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bering which has enabled them to gain ex- 

 perience along the practical lines of for- 

 estry. The camp was established in the 

 lodgepole — Englemann Spruce country, 

 where there are extensive lumbering opera- 

 tions which enabled the students to secure 

 good experience along the utilization end of 

 forestry. The class returned to Ames the 

 first of September to continue the forestry 

 work. 



INDIANA 

 T IEUTENANT T. I. Taylor, who re- 

 cently returned from one year's service 

 with the aviation force overseas, is now 

 practicing City Forestry at Evansville, In- 

 diana. Mr. Taylor was graduated from 

 the Forestry Department of Purdue Uni- 

 versity with the class of nineteen seventeen, 

 leaving the University early for training 

 in the Aviation Service. While in France, 

 Lieut. Taylor had an exceptional opportun- 

 ity of visiting many of the French State 

 Forests. 



Private Troy Fox, who returned from 

 France in July after nearly two years' ser- 

 vice with the Twentieth Engineers, has 

 taken a position with the Forest Service 

 in District 1. Private Fox reports some 

 very interesting experiences in the forests 

 of France, but much prefers the United 

 States to the Landes. 



Prof. Burr N. Prentice, who is in charge 

 of the Department of Forestry at Purdue 

 University is in the Northwest this sum- 

 mer in the employ of the Office of White 

 Pine Blister Rust Control in the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Co-operative work is be- 

 ing carried on in the five needle pine 

 States of the west, to prevent the extension 

 of the blister rust scourge into western 

 territory. 



The prospects are bright for a record 

 registration in the Department of Forestry 

 at Purdue University. Practically all up- 

 per class students will return, and elemen- 

 tary courses are going to be crowded. 



MICHIGAN 



r PHE Forestry Department of the Michi- 

 gan Agricultural College is planning on 

 collecting seed this fall from a white pine 

 windbreak at the college. Two years ago 

 110 pounds of seed were obtained from this 

 windbreak, which is half a mile long and 

 consists of a double row of trees, spaced 

 about 10 feet apart. The trees are 22 

 years old and have been bearing seed for 

 some time. This was the first attempt that 

 had been made, however, to collect the 

 seed. The seed was collected by boys 

 climbing the trees and cutting off the 

 cones with a sharp blade on the end of a 

 six-foot stick. The department has called 

 the attention of farmers to the fact that 

 at present prices there might be consider- 

 able money in collecting seed from wind- 

 breaks or even from individual trees of 

 rfrtain species. 



During the spring term 106 freshmen 

 took the course in farm forestry at the 

 Michigan Agricultural College. This 

 course is required of all students in the 

 agricultural course. It covers the care and 

 management of farm woodlands, planting, 

 utilization of timber, basket willows, maple 

 sugar making and other activities con- 

 nected with the woodlot or better utiliza- 

 tion of waste lands. 



Through the courtesy of the Barrett 

 Company the Michigan Agricultural Col- 

 lege has obtained the use of a portable post 

 treating plant, consisting of a tank, firebox 

 and accessories. This plant will be loaned 

 to farmers without charge other than 

 transportation. Many farmers who have 

 only a few posts to treat do not feel justi- 

 fied in getting special equipment, or do 

 not understand the correct methods to use. 

 The Forestry Department of the College 

 plans to give demonstrations in various 

 parts of the State. 



Mr. E. C. Mandenberg, the Forestry Ex- 

 tension specialist of the college, has re- 

 turned after a year's absence on war work. 

 The Michigan Agricultural College was 

 the first agricultural college to employ a 

 man full time for such work. The college 

 has had a forestry extension man for the 

 last six years. 



During the past spring the college 

 shipped 180,000 trees from the forest 

 nursery for planting in the State. Since 

 1909 over 2,100,000 trees have been shipped 

 from the nursery. This is enough to plant 

 an area of 2,000 acres. During the war 

 but very few trees were sold, but the 

 nursery is now getting back to its normal 

 output. The trees used are largely trans- 

 plants about 10 inches high. 



IDAHO 



'T'HE School of Forestry, University of 

 Idaho, at the request of the state board 

 of land commissioners, has made a recon- 

 naissance study of the state lands at Big 

 Payette Lake for the purpose of working 

 out a plan for the development of the timber 

 resources of the tract and the recreational 

 facilities of the water front. As a basis for 

 recommendations to the state land board, 

 the University party is making a topo- 

 graphic map of the tract and an estimate of 

 the timber. 



The state lands adjacent to the lake com- 

 prise some thirteen thousand acres, and 

 the timber on about twenty-five hundred 

 acres was sold last March. The contract 

 under which the sale was made provides 

 that the trees to be cut shall be marked or 

 otherwise designated by the state agent in 

 charge, that the timber left shall be pro- 

 tected from damage in logging operations, 

 that the stumps shall be of a certain height, 

 and that the brush shall be piled and burned 

 or otherwise disposed of to the satisfaction 

 of the state agent. Frank G. Miller, Dean 

 of the School of Forestry, has been desig- 

 nated by the land board as state agent and 



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Yale School of 

 Forestry 



Established in 1900 



A Graduate Department of Yale 

 University 



The two years technical course pre- 

 pares for the general practice of for- 

 estry and leads to the degree of 



Master of Forestry. 

 Special opportunities in all branches 

 of forestry for 



Advanced and Research Work. 



For students planning to engage 

 in forestry or lumbering in the 

 Tropics, particularly tropical Amer- 

 ica, a course is offered in 



Tropical Forestry. 

 Lumbermen and others desiring in- 

 struction in special subjects may be 

 enrolled as 



Special Students. 

 A field course of eight weeks in the 

 summer is available for those not 

 prepared for, or who do not wish 

 to take the technical courses. 



For further information and cata- 

 logue, address: The Director of the 

 School of Forestry, New Haven, Con- 

 necticut, U. S. A. 



Forest Engineering 

 Summer School 



University of Georgia 



ATHENS, GEORGIA 



Eight-weeks Summer Camp on 

 large lumbering and milling oper- 

 ation in North Georgia. Field 

 training in Surveying, Timber 

 Estimating, Logging Engineer- 

 ing, Lumber Grading, Milling. 

 Special vocational courses 

 for rehabilitated soldiers. 

 Exceptional opportunity to pre- 

 pare for healthful, pleasant, lucra- 

 tive employment in the open. 



(Special announcement sent upon 

 request.) 



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