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time of real value for forest purposes on account of the inter- 

 dependence of other parts of a large and important forest unit. 

 The question arises, when will this work of National Forest 

 land classification be completed? The answer is hard to give. 

 The total area will be covered in a very few years, but there 

 will be occasional re-examinations to make from time to time. 

 Even in older countries, where forestry and agriculture have 

 been established for centuries, the work is still going on. In 

 some places one-time farm land is being planted to forests, 

 while parts of the forests are being cleared for farms, these 

 changes representing the results of experience and not the va- 

 garies of a shifting policy. So may we also expect to do in 

 the future. 



The sophomore forestry students of Iowa State College, accom- 

 panied by three members of the faculty, will make a 4000-mile 

 trip this summer to study at first hand lumbering methods, re- 

 forestation, marketing, fire protection, and other forestry opera- 

 tions. A camp lasting three weeks will be established on the St. 

 Joe National Forest, Idaho, and four weeks will be spent on the 

 Columbia National Forest, Washington. Other National For- 

 ests to be visited are the Pike and Holy Cross in Colorado, Uin- 

 ta, Utah, Plumus and Shasta in California, Snoquatine in 

 Washington, Lolo and Deerlodge in Montana, and the Nebraska 

 National Forest. An intensive timber reconnaissance of several 

 townships will occupy the main part of the work in one of the 

 camps. The class will leave for the West on June 2 and will 

 return approximately September 10. 



Iowa State College has the largest and oldest extension depart- 

 ment in the middle west. The addition of a forestry expert and 

 landscape architect last fall is a step in advance in the develop- 

 ment of Iowa homesteads. Mr. R. J. Pearse devotes his entire 

 time to the planning and planting of farmsteads, school grounds 

 and the development of other public and private properties. The 

 great qim is to stimulate interest for good forestry and landscape 

 work in all parts of the state. 



