THE MINNESOTA 



HORTICULTURIST. 



VOL. 30. AUGUST, 1903. No. 8 



A COURSE IN FORESTRY IN THE STATE UNIVERSITY 

 OF MINNESOTA. 



PROF. SAMUEL B. GREEN, MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE. 



The University of Minnesota was one of the first educational 

 institutions in this country to offer instruction in forestry. This 

 was begun twelve years ago, in a small way, in the school of agri- 

 culture. It has now developed into a strong course in the school 

 of agriculture, and several terms' work are offered in the college 

 of agriculture. Within the last four years there have been estab- 

 lished two special schools of forestry in connection with the great 

 universities of this country, and several smaller schools and nu- 

 merous courses in forestry have offered instruction along similar 

 lines. I have thought, perhaps, that I might be charged with lack 

 of enterprise in not urging the establishment of a forestry school 

 in the University of Minnesota, but it has seemed to me that it was 

 better not to crowd such a course too fast, and I have thought 

 that if there was a real demand for it, it would make itself felt, 

 so that the school would come as a natural outcome of the demand. 

 Within the last two years there has been a great increase in the 

 general interest manifested in the whole country in the subject 

 of forestry, and I have had numerous inquiries from various sec- 

 tions as to the opportunities offered for getting a knowledge of 

 forestry in our university. And this year, even after advising a 

 number of applicants to preferably go to regular forestry schools, 

 there remained two graduates of other colleges and other students 

 who wished to come here and take special work in forestry. It 

 seems to me that this growing demand ought to be met, and a 

 short time ago I had a talk on the subject with President Nor- 

 throp. He agreed with me that it was not desirable to make a 

 special school of forestry in the university, but rather to offer a 

 special course on this subject, and while something of this sort 

 is being done this year, yet I expect in the very near future to see 

 the work offered greatly increased, and to make a good, strong 

 course. 



