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Canadian Forestry Journal, December, 1917 



Studying Forestry in the Forest 



How The Forestry Students of New Bruns- 

 wick Train Under Woods' Conditions. 



One of the interesting forestry 

 enterprises in Eastern Canada is the 

 field work of the Forestry Depart- 

 ment of the University of New Bruns- 

 wick, under Prof. R. B. Miller. This 

 department was inaugurated in 1908 

 and has enjoyed, a steady develop-- 

 ment with a promise of greater 

 growth in flie near future due mainly 

 to the expansion of forestry activities 

 on Crown Lands by the Provincial 

 Government. 



Belonging to the University is a 

 tract of about six square miles of 

 timber land. Within the past six 

 years, the value of this tract from 

 two standpoints has begun to be 

 realized — (1) For the production of 

 wood and timber, and (2) as a train- 

 ing ground for forestry students. It 

 should also, as time goes on, possess 

 considerable value as a place for 

 experiment and as a demonstration 

 forest. With these ideas in mind, 

 a beginning at least has been made 

 by the University authorities to pro- 

 tect it from fire and trespass and to so 



handle it that its value will lie en- 

 hanced by wise use and judicious 

 cutting. 



It is very accessible to market, has 

 two good sized brooks, not drivable, 

 however, and is penetrated in all 

 directions with woods, roads and 

 trails. According to an estimate 

 made in the spring of 1914 by for- 

 estry students the land has an acreage 

 in its various classes as follows:— 



Acres 



1. Old clearings and cuttings 218 



2. Barrens and swamps 316 



3. Old farms 490 



4. Growing timber 2616 



Total 3640 



Helping The Woods Spirit 



When it was first proposed to build 

 a camp the University Senate con- 

 sidered it a doubtful experiment be- 

 cause no camp three miles from town 

 could long survive. However, it still 

 stands and has done more to stimu- 

 late the true woods spirit than any 



WOOD CUTTING ON COLLEGE LAND 



