1902. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



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RAFTS OF YEIvIvOW POPI^AR. 



that Berea is indebted chiefly to a num- 

 ber of generous women, and to one in 

 particular, for the means to purchase 

 this little demonstration forest and to 

 preserve the beauty of a very pictur- 

 esque tract of countr5^ 



The college does not at present main- 

 tain a distinct school of forestry, but 

 only a department, offering, first, three 

 terms' work in the college course ; 

 second, a term's elementar}- work in 

 the "Applied Science" course in agri- 



culture ; third, a winter course of fa- 

 miliar talks or lectures to the prepara- 

 tory students. 



In the college work. Course i, Den- 

 drology is given in the fall term and a 

 study is made of the most important 

 American forest trees in their botanical 

 classification, soil preference, geograph- 

 ical distribution, and economic impor- 

 tance. The occurrence of over forty 

 native species of trees upon the college 

 campus and farm, and as many more 



VIEW IN BEREA COI,I,EGE FOREST PRESERVE. 



