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in the care of their woodlands. This will include instruction in 

 farm forestry and in general silviculture at the University; ex- 

 tension work to reach the people of the state; and field studies 

 of woodlot conditions and needs. (2) Experimental work re- 

 lating to the woodlot and general forest problems of the state. 



The courses in forestry to be given the present year (silvicul- 

 ture, farm forestry) are not planned for students intending to 

 make forestry a profession and do not lead to forestry degree. 



The woodlands of the university farms and some open land 

 have been put under the management of this department, and 

 will be used as experimental and demonstration areas. 



Mr. Walter Mulford is Professor of Forestry, in charge of the 

 work. An assistant professor of forestry is also authorized, and 

 is soon to be appointed. 



The Commission of Conservation of Canada issues the fol- 

 lowing Bulletin: 



Considerable uneasiness and even alarm has been felt by lum- 

 bermen and others interested in forest products, over the dep- 

 redations in different parts of Canada, of the spruce bud-worm 

 (Tortri.v fumiferana). It was feared that the spruce might 

 suffer a fate similar to that of the tamarack which was killed by 

 the larch sawfly about twenty-five years ago. As a result, how- 

 ever, of careful investigations begun by the Division of Ento- 

 mology of the Dominion Department of Agriculture during 1909 

 and still in progress, the situation appears to be much more sat- 

 isfactory and reassuring than was first considered possible. 



The destructive work of the budworm was first reported two 

 years ago from Vancouver Island, where the Douglas fir was 

 attacked ; and from Quebec, where the spruce and the balsam 

 suffered chiefly. In the case of Quebec, the pests were at first 

 confined to the west-central portion of the Province, but during 

 1910 areas on the east of the St. Lawrence were also attacked. 

 It was this latter circumstance that roused timber owners to a 

 sense of the possible extent of the danger. 



While in the caterpillar stage these insects destroy the buds of 

 the spruce and balsam, especially at the tops of the trees. They 

 al'so bite off the leaves, which, together with the excrement of the 

 caterpillars, cause the tops of the trees to assume a reddish brown 



