REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC IN- 

 STRUCTION IN FORESTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY 

 OF MAINE TO THE FOREST COMMISSIONER. 



November i, 1914. 



To the Honorable Blaine S. Viles, Forest Commissioner, Au- 

 gusta, Maine. 



Sir : — I have the honor to submit the following report of this 

 Department for the years 1913 and 1914: 



These two years mxark the greatest advance in this Depart- 

 ment since it was established, in 1903. Owing to the increased 

 appropriation made by the present Legislature, it has been 

 enabled to increase its field of usefulness, not only at the Uni- 

 versity, but throughout the State. These advances may be 

 briefly summarized as follows : 



An instructor in forestry added to the teaching faculty 

 The addition of new courses to the curriculum 

 The strengthening of courses already offered 

 Extension lectures at the Normal Schools 

 Extension lectures to schools, granges, and clubs 

 The establishing of a summer school camp 

 The establishing of a State forest nursery 

 These will each be discussed in detail in the body of this 

 report, under their proper headings. 



Registration 



The registration of new students taking the regular four- 

 years course in forestry is as follows : 



For the college year 1912-13 22 



For the college year 1913-14 13 



This year's registration is about normal, and the previous year's 

 by far the largest in the history of the department. 



Many of the students registered in 1913 found themselves 

 entirely unfitted for the work, or the course too difficult for 

 them, and changed during the year to other, and for them more 



