Canadian Forcsfrx Journal. Julv, IQ20. 



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Yellowhead Pass, Jasper Park (Courtesy Dominion Parks Branch). 



Botany, where he learns about the lon.f^ 

 series of experiments and trials by 

 "which nature finally perfected our 

 modern tree. All through his work in 

 forestry he will come in contact with 

 ■other plants which influence to a 

 greater or less degree the lives of trees, 

 and he- gets -acauainted with them in 

 his course in Botany. In a similar 

 manner tliere are animals, particularly 

 insects, that affect trees often dis- 

 astrously. These are not studied in 

 the first year, Imt the foundations for 

 such study arc laid by the cour-e in 

 Zoology. In most forestry sclmols a 

 hind of introductory course to forestry 

 is gi\-en li> llie first-year students, in 

 Avhich the forest conditions of the 

 country and metliods of lumliering arc 

 dcscril)C(l. the i)rinci])lcs of fore-trv 



■ the 

 pre- 



are laid down, and the work i 

 various forestry or.^ani/.ations i 

 fiented. 



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Mathematics and Forestry. 



Unless a i'ractisin<4' lorcstcr is 

 ronshlv '^''''^I'ldcd in niatbt'niatic< he i-- 

 lian(licar)j)e(l tliroughout Iiis profes- 

 sional life, since the ]U'incii)les of esti- 

 m.nting and measurin,;.; timber, toj^o- 

 -g'raphic and hand >ur\ c\'in;^-. makiii;;' 



roads and trails, etc.. are based on 

 mathematics, and so this subject is 

 stressed in all forestry schools. Chemis- 

 trv and Phvsics are fundamental sub- 

 jects, and they are studied during the 

 first year. The forestry student usu- 

 ally takes French or German in the 

 first year, and at Toronto the language 

 he selects he must continue for three 

 years. 



By this time the student, if success- 

 ful, ha.s completed his first year. His 

 summer holidays are taken in the Inish. 

 w lierc lie carries chain or calipers trees 

 in a timber cruising party, or assists 

 in land classification and reconnais- 

 sance surveys, or works in a sawmill. 

 in a ]:)aper mill, or o\\ a log drive or 

 acts as a cani]) cook: in fact, he takes 

 an\- jol) that will gi\c him jM^actical 

 experience. lie may fight flies or 

 other pests continuously: he may slee]> 

 on the ground in wet blankets (hu"in.ir 

 two weeks cif continui^us rain : he may 

 spend his time on his knees in a forest 

 nnrsi'ry ; he nia\- roic'it the same ope- 

 rat'oii M\ cr ;ind over .again until tiie 

 monoton\- of the thinf nearh' dri\ es 

 him frantic, hut it stM'!'"n- the back- 

 bone and it i< all v^ood for the st'til : it 

 weeil- out the non-couraueous and the 



