OUR COLLEGE. 



DEVELOPMENT in the College of Forestry during the past year 

 has been along the lines mentioned in previous Annuals. Be- 

 lieving that the natural resources and the economic conditions 

 of the State demand the very best work in forestry and lumber- 

 ing, President Suzzallo has signified his intention to push the work in 

 the College of Forestry ahead as rapidly as possible with the idea of 

 giving Washington the very best school in the country. A good be- 

 ginning toward this end has been made and the school is now far on 

 the way toward possessing a physical equipment second to none. 



Equipment. 



While the Forest Products Laboratory has not yet been realized 

 we are now quite certain that such a laboratory with a staff of high 

 class research men will be ready before the close of the next bien- 

 nium. Meanwhile we have added considerably to our equipment for 

 work in this field, so that in addition to a well balanced collection of 

 general apparatus we now have a complete plant for wood preserva- 

 tion, a distillation plant of one-half cord capacity and a dry kiln of 

 one-half carload capacity. The preservation plant consists of an open 

 tank outfit of the most modern type large enough to handle railway 

 ties, and a pressure plant with a twelve foot cylinder equipped so 

 that it may be used for treating by any of the different processes in 

 commercial use. The dry-kiln is of the most modern design and was 

 installed this year as a gift from the North Coast Dry Kiln Company. 



Mention was made in the 1916 Annual that the negotiations for- 

 th e purpose of securing a demonstration forest were coming to a 

 head. We can now announce that the Forest Service has approved 

 the selection by the State of the Pilchuck and Sultan watersheds, and 

 that the legislature has passed a bill that will give the University 

 title to this land in lieu of other lands the University holds. This tract 

 was selected by the faculty of the College after a thorough investi- 

 gation of all the possibilities and we believe that we have a tract that 

 is ideal for the purpose. It is located in Snohomish County, about 

 fifty miles from the campus, and comprises an area of about 67,000 

 acres, containing a stand of over a billion and a half feet of merchant- 

 able timber. In addition to this there is a great deal of second growth 

 of varying age classes and also some burned over areas, thus giving 

 us practically every condition for practice work in silviculture, men- 

 suration, logging, and management. 



The uses to be made of the tract include (1) a field laboratory, 

 (2) an experiment station, and (3) a demonstration forest. Perma- 

 nent camps for a summer term for student practice work will be 

 established in the near future. In connection with the summer camp 



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