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tive work may crop up, and these cannot be separated without dis- 

 tinct loss. On the other hand, there are certain broad principles 

 of administration which should be thoroughly discussed at some 

 point in the curriculum, and that in a separate course. There 

 should be a careful co-ordination with the special problems that 

 may have been taken up in the individual courses so as to avoid 

 duplication. Such a course should present tlie principles under- 

 lying business conduct, methods employed in administration of 

 forest properties, organization of service, varied according to 

 character of owner, size of property, intensity of management. 



1. Personnel and Organisation, exemplified by various actual 

 organizations, discussing principles involved ; 



a. Functions and Grades : — Directive — inspective — executive — 

 protective service; special detail (survey, working plans, investi- 

 gations) ; accounting; law business. 



b. Relations and Co-ordination : — Responsibilities, — assign- 

 ment of duties — promotion — pay; reports on existing organi- 

 zations, critically discussed. 



c. Character and Education of Personnel. — Needs in different 

 grades — recruiting of personnel. 



d. Numbers, in relation to area and intensity of management. 



e. Organization of Forest Labor : — Requirements and princi- 

 ples of employment — methods of employment — contract work — 

 standardizing of work — wages, various methods — benefits. 



2. Business Practice. Projects — executive business; form of 

 procedure, preparation of budgets, bookkeeping and accounts ; 

 cost keeping ; disbursement of moneys ; purchase of supplies ; 

 property accountability, etc. 



Timber Physics and Wood Technology. Forest Products. 



In some institutions, the subject matter of this course is in- 

 cluded, together with lumbering, under the head of Forest Utili- 

 zation. The importance of lumbering in this country and the 

 distinct and unique problems involved in it justify making it a 

 separate course, and treating the products and their use separately 



Forest Utilization is then made equivalent to lumbering, treat- 

 ing of the harvest of the crop and its preparation for market, 

 while the course on Forest Products discusses the character and 

 properties of the products themselves and their application in the 



