPORT. 



For this course there are no examinations or entrance re- 

 quirements of any kind, excepting that the student be in good 

 health and not less than eighteen years old. No tuition is 

 charged, but the expenses of living in camp are divided pro- 

 rata among the students in attendance, and this is the only 

 necessary expense. 



The w^ork given includes lectures in Silviculture, Measure- 

 ments, Economics of Forestry, Forest Botany, Forest Protec- 

 tion, and Lumbering, and periods are provided for discussions 

 of topics suggested by the students as well as for reading and 

 study. This work takes up the mornings, and the afternoons 

 are devoted to field-work and practical demonstrations as well 

 as training in the use of forestry instruments. 



This course is entirely separate and apart from the regular 

 courses at the University, and no University credit can be given 

 for work done there. It, however, fills a distinct place in the 

 educational work of this department, and when it becomes bet- 

 ter and more generally known, will no doubt be one of the most 

 popular courses offered. 



Publications 



During the period covered by this report numerous articles 

 have been contributed to forestry periodicals and to the news- 

 papers, and the following bulletins have been published through 

 the kindness of the Extension Department of the University of 

 Maine, in their regular monthly bulletin — "Timely Helps for 

 Farmers": Vol. 5, No. 12. The. Spruce Bud-Worm, Vol. 7, 

 No. I. Extension Course in Forestry, Vol. 7, No. 7. Forest 

 Planting, Vol. 7, No. 8. A Classified List of American Litera- 

 ture on Forestry Subjects, for General Reading and Reference. 

 These bulletins will be included, in an appendix, as a part of 

 this report. 



Forest Nursery 



A special appropriation from the present Legislature made 

 possible the establishing of a State Forest Nursery in connec- 

 tion with this department. One thousand dollars a year for 

 each of the years 1913 and 1914 was provided for carrying on 

 this part of the work, the funds to be expended under the direc- 

 tion of the forest Commissioner. 



