1904 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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are forestry. In the senior year there 

 are 84 hours of class-room work in for- 

 estry, with an additional 624 hours in 

 other lines, and 540 hours of field or 

 laboratory work, of which 216 are in 

 technical forestry. 



In the j unior year students study prin- 

 ciples of forestry, forest botany, wood 

 technology, silviculture, plant propaga- 

 tion, forcing of vegetables and flowers, 

 economic fungi, sanitary science, logic 

 and argumentation, English literature, 

 voice culture and declamation, German, 

 and military science. In the senior year 

 the work includes the study of forest 



of the native trees that were growing at 

 the time of the founding of the college, 

 in 1857, are st iU in a thrifty condition' 

 and the campus now contains over 600 

 native and introduced species and varie- 

 ties. The woods on the college farm 

 comprise nearly 200 acres, used pri- 

 marily for demonstration in this depart- 

 ment, and, in addition, 3,000 acres of 

 virgin forest in Oscoda county have been 

 set apart for its use. For practical 

 exemplification of modern lumbering 

 methods, etc., it is proposed to spend 

 two weeks during the latter part of the 

 spring term of the senior year in the 



ON THE CAMPUS, MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE- 



mensuration, protection, regulation, 

 valuation, investigation, economics of 

 forestry, diseases of trees, higher civil 

 engineering, advanced German, ad- 

 vanced zoology, geology, meteorology, 

 and military science. The aim is to 

 give as broad training as possible con- 

 sistent with the necessary technical 

 work. Instruction is given by practical 

 demonstration in the nursery ; in the 

 200 acres of land on the college farm, 

 set aside for this purpose ; on virgin 

 timber near by ; through lectures, text- 

 books, and other literature. The oppor- 

 tunities for practical work in forestry at 

 the college are particularly good. Many 



forests and logging camps of northern 

 Michigan. 



As stated, forestry students during 

 the freshman and sophomore years do the 

 same work as those taking the agricul- 

 tural course. 



The schedule of subjects pursued in 

 the two latter years of the forestry course 

 is as follows : 



Junior Year Fall term. Principles 

 of forestry, including three hours per 

 week class-room work, and four hours 

 laboratory or field work per week ; 

 forest botany, two hours per week class- 

 room work; horticulture (pomology), 

 five hours per week class-room work ; 



