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per cent of timber which he handles. It is pointed out that the conditions which 

 make possible closer utilization in logging and manufacturing are: (1) Ready 

 markets; (2) Cheap transportation;. (3) Character of timber; (4) Efficient man- 

 agement; (5) Proper equipment. The last two are reforms which are usually 

 within the power of the lumberman to correct, but the first three and many other 

 conditions are due to influences entirely beyond his control. 



This report should give the laymen and general public a much clearer con- 

 ception of the difficulties in the way of complete, or even close, utilization of 

 timber. 



Committee 9 

 FOREST SCHOOL EDUCATION 



Chairman, ]. W. Toumey Director, Yale Forest School, New Haven, 



Conn. 



Walter Mulford Professor, Forestry Department, Cornell 



University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



C. H. Shattuck Professor of Forestry, University of Idaho, 



Moscow, Idaho. 



George S. Long President, Washington Forest Fire Asso- 

 ciation, Tacoma, Wash. 



W. B. Greeley Assistant Forester, Forest Service, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



TOPICS ASSIGNED 



1. Forest school education; its strength and weakness. 



2. Courses or methods of teaching needed to better fit men for practical 

 work in lumbering. 



3. Secondary forest school education. 



4. Function of schools in technical investigations. 



Within recent years the question of technical forestry education has been 

 thoroughly discussed at conferences called for the purpose, hence the report of 

 the sub-committee on the general subject is confined this year to the third topic : 

 "Secondary Forest School Education." 



The need for a body of trained rangers and woodsmen has been felt ever 

 since forestry became a national necessity, and the report deals in considerable 

 detail with the question of the school courses, and form of training best suited to 

 prepare men for this class of work. The teaching of forestry in public schools, 

 and short courses in forestry for farmers and agricultural students, are also 

 discussed. 



Committee 10. 

 FOREST INVESTIGATIONS 



Chairman, Raphael Zon Forest Service, Washington, D. C. 



F. B. Laney Geological Survey, Washington, D. C 



Walter Mulford Professor, Forestry Department, Cornell 



University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



C. G. Bates United States Forest Service, Denver Colo 



A. G. McAdie Director, District Weather Bureau, San 



Francisco, Calif. 



