Course in Forestry 23 



Prerequisites, Botany 13 and 14 and Forestry i. 

 Three hours credit, first semester. Three lectures and one lab- 

 oratory or field period. Professor SPONSLER. 



6. Silvics. 



Continuation of Course 5. 



Prerequisite, Forestry 5. Botany 26 must precede or accompany 

 the course. 



Three hours credit, second semester. Three lectures and one lab- 

 oratory or field period. Professor SPONSLER. 



7. Forest Mensuration. 



Timber estimating' and scaling ; methods of surveying and map- 

 ping of forest lands ; methods used in forest investigations 

 for measuring volumes of single trees and entire stands of 

 timber; study of rate of growth of single trees and yield in 

 volume of entire stand. 



Prerequisites, Surveying 12 and 13, Botany 13 and 14, Mathe- 

 matics i and 2. 



Five hours credit, first semester. Two lectures and two labora* 

 tory or field periods. Mr. POTTINGER. 



8. Forest Mensuration. 

 Continuation of Course 7. 



Prerequisite, Forestry 7. . 



Five hours credit, second semester. Two lectures and two field 

 periods. Mr. POTTINGER. 



9. Silviculture. 



Natural reproduction of the forest, or silvicultural systems of 

 treatment. Methods used in care of the forest-improvement 

 cuts, thinnings, underplanting, etc. Application of methods 

 of reproduction and care to conditions in United States and 

 Canada. Timber marking. 



Prerequisites, Forestry 6, Botany 26. Geology 15 must precede 

 or accompany this course. 



Five hours credit, first semester. Four lectures and one field 

 period. Assistant Professor YOUNG and Mr. POTTINGER. 



10. Silviculture. 



Artificial reproduction of the forest. Methods of direct seeding. 

 Raising trees in the nursery. Methods of planting trees in the 

 field. Actual practice in nursery and planting work. 

 Four hours credit, second semester. Three lectures and one 

 field period of four hours. Assistant Professor YOUNG and 

 Mr. POTTINCER. 



II.. Forestry Problems. 



Methods of attack and solution of problems. About eight lec- 

 tures during the semester. Individual work on problems with 

 any member of the Forestry Faculty. 



Open only to fourth and fifth year students. Two, three, or 

 four hours credit, first semester. Professor SPONSLER in charge. 



