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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



School of Forestry 



UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO 



Four Year Course, with oppor- 

 tunity to specialize in General 

 Forestry, Logging Engineer- 

 ing and Forest Grazing. 



Forest Ranger Course, of high 

 school grade, covering two 

 years of five months each. 



Special Short Course, covering 

 twelve weeks designed for 

 those who cannot take the time 

 for the fuller courses. 



No tuition is charged for any 

 of the above courses, and other- 

 wise expenses are the lowest. 



Correspondence Course. A 

 course in Lumber and Its 

 Uses is given by correspon- 

 dence for which a nominal 

 charge is made. 



For Further Particulars Address 



Dean, School of Forestry 



University of Idaho 



Moscow, Idaho 



ANIMAL INGENUITY OF 

 TODAY 



By C A. EALAND, MA. The author'. 

 love of nature is shown on every page. 

 He describes the skill, clever devices, 

 and strategems of birds, reptiles, in- 

 sects, and other forms of animal life 

 how they order their lives, and protect 

 themselves. The world of nature is a 

 real wonderland, and Mr. Ealand the 

 best sort of a guide through it. Pro- 

 fusely illustrated JIJS 



FORESTRY TRAINING 

 In the Heart of the Rockies 



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The Colorado School of Forestry 



A Department of Colorado 

 College 



Colorado Springs, Colorado 



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Four and five-year undergraduate courses 

 snd a two-year graduate course in techni- 

 cal forestry, leading to the degrees of 

 Bachelor of Science in Forestry and Mas- 

 ter of Forestry. 



Forestry teaching in spring and fall at 

 Maaitou Forest (a 7,000-acre forest belong- 

 ifg to the School) and the winter term at 

 Colorado Springs. 



Write for announcement giving full in- 

 fomation 



KILN DRYING COURSE 



Since the announcement of the corre- 

 spondence-study course Kiln Drying of 

 Lumber by the Extension Division of the 

 University of Wisconsin less than two 

 years ago, almost 400 persons have enrolled. 

 This course has been developed through co- 

 operation of the United States Forest Pro- 

 ducts Laboratory. Men from 37 States of 

 the Union and seven foreign countries have 

 taken up this mail instruction to learn more 

 about the art of operating dry kilns, and the 

 proper handling of lumber in general. 



This correspondence-study course is an 

 outgrowth of the resident short courses 

 which have proved so successful at the 

 United States Forest Products Laboratory, 

 located on the University campus. It was 

 early recognized that much of the informa- 

 tion on improved methods of kiln drying 

 could be taught by mail. Many men who 

 cannot avail themselves of the class in- 

 struction in Kiln Drying given at regular 

 intervals at Madison enroll for the cor- 

 respondence-study course and so obtain 

 valuable information upon the latest de- 

 velopments in the seasoning of wood. 



ALASKA ONCE SUBTROPICAL 



The ancient vegetation of the Arctic re- 

 gion, as is shown by a study of its fossil 

 plants, indicates that its climate was once 

 very unlike that which prevails there now. 

 Instead of consisting of a handful of small 

 plants struggling for life amid snow and 

 ice in a scant, almost perpetually frozen 

 soil, its vegetation was abundant and lux- 

 uriant and included ferns and palmlike 

 plants that grow only in a mild and prob- 

 ably frostless climate. This vegetation 

 flourished in the .Arctic region from at least 

 late Paleozoic to middle Cenozoic geologic 

 time, millions of years ago, before man ex- 

 isted. Although these lands are now so in- 

 hospitable and are rarely visited, the Unit- 

 ed States Geological Survey has gathered 

 a large amount of information concerning 

 their fossil floras. 



A study of the coal beds of the Cape 

 Lisburne region has incidentally disclosed 

 many fossil plants. These coal beds are 

 extensive and are the only known commer- 

 cially valuable mineral resources of that 

 region. A little coal is occasionally mined 

 for vessels that are short of fuel, which, 

 as there is no harbor, lie offshore and per- 

 ilously load on a few sacks of coal by 

 means of lighters. 



Cape Lisburne is the bold headland which 

 marks the northwest end of a land mass 

 that projects into the Arctic Ocean from 

 the western coast of Alaska about 160 

 miles north of the Artie Circle and about 

 300 miles directly north of Nome. Even 

 Cape Lisburne is by no means the north- 

 ern limit of the fossil plants of this nearly 

 tropical vegetation, for they have been 

 found in the rocks 180 miles northeast of 

 Cape Lisburne. 



"FORESTRY LECTURES" 



The public lecture courses given by the 

 New York State College of Forestry are 

 being arranged for the winter and spring 

 seasons. 



Last year the college staff gave 234 talks 

 on forestry and related subjects throughout 

 41 counties in the State of New York and 

 reached 63,000 people. At the same time 

 many communities requested lectures which 

 could not be given, owing to limited funds 

 and lack of time. 



This year the college is offering the same 

 service. Talks will be given, illustrated 

 by lantern slides where possible, on such 

 subjects as "The Forest of New York," 

 "Farm Forestry," "A National Need For- 

 estry," "The Life and Work of a Forester," 

 etc. Prof. Arnold, of the Landscape Ex- 

 tension Department, will speak on subjects 

 relating to civic improvement, ornamental 

 trees, parks and other landscape matters. 

 Prof. H. L. Henderson is prepared to talk 

 at some of the important wood-working 

 centers of the State on various practical 

 phases of lumber kiln drying practice. 



Lectures are given free wherever four 

 or five lectures can be arranged in one 

 county in one trip. Each organization is 

 requested to guarantee an audience of fifty 

 persons. These requirements have been 

 made necessary in order to obtain a more 

 judicious use of college lecture funds and to 

 reach the largest number of people in a 

 given period. 



MAINE FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



The Maine Forestry Association met in 

 annual convention January 6-7. and a full 

 and valuable program was presented. The 

 sessions were well attended by enthusiastic 

 people and much was accomplished. The 

 Association in its closing session on Sat- 

 urday at thfe State House expressed in res- 

 olutions its strong opposition to the pro- 

 posed transfer of any part of the United 

 States Forest Service from the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture to any other depart- 

 ment. It also urged that the Legis- 

 lature of the State of Maine provide ample 

 to develop the State School of For- 

 estry to full technical and practical effi- 

 ciency in order to make possible the train- 

 ing of young men in forestry within the 

 State and to provide the public institution 

 in forestry. The final session was marked 

 with interest and enthusiasm in the topics 

 presented for discussion, and a very profit- 

 able and instructive program was carried 

 out. Undoubtedly it was the most success- 

 ful and valuable convention ever held ia 

 the interests of forestry in the State, 



