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of Landscape Gardening. The work previously performed in provid- 

 ing instruction for students in other schools along forestry lines is 

 being continued. In addition to these activities a two-year course in 

 forestry for mature students with experience in forestry, lumbering 

 and other lines, preparing them for ranger examinations and work in 

 the lumber industry, has been continued. Professor J. A. Ferguson 

 is at the head of the Department of Forestry. 



PENNSYLVANIA STATE FOREST SCHOOL 



By act of the Pennsylvania State Legislature the name of the 

 State Forest Academy at Mont Alto, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 

 has been changed to the Pennsylvania State Forest School, and with 

 the discontinuance of the professional course in forestry at the State 

 Agricultural College, the Mont Alto school is the only professional 

 forest school in the State. It was formally established by the Legis- 

 lature in 1903 although the groundwork was laid previous to that time 

 and a curriculum had been worked out. 



The course at the school is four years of 46 weeks each, leading 

 to the degree of Bachelor of Forestry. Tuition is free to Pennsyl- 

 vanians. The course covers forest mensuration, sylviculture in all its 

 phases, dendrology, forest entomology, pathology, protection, organiza- 

 tion and history, wood technology, lumbering, logging and milling, 

 wood utilization, finance and law as applied to forestry, forest ap- 

 praisal and administration, and a variety of other courses essential 

 to an academic and technical training. 



Through the Mont Alto State Forest the school has a forest labor- 

 atory of highest order. This tract of 23,000 acres has been under 

 careful management on sustained yield for 17 years and during 

 1923 returned a gross income of $50,000. It is dotted with planta- 

 tions, experiment stations, improvement cuttings and is equipped with 

 fire towers, trails, ranger stations and a telephone system. The school 

 forest nursery has an annual output of 3,000,000 trees, used by the 

 State and private owners. 



The present enrolment of the school (1924) is 68. Accommodations 

 will be increased this year to admit 80 students and within another year 

 it is planned to extend the capacity of the school to 100. The faculty 

 now numbers seven members but will be increased to 10 under the 

 new arrangement. 



