256 FORESTRY INVESTIGATIONS U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



The following schools are provided for the higher grades of foresters: 



Higher forestry schools in (rermany for the education of forest managers, 

 [Austria, and Switzerland included.] 



Name of place. 



State. 



When ! J'Ztt 



founded ot C0U1SB 

 lounueu. (years)t 



Instruetois 



of forestry 



branches 



]>roper. 



At universities : 



Giessen I Hesse 



Tubingen Wurt t ember, 



Munich I Bavaria 



At poiyteehnicum : 



Karlsruhe 



Zurich 



Vienna 



Separate academies 



AsehaiFenburg 



Tharandt 



Eisenach 



Ebers walde 



M linden 



Baden 



Switzerland 



Austria 



Bavaria 



Saxony 



Saxe Weimar 



Prussia 



....do 



Total 

 nuinbei of 

 instructors. 



Average 

 attendance 

 of forestry 



students. 



40-50 



50-00 



c 90-100 



15-30 

 15-30 



130-140 



00-100 

 100-135 



65-75 

 140-150 



40-60 



a The entire corps of ptofessors ol the university. In Munich 18 professors are engaged in lecturing on subjects whi< h concern for- 

 estry students; in Zurich, 20 i>rofessors. In Munith all studies can be followed in any year, as the students may select. The attendant e 

 varies, of course, widely in different > ears, having been as high as 216 in Eberswaldc and 120 in Miinden. The above figures are for 1885-86. 



l»3s r ot prescribed. 



cDuring the winter of 1898 theie weie 140 students at Munich out of 527 foiestry students at all fore^tiy schools. 



The following table will serve to give an idea of what instruction is to be hud at these 

 institutions : 



Plan of studies at Forest Academy EocrswaJde. 



Subjects of instruction. 



FUNDAMENTAL faOIENCIib. 



Xatuial sciences. 



General and theoretic chemistry 



Special inorganic and organic chemistry applied 



Physics and meteorology 



Mineralogy and geognosy 



Definition of minerals and rocks 



Keviews for organic nat ural sciences 



Botany in general and forest botany in particular 



Anatomy of plants, vegetable physiology and pathology 



Microscopy 



Botanical reviews 



Botanical excursions, each 2$ hours 



General zoology 



Vertebrates 



Invertebrates, with special reference to forest insects ... 



Zoological preparations 



Zoological reviews ., 



Zoological excursions, each 3 liours 



Total natural sciences. 



Mathematics. 



Geodesy 



Interest and rent account 



Wood-measuring 



Mathematical reviews and exercises 



Surv eying and leveling evercises, each 4 hours. 

 Plan-drawing exercises, 2i hours 



Total mathematics 



Economic sciences. 



Public economy and finances 



Total sum of Lours for lundament.il sciences 



Whole 

 number 

 of hours. 



32 

 80 

 80 

 00 

 20 

 16 

 04 

 60 

 20 

 20 

 80 

 16 

 80 

 80 

 16 

 20 

 96 



840 



20 

 20 

 56 

 192 

 80 



440 



48 



1,328 



Subjects of instruction. 



PRINCIPAL SCIENCES. 



Cultivation of fore sts 



Forest implements 



Geographical forest botany 



Protection of forests 



Forest usufruct and technology 



Forest surveying 



Appraising forests 



Calculation of the value of forests and forest stat istics 



Administration of forest and hunting 



Redemption of rights of usage 



Forest history 



Forest statistics 



Review of various forest matters 



Examinations 



Forest excursions, each 4 houis 



Total. 



SECONDARY SCIENCES. 



Jurisprudence. 



Civil law 



Criminal law 



Civil and criminal lawsuits and constitutional rights . 

 Jurisi>rudence , 



Total 



Construction of l oads 



Hunting 



Shooting exercises, 2 boms each. 



Total sum of hours for secondary sciences. 

 Grand total 



Whole 

 number 

 of hours. 



80 

 20 

 48 

 32 

 80 

 20 

 80 

 32 

 48 

 32 

 40 

 20 

 50. 

 40 

 352 



980 



32 

 40 

 36 



180 

 32 

 32 

 DO 



340 

 2,648 



Pei cent. 



Fundamental sciences 50 



Principal sciences 37 



Secondary sciences ^ ^ ^3 



Average per instruction week (21 -weeks in winter, 17 during summer; 2 winter courses, IS summer courses) : 



2648 



93 



- =-28,5 liours, or per day, 4.9 hours. 



