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THE FORESTER. 



September, 



to the natural reproduction of trees to take 

 the place of those harvested. 



WHOLESOME CAMP LIFE. 



At a later visit the writer was struck, 

 first of all, by what three weeks of whole- 

 some life in camp, with good food, had 

 done for the students, who looked ruddier, 

 and in every way better. It was a joke 

 among them all how much they had in- 

 creased in weight, and there was a rivalry 

 between the two tables as to which had 

 gained more in the aggregate. One tali 

 fellow had gained thirteen pounds, bring- 

 ing the aggregate gain at the table at which 

 he sat up to about forty-one pounds. The 

 students with whom the writer talked 

 were enthusiastic about the school and 

 the pleasant time they were having. One 

 big Ohioan said he had spent five summers 

 in camp, and had never had such a good 

 time in his life. Some of the younger 

 men who had not had college advantages 

 were planning to take special courses of 

 study on their return home, so as to be 

 able to pass the Yale Forest School en- 

 trance examinations in 1902 and 1903. 



TREE FELLING. 



The following day, Monday, was an- 

 other of Professor Graves' field days to be 

 devoted to " Stem Analysis." It rained 

 so hard that he did not take the entire class 

 into the woods in the forenoon according 

 to the schedule, but the pouring rain did 

 not prevent him from going into the woods 

 with two students and felling several trees 

 so as to save time for the demonstration 

 of the afternoon. Here in the woods he 

 proved himself as much at home with an 

 axe in his hand as in the lecture-room, and 

 an expert woodsman. 



In the afternoon all of the men in the 

 class were equipped with calipers, tapes, 

 rules, and blanks, such as are issued by the 

 Bureau of Forestry at Washington. The 

 men were divided up in squads, and under 

 Professor Graves' direction each student 

 measured the height of each stump, its 

 average diameter inside and outside of the 

 bark, the number of rings, indicating the 

 age of the tree, the width of the rings, in- 

 dicating the rapidity of the growth, the 



length and diameter of the separate logs, 

 the length of the tree to the crown, the 

 length of the tree including the crown, 

 and so on through all the measurements 

 comprehended by " Stem Analysis." Suf- 

 ficient trees were felled to afford ample 

 illustration of the modes of securing these 

 measurements. Later on the results of the 

 work were reviewed and commented upon 

 by him at the school building. 



The foregoing suggests the character of 

 the work done. Both Professors Graves 

 and Tourney bring to their work the fruits 

 of extensive study as well as wide experi- 

 ence in field work, and both have a special 

 aptitude for teaching. The courses in- 

 cluded lectures in Silviculture, Forest Pro- 

 tection, and Forest Measurements, by Pro- 

 fessor Graves; and in Forest Botany, 

 Introduction to Forestry, and Tree Plant- 

 ing by Professor Tourney, and comprehend 

 lectures in the school building, field work, 

 and laboratory work. 



This curriculum does not, of course, 

 compare with that of the Yale Forest 

 School at New Haven, which is designed 

 to give a thoroughly scientific knowledge 

 of, and training in, the entire subject of 

 Forestry, while the Summer School, though 

 offering instruction of a substantial char- 

 acter, is designed for those who do not 

 wish to take, or who are not ready to take 

 the more advanced courses at regular 

 Forest Schools. No attempt has been 

 made in this sketch to go into the more 

 technical side of the work at Milford, but 

 only to give the impressions of a visitor to 

 the school. 



The country about Milford is wild and 

 densely wooded, and affords excellent op- 

 portunities for studying our native trees. 

 Near the camp is an acre of ground planted 

 in the early spring by Professor Graves 

 with red and white pine seedlings, some 

 in the full light, some in partial shade, 

 and some in heavy shade. This experi- 

 ment in tree planting already shows the 

 differences of growth under different con- 

 ditions of light and shade. 



EXCEPTIONAL ADVANTAGES OFFERED. 



Professor Graves seems to have imparted 

 to the students the same feeling of enthu- 



