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THE FORESTER. 



December, 



extends throughout a semester with the 

 exception of fish culture which is of two 

 weeks' duration. 



The number of students at present reg- 

 istered in the College of Forestry is thirty- 

 eight although as many more from other 

 departments of the university attend one 

 or more courses in forestry. Postgraduate 

 students in the horticultural department 

 of the College of Agriculture frequently 

 select forestry as one of their minor sub- 

 jects. 



The degree conferred is at present 

 B.S.F., Bachelor of Science in Forestry. 



Besides the College of Forestry the 

 State of New York has established another 

 worthy precedent. It is in the form of an 

 experimental forest station, or demonstra- 

 tion forest in the Adirondacks. It con- 

 sists of 30,000 acres of cut-over land. It 

 was purchased outright by the State and 

 deeded to Cornell University for a pe- 

 riod of thirty years. This forest is under 

 the direction of a council appointed by 

 the trustees, of which the president of the 

 university, the director of the college of 

 Forestry, the treasurer of the university 

 and others are members. 



LOGGING IN THE COLLEGE FOREST, SHOWING THE STEAM 



LOADER. 



This degree is inadequate and unprofes- 

 sional in character and will probably be 

 changed in the near future to F.E., forest 

 engineer. This will give to the graduates 

 a professional title and will place them on 

 a footing, as far as title is concerned, with 

 the other technical colleges of the univer- 

 sity, such as civil and mechanical engi- 

 neering (C.E. and M.E.). From these 

 departments the College of Forestry re- 

 ceives much help. It is there that the 

 students of forestry receive instruction 

 in surveying, road-making and other 

 branches of engineering essential to the 

 forester. 



This forest is used for the instruction 

 along practical lines, of the junior and 

 senior students, who are required to go 

 there each spring with the professors in 

 charge. Special students may, but are 

 not required, to work in the college forest. 

 This large area has been carefully sur- 

 veyed and active forest operations have 

 begun. The soft woods have been re- 

 moved by lumbermen. Only two courses 

 of treatment are therefore possible, first, 

 to cut the old crop of hardwoods and plant 

 afresh with conifers, or second to treat it 

 as a selection forest, that is, cutting here 

 and there, trimming, cleaning, planting in 



