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scape Gardening (see page 263.) There is an increasing demand for 

 men fitted for the City Forestry position. 



Summer Camp. In addition to the laboratory and field work at the 

 college, the students are required to spend twelve weeks in summer camp 

 in some good forest region of the country. The entire time is spent in 

 field operations, consisting of the estimating of timber, mapping the forest 

 types, making volume tables, and the studying of logging and milling op- 

 erations. The general equipment for the camp, such as tents and field 

 instruments, is furnished by the College ; the student is required to. furnish 

 bedding and personal effects. The 1916 camp was held in lumbering re- 

 gions of Colorado, Utah, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Mon- 

 tana, and Minnesota. The 1917 camp will probably be held in Iowa and 

 Minnesota. 



Forestry Club. The students of the Forestry Department of the Col- 

 lege are organized into a Forestry Club. Meetings are held every two 

 weeks at which addresses on forestry subjects are given. The Club pub- 

 lishes an annual, "The Ames Forester," which is a technical journal of 

 about 100 pages. 



Equipment. Forestry is housed in Agricultural Hall where ample 

 laboratory and class room is afforded. The museum contains the collec- 

 tion of American woods which was exhibited by Iowa at the Centennial 

 exposition and a large collection of South American and Philippine Island 

 woods which was on display at the Louisiana Purchase exposition, It 

 also contains a large number of trunk specimens of trees. About 1000 

 lantern slides are used for illustrating, in the class room, the various 

 phases of forestry work as carried on in different parts of the United 

 States and foreign countries. A wooded tract of about 100 acres belong- 

 ing to the department serves as a demonstration area and affords ample 

 room for the establishment and maintenance of forest plantations. The 

 College campus has about 150 different species of trees, and there are also 

 numerous old plantations in the vicinity. 



Four-Year Course in Forestry 



Leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Forestry. 



Students receiving the degree of B. Sc. in Forestry for the completion 

 of this course are eligible for the degree given for Landscape Gardening 

 work, upon completion of the additional year's work outlined on page 263. 



Forestry students are required to complete 3 months of practical for- 

 estry work before graduation, in addition to the summer camp. 



FRESHMAN YEAR 

 First Semester t Second Semester 



Credits 2 Credits 



For.26 1 : General Forestry 2 For. 27: General Forestry 2 



For. 38: Forestry Publications y$ Bot. 269: Plant Physiology 3^ 



1 The number refers to the description of the study. 



2 For definition of a credit see page 91. 



