Course in Forestry 25 



costs to hazards and values. Planning and operating fire 

 preventing and fire fighting systems. Preventive and protec- 

 tive measures in attack by insects and fungi. Meteorological 

 and other damages. 



Prerequisites, Forestry 4, 9 and 10, Botany 17, Zoology 6. 



Four hours credit, first semester. Lectures. Assistant Profes- 

 sor LOVEJOY. 



20. Conservation with Special Reference to the Forest Resources of 

 the United States. 



Extent and location of our forests ; standing supplies of tim- 

 ber ; the cut of timber and its distribution ; forest influences ; 

 general methods of handling forests: forest history and policy 

 in the United States and abroad. 



The treatment of the subject in general and from the standpoint 

 of public economy. 



Open to all students. 



One hour credit, second semester. Lectures. Professor ROTH. 



22. Forestry for Civil Engineers. 



Economic importance of forestry. Relation of forests to pre- 

 cipitation and stream-flow with especial reference to power 

 and storage reservoirs and irrigation projects. Methods of 

 planting for reservoir protection, snowbreaks and windbreaks. 

 Identification, characteristics, methods of storage and season- 

 ing of timbers used in construction. Preservative treatment 

 of such timbers. Special surveys of timber holdings. Methods 

 of securing rights of way and easements across forested lands. 

 Fire protection. 



No prerequisites. 



Open to all students. 



Two hours credit, second semester. Two lectures, hours to be 

 arranged. Assistant Professor YOUNG. 



24. Forestry for Teachers. 



The forester's work and problems he has to solve. Economic 

 importance of forestry. History of forestry in the United 

 States and abroad. Our timber resources and their distribu- 

 tion. Factors affecting tree-growth. Influences of forest upon 

 climate, stream-flow, and erosion. How the forest is repro- 

 duced and cared for. Method of identifying common trees. 

 Tree species desirable for different purposes. Forestry liter- 

 ature. 



Non-technical treatment of subject. 



Open to all students. No prerequisites. 



Tivo hours credit, second semester. Two lectures, hours to be 

 arranged. Assistant Professor YOUNG. 



