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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



May 



who expect later to enter the profes- 

 sion of forestry. Second, a two year 

 graduate course, designed especially 

 for those who expect to enter the pro- 

 fession of forestry. Third, a short 

 special course of twelve weeks de- 

 signed for forest rangers who wish 

 to increase their efficiency, or for those 

 who wish to fit themselves for ranger 

 duties ; also for logging superintend- 

 ents, woodland owners and others 

 desiring a general knowledge of the 

 principles of forestry, but who do not 

 have the time to enter on a full course 

 in the subject. The United States 

 Forest Service co-operates with the 

 University in offering this short course 

 and will detail experts to give several 

 of the special subjects. The others 

 will be handled by various departments 

 of the University. This course will be 

 given next year for the first time, open- 

 ing Tuesday, January 5, and closing 

 Friday, March 25. 



The School has exceptional advan- 

 tages in its location. The University 

 campus comprises 355 acres, a consid- 

 erable portion of which is in timber 

 and offers splendid opportunities for 

 field work in silviculture and forest 

 measurements. Other excellent forests 

 are within walking distance of the 

 campus. The University also owns 

 large forest tracts in various parts of 

 the State, where students may conduct 

 extensive research work. The im- 

 mense National Forests, within a few 

 hours' ride of Seattle, afford practical 

 object lessons in the art of forest man- 

 agement. The city of Seattle is in 

 the center of the timber industry of 

 Washington and the Northwest. In 

 its sawmills and wood-working indus- 

 tries, the student has unrivaled oppor- 

 tunities for studying wood utilization. 



In 1005 the United States Govern- 

 ment, through its Forest Service, des- 

 ignated the University of Washington 

 as a government timber-testing sta- 

 tion. A timber testing engineer and a 

 corps of assistants are stationed there, 

 and extensive scientific tests of the 

 strength of western timbers are regu- 

 larly carried on. Students of forestry 

 are given the privileges of the testing 



laboratory and have ample facil- 

 ities for making investigations in the 

 physical and mechanical properties of 

 wood. 



Prof. Frank H. Miller, for four 

 years head of the department of for- 

 estry in the University of Nebraska, 

 and who is a member of the U. b. 

 Forest Service, is in charge of the new 

 School of Forestry in the University 

 of Washington. 



Colorado 

 Farmers 

 Want 

 Forests 



At Longmont, Colorado, 

 the farmers of that vicin- 

 ity and the business men 

 of the town and section 

 have adopted resolutions 

 in favor of the Government control 

 and preservation of the forests of the 

 watershed of the St. Yrain Valley as 

 a means of maintaining and regula- 

 ting the flow of the stream- which 

 furnish water for irrigation. 



The Fruit Growers' Association in 

 the preamble to its resolutions declan - 

 that it is necessary for successful fruit 

 growing in this section of the State 

 of Colorado to have an abundance of 

 late water for irrigation, and to secure 

 such water they want the watersheds 

 protected with trees. 



How Can Gov. Albert E. Mead is 

 IrrigationBe considering a plan to 

 Improve. ^ the ^ Leffislature 



of Washington to provide a State 

 fund to be used, in co-operation with a 

 like amount appropriated by Congre 

 for a study of the problems confront- 

 ing water-users in various parts of 

 Washington. 



Mr. Samuel Fortier, who is at the 

 head of the Government irrigation in- 

 vestigations, and was, till recently, sta- 

 tioned on the Pacific Coast, savs : 



"T do not think I am mistaken in 

 stating that the economical use of the 

 available supply in the arid and semi- 

 arid portion of Washington transcends 

 all others in importance. The object 

 of our investigations is to produce the 

 most valuable yields with the smallest 

 amount of water." 



Mr. Fortier quotes from a report 

 by O. S. Jaynes, who is at the head of 



