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2. One-Year Course in Forestry, with Special Reference to Silviculture. 



Designed especially for Agriculturists and others who desire a brief study of the 

 technicalities of woodcraft and silviculture. Lectures and demonstrations. Three 

 hours. Fall and winter. Assistant Professor GlFFORD. 



3. Silviculture. Principles of Arboriculture, application of dendrology to crop 

 production, methods of reproduction, improvement of the crop, nursery practice 

 and forest planting. Lectures, recitations and field demonstrations. Four hours. 

 Fall and winter. Professor Fernow. 



4. Forest Protection. Methods of guarding against trespass, loss from fires, insects 

 and diseases ; measures to prevent erosion, washing and deterioration of soils. Lec- 

 tures and recitations. Three hours. Spring term. To be given in the College 

 Forest. , Assistant Professor GlFFORD. 



5. Timber Physics and Wood Technology. Technical properties of wood and 

 its uses. The course is arranged to meet also the needs of students in Civil Engi- 

 neering, Architecture, and others interested in the properties and uses of woodi 

 Lectures, recitations and laboratory work. Four hours. Fall. Assistant Professor 

 Roth. 



6. Exploitation. Methods and means employed in the harvest of forest products, 

 logging, transportation, milling, and preparation of wood for market. Lectures and 

 recitations. Three hours. Winter term. Excursions to actual operations and points 

 of manufacture. Assistant Professor ROTH. 



7. Forest Mensuration. Methods of ascertaining volume of felled and standing 

 trees, of whole forest growths, timber estimating, determining accretion of trees and 

 stands. Lectures, recitations and field work. Three hours. Winter. Assistant 

 Professor Roth. 



8. Forest Regulation. Principles and methods underlying the preparation of 

 plans of management for continuous wood and revenue production. Lectures and 

 recitations. Four hours. Fall term. Field work in spring. Professor FERNOW. 



9. Forest Valuation. Principles and methods of ascertaining the money value 

 of forest growths at different ages for purposes of sales, exchanges, damage suits, 

 etc. Lectures. Two hours. Winter term. Professor FERNOW. 



10. Forestry Statics and Finance. Application of the principles of finance to 

 forest management ; methods of finding the most profitable form of management, 

 determining rotation and expenditures with reference to revenue. Lectures and 

 recitations. Three hours. Winter term. Professor FERNOW. 



Courses 8, 9, and 10, will, for the present, be merged into one course through fall 

 and winter. 



