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past two years, giving illustrated talks on the subject of handling 

 woodlands. Since the subject is one that is so well adapted for 

 illustration with a stereopticon, it has been possible in this way to 

 interest a large number of people in the forestry work. These 

 lectures have been given before granges, farmers' clubs, colleges, 

 schools and various other organizations, which have requested them. 

 The usual arrangement has been to give the lecture in the evening 

 and on the following day to give a demonstration in the woods to 

 show how to make thinnings, improvement cuttings, and to illustrate 

 other forest problems of the community. 



The lecture course in Farm Forestry by the State Forester at the 

 State Agricultural College has been continued. It is the object of 

 the course to fit the young men studying agriculture to handle the 

 woodlots upon the farms, with which they may be connected, with 

 the scientific care that they should receive. 



It has been the aim to secure accurate and reliable information 

 upon the subjects relative to forestry within the State, and a large 

 amount of valuable information has been acquired. Requests for 

 information and advice are constantly coming in and it is gratifying, 

 not only to this office, but to those who make inquiry, to have this 

 first-hand knowledge upon such a variety of subjects. Such inquiries 

 have more than doubled in the past two years and it is the purpose 

 of the Board to develop the work along the lines which will best 

 supply the needs of the woodland owner, the wood user and those 

 interested in forestry generally. Many articles have been written for 

 the county press, and other publications and bulletins relative to 

 forestry are published from time to time on subjects of special 

 interest. 



