positions of importance for many young men of the next generation. 

 For this reason, again, it is thought worth while to publish this 

 pamphlet. 



RELATIONS WITH OTHER SCHOOL SUBJECTS. 



Mr. Gaskill has pointed out clearly the connection which can be 

 made with reading and with composition in his references and ques- 

 tions. One of the principal pieces of work which a child will have 

 to do while studying this subject under the direction of a teacher 

 will be to make a comprehensive note book in which he answers 

 the questions asked after they have been discussed by the class 

 and in which he may write his individual observations as to the 

 forest lands nearby and of the shade trees on the school ground and 

 in the neighborhood. Each school should secure as many as pos- 

 sible of the books and pamphlets suggested in the bibliography. 

 Many of them can be secured free of charge from the government 

 and State bureaus. 



. . . ^ The child may compute the area of forest land in 



the school district, the part of the land of the 

 county devoted to forests, the part of the county which is set off as 

 county parks; he may compute the value of these lands; he may 

 be taught to estimate roughly the amount of lumber in a tree, the 

 amount of fire wood which a tree can produce in addition to the 

 lumber; he may compute roughly the amount of fire wood which 

 is taken from the wood plot on his faim or from some neighboring 

 wood plot, etc. 



_ , The subject of trees and forestry is closely cor- 



related with many of the topics of geography. 

 The child may learn some of the principal forest areas of the State ; 

 he may learn how they affect drainage; he may study their eco- 

 nomic value; he may study the trees as raw material and the 

 methods by which they are converted into the manufactured pro- 

 ducts of lumber in its various forms, and fuel; he may learn some- 

 thing about the method of distribution of lumber, its transportation 

 and final use in buildings. 



