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A large and growing correspondence is also an important 

 part of the work. By arrangements with the State Department 

 and the United States Forest Service in the Department of 

 Agriculture, all letters on the subject of forestry in Maine are 

 referred for attention to this department. This keeps the 

 department in close touch with those interested in the work. 



Summer School Camp 



Probably the most important development along the hues of 

 extension work in forestry, was the establishing of a summer 

 school camp short course. This is a two weeks course in the 

 fundamentals of forestry. It was introduced to meet the needs 

 of two classes of students, namely: young men just out of high 

 schools who are undecided as to whether or not they intend to 

 take a professional course in forestry, and more mature men,' 

 such as guides, patrolmen, cruisers and those interested in 

 timber lands and pulp manufacturers. For the first class of 

 men, such a course will often save much disappointment and 

 possibly a year in college, for it will give them a very good idea 

 of just what the work is like and what the conditions of actual 

 field work are. For the second class of men, it is intended to 

 give what elementary knowledge of the subject it is possible to 

 present in so short a time, and to at least demonstrate the aim? 

 and methods of forestry. 



In 1913 this course was given near Princeton, Maine, on 

 Indian Township. Through the kindness of Mr. Charles F. 

 Eaton, of Princeton an old. logging camp was made available 

 for cook-shack and mess-quarters. Tents were provided as 

 sleeping quarters for the men. There were five students at 

 this camp. 



For the same course in 1914, Mr. Charles E. Adams, of 

 Bangor, offered his camp at Stacyville, on the East Branch of 

 the Penobscot River, about one hundred miles north of Bangor. 

 The tents and camp equipment were moved to this new loca- 

 tion, and it will in all probability be made the permanent place 

 for holding the summer camp course, since it would be very 

 difficult to secure a place as well located for timber cruising in 

 a variety of types of forest, and at the same time so well ap- 

 pointed. There were seven students this year. 



