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examination for the position of forest assistant, which pays $1100 and 

 traveling expenses at the start. Others enter the government work as 

 forest rangers. The Philippine forest service also offers good opportuni- 

 ties at a larger salary. 



Second only to the National Government in the practice of forestry is 

 the state. Many states have already acquired forest lands and are employ- 

 ing foresters at good salaries. State work will require an increasing 

 number of trained men. 



Besides the government and state work there are many foresters in the 

 employment of municipalities, railroads, lumber companies, and private 

 estates. These are the fields which will show the greatest development in 

 the future and in which trained foresters will be required in large numbers. 



The field of forest investigations is in need of men specially trained. 

 The importance of this line will increase as forestry develops, and will 

 require an increasing number of investigators. Closely related to this line 

 is that of teaching. The demand for instruction and education in forestry 

 increases as its importance becomes known. Many foresters will find em- 

 plo'yment here. 



The four-year course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in 

 Forestry has been developed with the idea of giving a sound foundation in 

 the sciences and related subjects as well as a good training in technical 

 forestry. Graduates of the four-year course are able to pass into govern- 

 ment, state, and private work at once. The course is designed to give the 

 student a good training in practical work as well as in theory and prin- 

 ciple. The five-year course leading to the degree of Master of Science in 

 Forestry provides for additional specialization along one of several lines 

 of work. 



Lumber Marketing Group. Opportunity is given to students especial- 

 ly interested in the manufacture and marketing of forest products to pur- 

 sue work along these lines in the senior year. A lumber marketing group 

 comprising two full semesters' work is offered, which covers the field of 

 manufacturing and marketing of lumber and is designed to give the stu- 

 dent a good working knowledge of this particular phase of forestry. 

 Students completing this group should be well equipped to engage in the 

 buying and selling of lumber, either at retail or wholesale. There are 

 good opportunities in Iowa for men trained in these lines, as well as in 

 the other large lumber consuming states. The retailing of lumber will be 

 emphasized and the marketing group should be of especial value to those 

 who contemplate entering the field of retail lumbering. 



City Forestry. An opportunity is now offered for a combined training 

 in Forestry and Landscape Gardening to fit men for the position of City 

 Forester. After completing the Four-Year Forestry Course, if the student 

 has availed himself of the opportunity to take certain optional subjects in 

 the Junior and Senior years, he may take an additional year's work in 

 Landscape Gardening, and on satisfactory completion of the prescribed 

 course may receive the corresponding Bachelor of Science degree in Land- 



