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approved the plan of giving a five year course in forestry, leading 

 to the degree Bachelor of Science at the end of the fourth year 

 and the degree Master in Forestry at the end of the fifth year. 

 This course will be opened to students in September, 19 12. 



The department now has about 300 acres of land available for 

 forestry purposes within easy walking distance of the Campus. 

 This includes stands of pine, hemlock and hardwoods, and open 

 land for planting. 



On February 24, 1912, the Missoula Section of the Society of 

 American Foresters was formed under the provision of its re- 

 cently amended Constitution. District Forester F. A. Silcox 

 was elected Chairman, Assistant District Forester R. Y. Stuart, 

 Secretary, and Forest Supervisor Elers Koch was appointed by 

 the Chairman as the third member of the Executive Committee. 

 The meetings will be held on the third Monday of each month, 

 the first being on March 18, at which F. I. Rockwell delivered a 

 paper on "Forest Types in District i." 



The Pennsylvania Railroad forest planting this spring totalled 

 369,648 trees. They were distributed over ten tracks and cover 

 fourteen species as follows : Larix europea, p,ooo; Piniis 

 austriaca, 2,8^0; Finns resinosa, 21,120; Pinus strohiis, 20,^75; 

 Pinus sylvestris, '/4,4yy, Pinus taeda, 3,161 ; Catalpa speciosa, 

 600; Fraxinus americana, 4,800; Gleditsia triacanthos, 448; 

 Hicoria ovata, 100; Juglans nigra, 11,167; Liriodendron tulipifera, 

 6c,2; Querciis rubra, 2IQ,qoo; Tilia americana, i,ojo. 



A proposal for a State forest in Scotland to show the growth 

 and utilization of timber from the seed-bed to the saw-mill, is the 

 main recommendation of the Departmental Committee appointed 

 to consider the best means of promoting silviculture in that coun- 

 try. The area, says the Committee, should contain at least 4,000 

 acres, including if possible, 2,000 acres already under wood. The 

 plantable land might with advantage for the purpose of demonstra- 

 tion amount to say, 10.000 acres, but such an extent combined with 

 the necessary growing woods, might be difficult to secure. 



The areas should be acquired by purchase ; a lease, however long 



