256 FORESTRY INVESTIGATIONS U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The following schools are provided for the higher grades of foresters: 



Higher forestry schools in (Germany for the education afforest managers, 

 [Austria and Switzerland included.] 



a The entire corps of professors of the university. In Munich 18 professors are engaged in lecturing on subjects which concern for- 

 estry students; in Zurich, 20 professors. In Munich all studies can be followed in any year, as the students may select. The attendance 

 varies, of course, widely in different years, having been as high as 216 in Ebcrswalde and 120 in Miindeu. The above figures arc for 1885-86. 



b Not prescribed. 



c During the winter of 1898 there were 141* students at Munich out of 527 forestry students at all forestry schools. 



The following table will serve to give an idea of what instruction is to be had at these 

 institutions : 



I'lan of studies at Forest Academy Eberswalde. 



Subjects of instruction. 



FUNDAMENTAL SCIKNCKS. 



Natural sciences. 



General and theoretic chemistry 



Special inorganic and organic chemistry applied 



Physics and meteorology 



Mineralogy and geognosy 



Definition of minerals and rocks 



Kev lews for organic nat ural sciences 



Botany in general and forest botany in particular 



Anatomy of plants, vegetable physiology and pathology . 



Microscopy 



Botanical reviews 



Botanical excursions, each 2J hours 



General /oology 



Vertebrates 



Invertebrates, with special reference to forest insects 



Zoological preparations 



Zoological reviews 



Zoological excursions, each 3 hours 



Whole 

 number 

 of hours. 



Total natural sciences. 



Geodesy 



Interest and rent account 



Wood-measuring 



Mathematical reviews and exercises 



Surveying and leveling exercises, each 4 hours. 

 Plan-drawing exercises, 2J hours 



Total mathematics 



Economic sciences. 

 Public economy and finances ....................... 



Total sum of hours for fundamental sciences. 



SO 

 80 

 60 

 20 

 16 

 64 

 60 



Subjects of instruction. 



Whole 

 number 

 of hours. 



840 



72 

 20 

 20 

 5 

 192 

 80 



440 



1'liINCII'AL SCIKXCES. 



Cultivation of forests 



Forest implements 



Geographical forest botany 



Protection of forests 



Forest usufruct and technology 



Forest surveying 



Appraising forests 



Calculation of the \alue of forests and forest statistics . 



Administration of forest and hunting 



Redemption of rights of usage 



Forest history 



Forest statistics 



Review of various forest matters 



Examinations 



Forest excursions, each 4 hours 



Total. 



SECONDARY SCIENC KK. 



Jurisprudence. 



Civil Uw 



Criminal law 



<'ivil and criminal lawHirits and constitutional rights . 

 Jurisprudence 



Total 



Construction of roads 



Hunting 



Shooting exercises, 2 hours eah. 



Total sum of hours for secondary sciences. 

 Grand total... 



80 



211 

 48 



80 

 20 

 80 

 99 

 48 

 32 

 40 

 20 



352 

 980 



72 

 32 

 40 

 38 



180 



32 

 32 

 90 



2,648 



Per cent. 



Fundamental sciences ;,i, 



Principal si-ienees ; f y 



Secondary sciences . . 13 



Average per instruction week (21 weeks in winter, 17 during summer; 2 winter courses, 3 summer courses) : 



Og4O 



= 28.5 hours, or per day, 4.9 hours. 



