Courses in forestry 



general conditions of our country and the consequent needs of the men 

 will form the principal guide in shaping the courses of study, as well 

 as in their presentation. 



FACILITIES FOR INSTRUCTION 



By referring to the Uniuersity Calendar for 1905-6, it will be seen 

 that facilities for pursuing the fundamental and accessory studies of 

 language, mathematics, physics, chemistry, botany, zoology, etc., 

 are amply provided for. 



For field work the vicinity of Ann Arbor offers the best opportun- 

 ities. Convenient rural street car systems take the student, at very 

 moderate cost, to a variety of hard wood and swamp forests, where 

 all conditions from the virgin woods to the slash are met with, and 

 where a study of the results of good and bad work are well calculated 

 to prepare the student for his future task. In addition, a few hours' 

 ride by steam car suffices to reach the pineries of the Southern Penin- 

 sula, the home of the famous Michigan pine, where cut-over lands, 

 dotted here and there with tracts of good pine, and occasionally by 

 patches of second growth, present the many conditions of the great 

 problem of reforestation and offer reliable hints for future management. 



To introduce the student into the actual business of caring for 

 such lands and their improvement, it is the intention to have him par- 

 take of the real work of caring for the State lands, and thus begin 

 under proper supervision to practice what he has learned. 



In the forestry laboratory students receive instruction in forest 

 botany, timber physics, structure of woods, and certain features of 

 wood technology, as well as in forest measurement and the methods of 

 study of the growth of timber. A good collection of wood specimens, 

 sections of trees, and herbarium material is provided and will be in- 

 creased as rapidly as possible. There is an ample supply of micro- 

 scopes, compasses, calipers, height measures, and other aparatus for 

 use in the laboratory and in the field. 



The forestry library contains over 350 volumes, including prac- 

 tically all of the well recognized authorities in forestry. This library 

 is steadily growing, a department fund for its increase having been 

 allowed. 



Eleven journals on forestry, besides a number of technical papers 

 representing different phases of timber exploitation, are regularly re- 

 ceived. 



Certain special facilities for the study of forestry are supplied by 



