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AN AUSTRALIAN STUDY OF AMERICAN FORESTRY. 
CURRICULA COMPARISONS. 
FIRST YEAR, 
Montana, 
l. General Forestry : 
Mensuration—volume and growth 
estimating. 
2, Geology : 
composition of rocks and soils. 
3. Genera? Botany: Review of vegetable 3. 
kingdom ; alg to ferns; dicoty- 
ledons ; classification. 
4. English : Composition ; preparation: of 4, 
teports. 
5. Trigonometry: To right and oblique 5. 
angled trianges. 
6. Algebra : Elements of Analytical Geo- 6. 
“metry and Calculus. 
7. Surveying: Compass—chain—transit 
—tape; computations; triangu- 
lation; traverse board; plane 
table. 
8. Drawing : Elementary Mapmaking and 
lettering ; compiling maps ; blue- 
printing to photography. 
9. Shop work: Wood and forge—camp 
carpentry and blacksmithing. 
10. Physical Culture. 
ll. Spring Camp: Surveying and fores- 
try. 
12. Woodcraft : 
An introduction ; 1, 
Dynamic and structural ; 2. 
10. 
Il. 
Washington, 
General Forestry: Nomenclature and 
classification of trees; introduc- 
tion to forestry. 
Geology. 
General Botany : Morphology and his- 
tology ‘an entrance requisite). 
English. 
Mathematics : Numerical and graphi® 
methods; plane triangles; cc- 
ordinate geometry; derivatives 
and integrals. 
(Algebra is an entrance requisite.) 
Drill. 
Food lists ; camp cook 
ery ; woods clothing ; camp equip- 
ment ; first aid. 
SECOND YEAR, 
Montana. 
Forest Management—Forest Engineering.. 
Surveying : Topog.and Mapping ; Stadia, 
levelling, slide rule, planimeter, 
geodesy ; Forest Service methods ; 
contour maps; R. R, surveying ; 
grades and profiles ; highways and 
bridges. 
English or German. 
Lumbering: Forest utilisation and ex- 
ploitation ; properties and 
qualities of wood, etc.; wood 
uses; timber testing and treat- 
ment ; by-products. 
Forest Mensuration : Log sealing. tumber- 
. grading and tallying. Cruising: 
Estimating standing timber, &c. ; 
volume, growth-date for wo1king 
plans. 
Physics : Mechanics, molecular physics ; 
heat, electricity, sound, and light. 
Botany: Histology, morphology, 
physiology and dendrology. 
and 
Surveying : 
Forest Mensuration : 
Physics : 
Washington, 
Forestry. 
Engineering, lettering, and 
map-drawing; chain, compass, 
transit, and level. 
A modern language. 
i Log rules; com 
puting volumes; form factors ; 
volume tables; growth; samplr 
plot yield tables. 
Sealing and ernising. 
An entrance requisite. 
