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36. Applied Lumbering. Logging and milling operations, including 

 a detailed study of each operation in the production of lumber. Tools 

 and machines used, and, costs of operations. The consideration of a 

 specified tract of timber for logging; location of camps, roads, railroads, 

 chutes. Equipment necessary, and estimated cost of each operation. 



Summer Camp. Prerequisite 54; credit 3. 



38. Forestry Publications. Designed for the beginning technical 

 forestry student. To acquaint him with the available literature, on for- 

 estry, including books, periodicals, government circulars and bulletins, 

 state bulletins, experiment station reports, lumbering journals, and other 

 publications along technical lines relating to forestry. 



1st Sem. Six lectures during term. Credit %. 



40. Practice of Forestry. Present forestry practice in European 

 countries, on national forests, in state forest reserves, with lumber cor- 

 porations, and on private timber holdings. 



9th Sem. Prerequisite 52; recitations 2; credit 2. 



41. Municipal Forestry. Its place in the conservation movement. 

 The economic value of the forest to the community. Utilization of waste 

 lands. Organization, personnel, and management of city forests in Euro- 

 pean countries. Revenue from city forests as a means of reducing taxes. 

 Service as recreation grounds, game preserves, parks, and health resorts. 



10th Sem. Recitation 1; credit 1. 



42. Advanced Forest Management. Special problems in regulation 

 of yield in the forest. Construction of working plans. Assessment of 

 damages to forest property. Field investigations and reports on forest 

 lands within Iowa. PROFESSOR MACDONALD 



10th Sem. Prerequisite 9, 10, 11, 52; credit 3. 



43. Advanced Forest Regeneration. In connection with 42. Nurs- 

 ery methods, seeding and planting. The preparation of planting plans for 

 specific areas. Methods of increasing forest productivity in native stands 

 and plantations by artificial means. Field work given an important place. 



PROFESSOR MACDONALD 



10th Sem. Prerequisite 53 ; credit 2. 



44. Forestry Research. Special investigations chosen in conference 

 with the Forestry faculty. PROFESSOR MACDONALD 



10th Sem. Credit 2 to 12. 



45. Advanced Wood Structure. Special investigation for advanced 

 students in the structure of wood. PROFESSOR MACDONALD 



8th Sem. Prerequisite 59; credit 3. 



46. Grading Lumber. Origin and development of grading rules for 

 lumber. Various rules employed in grading lumber in lumbering regions. 

 The grading of by-products of lumber mills. 



ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MORBECK 



10th Sem. Prerequisites 36, 54; credit 1. 



47. Advanced Lumbering. Special investigation in logging, milling, 

 transportation, and marketing forest products. 



ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MORBECK 



10th Sem. Prerequisites 36, 54, and 55; credit 3. 



