Special Work in Forestry 



2c. Silviculture. Care of forest ; cleaning and thinning ; pro- 

 tection of forests against insects and other enemies. 

 Three hours, first semester. 



Courses 20, 26, and 2.0 should be taken in the order here 

 given. They are open only to students of forestry in their 

 first and second years. 



3. Forest Mensuration and Description. Lectures, laboratory 



work, and field work^ Four hours, first semester. Pro- 

 fessor ROTH. 



Methods of measuring the volume of the individual tree and 

 entire bodies or stands of timber; timber estimating; 

 measurement of the rate of growth of trees and stands; 

 methods and manner of describing a tract of forest to 

 secure its proper management. 



Open only to students of forestry in first year. 



4. Forest Utilization. Lectures. Three hours, second semes- 



ter. Professor ROTH. 



Use of timber: points of production and market; methods of 

 lumbering, milling, and marketing; minor forest indus- 

 tries. 



Open only to forestry students in their second year. 



5. Forest Management. Lectures and field work. Five hours, 



through the year. Professor ROTH. 



General forest survey and preparation of working plans ; ad- 

 ministration and regulation of the field and office work in 

 the care of a large tract of timber and the methods of cal- 

 culation involved in judging the value of forests and for- 

 est operations. 



Open only to forestry students in second year. 



6. Dendrology. Lectures, laboratory work and field work. 



Three hours, second semester. Mr. C. A. DAVIS, 

 Monographic study of forest trees; their life history, distri- 

 bution, requirements, behavior and possibilities in the 

 forest. 

 Open only to forestry students in first year. 



7. Timber Physics. Lectures and laboratory work. Three 



hours, first semester. Mr. C. A. DAVIS. 



Study of structure, distinctive characteristics and technical 

 properties of our common woods, and the relation of these 

 properties to the principal uses of timber. 



Open to Forestry and to engineering students. Regular for- 

 estry students are expected to take this course in their 

 second year. 



8. Seminary. Hours to be arranged, no credit allowed. Re- 



ports on special topics are intended to familiarize the stu- 

 dent with the topics themselves, sources of information 

 and methods of presentation. This course is open only to 

 candidates oi the degree in forestry in their last year. Pro- 

 fessor ROTH. 



