14 College of Forestry. 



half of the State is better suited to the growing of forests than 

 agricultural crops. The College of Forestry has the problem of 

 awakening interest in the forest lands of the State and aiding in the 

 proper development of these lands. Forestry and Agriculture are 

 widely separated, although in the first years of development Forestry 

 has been subordinated to Agriculture. Proper logging and lumbering 

 methods, manufacture of paper pulp, etc., can hardly be called Agri- 

 culture. The time has arrived in this country when Forestry should 

 be given a place coordinate in importance with Agriculture, Engineer- 

 ing and other phases of applied science. 



The Charter of the College of Forestry requires it, in so far as 

 appropriations will allow, to carry on general educational work in 

 Forestry throughout the State. The College in interpreting this 

 obligation feels that it is in the State to be of service to the people 

 and that the more it can do for the development of forest lands in 

 the State and for the planting of trees in streets and parks in every 

 community in the State, the more nearly it will fulfill its function 

 as a State College. 



In so far as it can the College is ready to send out its Experts to 

 give suggestions and advice for the management of forest lands, for 

 the reforestation of idle lands and for the improvement of shade tree 

 areas. It will gladly answer written inquiries sent to the College 

 along any of the above lines and will send such literature as it has 

 put out which bears in any way upon the written inquiries and 

 replies. 



From the start the policy of the College has been to serve the 

 people of the State in an advisory capacity only except where the 

 actual carrying out of the work may be of distinct educational value. 

 That is, it will prepare plans for forest management, reforestation, 

 city, street and park improvement but will not actually carry out the 

 work. With a body of experts it is in unusual position to give service 

 in an advisory way but beyond that it does not care to go because it 

 does not feel that it should compete with Consulting Forestry con- 

 cerns and Landscape Engineers in the actual carrying out of the 

 work. In a number of instances where plans have been made, the 

 work has been turned over to professional men who have been very 

 glad to carry out the plans suggested by the College. Any one con- 

 versant with conditions in the State will agree that the more the 

 College can do to stimulate interest in Forestry and in City Improve- 

 ment the more demand there will be for nursery stock and for the 

 work of trained Foresters and Landscape Engineers. 



