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organic chemistry, and one year's instruction in organic chemistry 

 given in college have been adopted as the minimum requirements. 



Botany. Two full years of collegiate work in botany, such as 

 given in first class institutions, are considered essential for the 

 forestry student. The course should comprise systematic botany, 

 general morphology of plants, anatomy and histology of plants, 

 and plant physiology. The course may comprise also the subject 

 of plant ecology, where the colleges are equipped for it. It was 

 the opinion of the conference that the two year's work should be 

 done in college, since the courses in botany ordinarily given in 

 preparatory schools are not adequate. 



Geology. A half year in geology has been accepted as the re- 

 quired minimum.* The fundamental work in geology should 

 comprise physical geography, the study of rocks, and the study 

 of soils. Agricultural colleges will be able to specialize in soils 

 in their relation to plant production better than the ordinary 

 college or scientific school. 



Zoology. The minimum requirement in zoology should be at 

 least one-half year of college work. The understanding of the 

 conference was that this work should be confined strictly to 

 zoology, and would not be covered by a half year's work in 

 general biology, which ordinarily includes the study of plant life. 

 The purpose of the preparatory course in zoology is to lay the 

 foundation for later work in forest entomology and in the study 

 of fish, mammals, and birds. 



Meteorology. While the conference considered meteorology a 

 very important subject for the forester, it did not recommend that 

 a separate course in this subject be given in college. It is believed 

 that the essential ground work in meteorology may be covered 

 incidentally with other subjects, for instance in physics, phy- 

 siography, forest geography, or silvics. 



Mechanical Drawing. A half year of mechanical drawing was 

 accepted as the required minimum. This course is absolutely 

 essential as a foundation for map work and surveying. The 

 course is well standardized in all engineering institutions and 

 needs no special comment with reference to its scope. 



Surveying and Map Drawing. A full year's work each in plane 



*To this small requirement which received the majority vote at the con- 

 ference objection is made by Dr. Fernow, the University of Toronto re- 

 quiring not less than lOO hours for these subjects. 



