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only object of German instruction is to create a 

 body of men capable of filling places in the elabo- 

 rate forestry service of that country. Our aims 

 must be different. Undoubtedly, as the introduc- 

 tion of silvicultural forestry progresses, an increas- 

 ing demand for expert managers of woodlands will 

 arise. These our colleges and universities ought 

 to supply. But they ought to do more. For a 

 long time to come there will be many men who, 

 without being professional foresters, will find it de- 

 sirable in their business of lumbering, or other 

 industries, dependent on forest products, to have 

 a comprehensive insight into forestry in all its 

 branches. Moreover, it is certain that the ques- 

 tion of proper treatment of our forest resources 

 will soon play, for a time, a very important part in 

 the public life of our nation. For this reason, 

 many students in all departments will wish to have 

 a proper understanding of the relations the forests 

 and forest industries bear to the national life. To 

 these non-professional students the purely techni- 

 cal branches, like silviculture and mensuration, will 

 be of minor importance. But forestry, on its eco- 

 nomic, administrative, and political side, will be 

 very attractive. 



The needs of both the professional and non-pro- 

 fessional class of students have been admirably 

 provided for in the New York State College of 

 Forestry, which in the year 1898 was opened as 

 an integral part of Cornell University, at Ithaca. 

 Far from considering his department a mere 



