464 FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION October 



wood and furniture factories, creosoting the basal natural sciences underlying 

 works, and the state fish-hatchery in and the practice of forestry, and to such aca- 

 about the city of Minneapolis are avail- demic and engineering studies as seem 

 able for study at all times. Examples especially desirable here. While French 

 and practice in horticulture and forestry is made optional with German, it is 

 on the Experiment Station grounds can expected that German will be taken in 

 be observed throughout the whole year. most cases, as it is the most helpful 

 Practical instruction in tree planting language for those who are to study 

 and in nursery work is offered in the forest literature. An opportunity 

 arboretum and forest garden of the Uni- will be afforded to take Spanish, as it 

 versity farm. Native woodland on the may be especially desirable to those 

 farm and virgin forests nearby afford who contemplate entering the Philip- 

 opportunity for practical demonstration pine forest service. One-half of each 

 in forest mensuration, silviculture, and of the senior and junior years are de- 

 forest botany. voted to the study of technical forestry, 



A well- equipped library of the best an important part of which consists of 

 works on forestry, the leading forestry field work and excursions. Every stu- 

 and lumbering journals, and all the dent is required before graduation to 

 state and government publications bear- take four weeks' work in some ap- 

 ing on the subject is a special feature of proved lumber camp, so as to become 

 the department of forestry. familiar with common lumbering oper- 



Reference and research work in for- ations. 



estry are well provided for. Forest Especial emphasis is laid on the value 



instruments and material for the prac- of field work and excursions. This 



tice and study of forestry are quite consists of excursions to nearby forests; 



complete for a new forest school. to lumber camps, sawmills, and wood- 



A very desirable arrangement is that manufacturing and paper mills ; to the 



the student may take university sub- Boom Company's works on the Missis- 



jects in connection with studies in the sippi River ; to nearby nurseries, and it 



College of Agriculture. In botany, is expected that arrangements will be 



zoology, entomology, chemistry, phys- made which will afford an opportunity 



ics, geology, surveying, political econ- for students to visit some of the forests 



omy, law, and rhetoric the student has of Montana, Idaho, and Washington at 



all the advantages of a large and well- a very low rate. Excursions are also 



equipped university. frequently made in connection with the 



The following from the college cata- study of botany, geology, zoology, and 



logue descriptive of the course will fur- nursery practice, 

 nish an idea of the plan of instruction 



and show the emphasis laid upon prac- OUTLINE OF COURSE IN FORESTRY. 



tical work : Freshman Year. Students entering 



The first year in the course for those t h e forestry course will be required to 



who enter other than from the Minne- take the freshman year the same as 



sota School of Agriculture deals with ot h er students of the college of agri- 



the elementary agricultural subjects culture, 

 that it is important for every manager 



of rural properties to be familiar with. The Department of Agriculture. 



The forester, from the very nature of SOPHOMORV VFAU 



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his surroundings, will be largely thrown 



on his own resources, and should be First Semester. 



capable of advising as to the best way Botany, short (4). 



of managing the farms or grazing lands Chemistry (4). 



that are almost always included in large German or French (4). 



forest properties. The sophomore year Agricultural Physics (2). 



and one-half of each of the junior and Rhetoric (i). 



senior years are devoted to the study of Military Drill (2). 



