THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



zoology, and economics, with mathematics 

 through trigonometry, and a reading knowl- 

 edge of French or German. Some acquaint- 

 ance with mechanical drawing is also de- 

 sirable but not absolutely necessary. Other 

 courses which are extremely desirable, if not 

 altogether essential, are mineralogy, meteor- 

 ology, mechanics, physical geography, 

 organic chemistry, and possibly calculus, 

 which may be of use in timber physics. 



One or two forest schools begin their 

 course of training for the first year in July 

 instead of in October, in order to give their 

 students some acquaintance with the woods 

 from the Forester's standpoint before the 

 more formal courses begin. The result of 

 this plan is to give increased vividness and 

 reality to all the couirses which follow the 

 work in the woods, to make clear the appli- 

 cation of what is taught, and so to add 

 greatly to the efficiency of the teaching. 



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