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that while the remedy may appear radical, this would not seem to alter 

 the fact that it is a good time to return to industry, commerce, and 

 agriculture many of the vigorous fellows whose muscles and brains are 

 now becoming atrophied in the various bureaus. He points out that 

 the war has proved that women can be advantageously utilized in many 

 occupations, and suggests that the office force of the inspectors and 

 district foresters ought to be reduced to not more than two male em- 

 ployees. 



E. I. Terry has accepted the position as forest manager of the Ijattell 

 Forest, a tract of about 30,000 acres of forest land in the Green Moun- 

 tains belonging to Middlebury College. It was bequeathed to the col- 

 lege by Joseph Battell, who died in 19 15, an alumnus and for many 

 years a trustee of the college and one of Vermont's most public-spirited 

 citizens. Mr. Battell spent nearly forty years in acquiring this moun- 

 tain land, most of which is covered with virgin forest and is said by 

 good authorities to constitute the finest tract of timber still existing in 

 the State. It is the intention of the college authorities, and in accord- 

 ance with the will of the donor, to preserve and gradually regulate this 

 forest property so that it will become a permanently productive endow- 

 ment to the institution. 



A course for forest rangers was established at the University of 

 British Columbia, under the charge of the Department of Soldiers' 

 Civil Re-establishment. The course covered a period of five months, 

 commencing in November, 1918. Mr. E. J. Hanzlik, Forest Examiner 

 for the U. S. Forest Service, was director and taught the forestry sub- 

 jects ; Mr. A. Lighthall, a British Columbia civil engineer, taught mathe- 

 matics and forest surveying, while Dr. A. H. Hutchinson, of the uni- 

 versity faculty, and Dr. J. Davidson, provincial botanist, took forest 

 botany. In addition, special lectures were given on forestry and allied 

 subjects by men particularly fitted for the subjects assigned to them. 

 The last part of the course consisted of actual work in the woods. The 

 class comprised 21 students. 



At the Wind River Nursery experiments have been concluded on the 

 best season of sowing noble fir (Abies nobilis) and silver fir {Abies 

 grandis). In common with what is commonly true of other species of 

 seed which germinate rather slowly, fall sowing has been found best. 

 Results of the experiment show that the best-developed and hardiest 



