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4- That a course in forestry should be provided at the 

 Agricultural Colleges, to be supplemented as soon 

 as practicable by employment and instruction in 

 Demonstration Areas. 



5. That scholarships should be provided to enable students 

 to attend a university or college for higher instruction 

 in forestry and allied subjects, with the view of obtain- 

 ing the degree of B.Sc. in forestry. 



Vermin and Game Pests. 



A Memorandum, prepared by Sir William Haldane, on 

 this subject was considered by a Committee, which reported 

 that all forestry pests should be dealt with by experts 

 under the Forestry Authority, and not as suggested in the 

 Memorandum by popular bodies such as County or District 

 Councils, who were considered unqualified to deal with such 

 a subject. 



The Council, following up the discussion which took place 

 at the Annual Meeting on the subject of danger to standing 

 trees from insect and other forest pests, owing to the accumula- 

 tion of brushwood and other waste material left on the extensive 

 areas cleared of timber for national purposes, communicated 

 with the Board of Agriculture with the view to measures being 

 adopted to prevent probable damage. A circular on the 

 subject was afterwards issued by the Board warning owners 

 of woodlands and others of the danger, and suggesting measures 

 to be adopted to combat the pests. 



Scottish Council of Agriculture. 



Mr G. P. Gordon and the Secretary represented the Society 

 and attended the meetings, but the only point directly bearing 

 on forestry considered during the year was the application to 

 forestry of the provisions of the Corn Production Bill. It was 

 agreed that forestry should be excluded, and that forestry in 

 this case should be held to include forest tree nurseries both 

 public and private. 



Comparative Report on a Wooded Area and an 

 Unwooded Area. 



Sir John Stirling-Maxwell has been good enough to present 

 a sum of ;;^ioo to account of the expense of obtaining a 

 report on a wooded area, comparing and contrasting it with 

 an adjoining unwooded area, with the view of ascertaining 

 the value of the silvicultural factor in the economic development 

 of a district. 



