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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 

 College of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics 



Forestry instruction was first introduced at the University of 

 Minnesota, St. Paul, in 1898 through the inclusion of two forestry 

 courses in the agricultural curriculum. In 1905 a forester was added 

 to the staff. Increased interest in the subject became apparent, and 

 in 1910 the work became a college of itself. A four-year undergradu- 

 ate course for the degree of Bachelor of Science is now given and 

 graduate work for the degree of Master of Science. The enrolment 

 is 116 for the 1924 year. 



The first two years of the course combine with forestry instruc- 

 tion general academic courses essential to college training. The 

 courses offered in forestry and its various phases offer opportunity 

 for specialization during the last two years and in the graduate study. 

 The curriculum covers general forestry, dendrology, sylviculture, 

 mensuration, forest valuation, grazing, factory experience, tree crops, 

 groves and windbreaks, logging, sawmill and wood-working machin- 

 ery, seasoning of wood, lumber distribution, wood structure and 

 identification, seeding and planting, administration, wood preservation, 

 wood pulp and paper, wood technology and physics and utilization. 



A summer station or forest laboratory was established at Itasca 

 Park in 1908, and in 1911 the lumber companies of Cloquet donated 

 2300 acres to the University as a forest experiment station. Both of 

 these have been developed, providing ground for field work 

 and research. 



The faculty of the forestry department are : Edward G. Cheyney, 

 Professor of Forestry; John H. Allison, Professor of Forestry; John 

 P. Wentling, Associate Professor of Forestry; Leland L. deFlon, 

 Thorwald S. Hansen and Gilbert H. Wiggin, instructors in Forestry. 



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Forestry is a part of the curriculum of the New Hampshire State 

 College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in a four-year course 

 providing special training in this profession as well as general train- 

 ing in related agricultural lines. The course leads to the degree of 

 Bachelor of Science and fits the student for graduate work leading 

 to a degree in Forestry. 



