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of the profession of forest engineering than a short course in 

 home sanitation would fit a man to practise medicine. At- 

 tention is called to this matter at the present time, because 

 a good may inquiries have been received as to the purpose 

 and scope of the instruction at the college. 



Public Lectures and Addresses. 



Besides the lectures at the Agricultural College, 32 public 

 lectures, talks and addresses on forestry have been given 

 during the year, making a total of 43 since the office was 

 established. It is believed that these lectures aiford an 

 excellent means of awakening and sustaining public interest 

 in forestry ; therefore, as many invitations as were consist- 

 ent with the discharge of other duties have been accepted, 

 but it has been impossible to meet all of the demands. At 

 times dates have been booked over a year in advance. 



One of the encouraging features of this line of endeavor 

 is that interests which are apparently widely divergent can 

 find common o-round in forestrv. This is another illustra- 

 tion of the truth expressed by President Roosevelt, that 

 forestry "touches the republic on almost every side, — 

 political, social, industrial, commercial." Among those 

 applying have been granges, farmers' institutes, firemen's 

 associations, women's clubs, church clubs, boards of trade, 

 town improvement associations, forestry associations and 

 manual training associations. 



Publications. 



Two bulletins and three leaflets have been published dur- 

 ing the year. The first editions of all these, except one, 

 have been exhausted, and they are being revised for second 

 editions. The number of i)ieces published is 9,300. 



The State Forest LrnRARV. 



Numerous additions have been made to the library during 

 the year. Nearly all of these have l)een gifts, and they 

 represent very little expense. In selecting those works 

 that it has been expedient to purchase, care has been exer- 

 cised to avoid unnecessary duplication of books already in 

 the State Librar\' or in the library of the Slate Board of 



