502 United States. 



thrived almost beyond expectation, having in its fourth 

 year attained in numbers to 70, larger than any French 

 or German forest school at the time, and readily 

 finding employment for its graduates, it suddenly 

 came to an end in 1903. Its appropriation, unani- 

 mously voted in the Legislature, was vetoed by the 

 Governor, on the alleged ground that the silvicultural 

 methods applied in the demonstration forest of the 

 College "had been subjected to grave criticism." It 

 is true the only silvicultural method officially sanc- 

 tioned (by the Forest Service), the selection forest, 

 had not been applied, yet the war against the College 

 being waged by two wealthy bankers of New York and 

 the well-known character of the then Governor sug- 

 gest that other "considerations" than mere criticism 

 of professional judgment were at the bottom of his 

 action. 



As from the start, the federal Forestry Bureau natur- 

 ally continued in ever increasing degree to be the edu- 

 cator of the nation, not only as regards popular con- 

 ceptions and attitudes, but as regards technical 

 matter. Its bulletins, circulars, and reports on the 

 subjects which come under investigation form the 

 bulk of the American literature on the technical side 

 of the subject. During the first 20 years of its ex- 

 istence, some 20,000 pages of printed matter were 

 produced, and the next decade increased the crop of 

 information apace. At first intended for popular 

 propaganda, the matter printed was naturally argu- 

 mentative, statistical and descriptive, but gradually 

 more and more technical matter filled the pages, and 

 now most of the publications are of technical nature. 



