172 Forestry Quarterly 



Three hundred and fifty-four students of the University of 

 CaHfomia have enrolled in the course in "Elements of Forestry" 

 offered this year for the first time by Professor Walter Mulford, 

 This course is designed to present a general picture of the re- 

 lation of forestry to the every day life of a nation. Among the 

 topics discussed are the influence of forests on water supply, 

 climate, soil and public health, the life story of the tree and the 

 forest, general principles of forestry practice, and protection from 

 fire and insects. Nine lectures on the fish and game of the State 

 will also be given in connection with the course, by experts in 

 these fields. To reach a large number of students in other de- 

 partments with instruction in elementary forestry is considered 

 by the School of almost equal importance to the training of 

 professional students. 



A new forestry building, costing $40,000, has been authorized 

 by the board of regents and will be erected on the Oregon Agri- 

 cultural College campus during the coming spring and summer. 

 It will be a brick structure, three stories high and 80 feet wide 

 by 140 feet long. A large laboratory for logging-engineering 

 will be located on the first floor, with smaller laboratories for 

 the manufacture of wood products. The second and third floors 

 will be occupied by offices, classrooms and smaller experimental 

 laboratories. The building will be ready for occupancy at the 

 opening of the next college year, September, 1916. 



The Semet-Solvay Company of Syracuse, which owns and 

 operates large mines in West Virginia under the direction of the 

 Solvay Collieries Company, has recently become interested in 

 reforestation on its holdings in West Virginia. It has asked the 

 New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse to examine and 

 report upon reforestation on holdings at Kingston and Mary- 

 town in Central West Virginia. Professor J. Fred Baker of the 

 College is now in West Virginia examining these holdings and is 

 accompanied by a party of eight Senior students who will take 

 part in the field examination of the properties. Mr. H. J. 

 Kaestner, State Forester of West Virginia, will join the party 

 at Kingston and will assist in any fire protection plans which 

 may be suggested. After the field studies are completed, the 

 party of Seniors will visit several large lumbering operations in 

 Central West Virginia. 



