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art of treating a woodlot so that it will reproduce only the better kinds and will 

 grow the largest amount of the most useful wood. 



To demonstrate how forestry is practised on a large scale the State has provided 

 the College with a forest area of 30,000 acres situated in the Adirondack^. This 

 will be an object lesson mainly to the lumbermen and owners of large timber 

 properties, the State with its Adirondack park included. 



But it is also the intention to benefit the farmer who owns a woodlot by 

 such information as the College may be able to give, not only to those who come 

 here to attend some of the courses of the College, but to those who may wish to 

 have any questions answered by letter or by printed bulletins, which it is proposed 

 to issue from time to time. 



Those wishing to avail themselves of this opportunity are invited to correspond 

 with the undersigned, sending their addresses and stating what particular interest 

 they have in the subject and whether they desire bulletins sent them. 



Yours, for more rational use of the woodlot, 



B. E. FERNOW, 



Director. 



Students, Tead)tncr Force and Coarses. 



A gratifying increase in the number of students is to be recorded from the four 

 who were reported as registered in the first term of the institution, the number 

 now being seventeen, namely : 



1 ....-.----- senior, 



4 - - - • - - - - - - - - juniors, 



1 --'.......-- sophomore, 



5----------- freshmen, 



6----------- special students. 



Two freshmen, who were registered additionally, were excused early in the fall 

 term on account of insufficient preparation. Of these students, eight, coming 

 from the State of New York, receive their tuition free. The other students come, 

 two from Illinois, and one each from Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, North Caro- 

 lina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Russia. Four of these are graduates of other 

 colleges. 



In addition, students of other departments of the University, namely, of the 

 Colleges of Architecture, Civil Engineering, and of Agriculture, have attended some 



