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trees. The woods will be gradually brought under a proper 

 rotation of cropping by the clearing and replanting of the 

 more mature portions. This work will afford favourable 

 opportunities for demonstrations in practical forestry, and for 

 the holding of short courses for practical foresters and others. 

 It is anticipated that in a few years' time these woods will 

 form an extensive and valuable demonstration area. 



The experimental plantations and the tree nurseries at 

 Cockle Park, the Northumberland County Agricultural 

 Experimental Station, are available for demonstrations and 

 practical instruction, and representative and appropriate 

 private woodlands in the neighbourhood have been placed at 

 the disposal of the College for the purpose of demonstrations 

 to students. At Cockle Park ten plots of ground, consisting 

 in all of about eight acres, have been laid off and planted with 

 forest trees for the purpose of illustrating certain principles 

 of sylviculture. A small arboretum has also been formed 

 consisting of conifers and a few deciduous trees. 



Since 1904 many extensive woodlands have been visited by 

 the Lecturer in Forestry and reports and working plans 

 prepared for most of them. In addition, the Lecturer has 

 given advice by letter and otherwise to landowners and others 

 in the North of England, and has conducted several impor- 

 tant investigations into matters connected with the manage- 

 ment of woods. * 



Extension Lectures in Forestry are held at various centres 

 in the contributing counties; occasionally single lectures only 

 are given, but usually courses of three to six lectures are held. 



University of Cambridge. — Instruction in Forestry was 

 instituted at Cambridge University in 1907, when a Forestry 

 Committee of the Board of Agricultural Studies was formed, 

 and a Reader in Forestry appointed. 



The course of study for the Diploma in Forestry may be 

 summarised as follows: — Candidates for admission to the 

 examination for the Diploma must have (1) obtained the degree 

 of B.A.; (2) passed qualifying examinations in Botany, 

 Geology, Physics, and Chemistry; and (3) attended for two 

 years courses of instruction in Forestry and cognate subjects. 



The course for the first year includes lectures and practical 

 work in Forest Botany, Sylviculture and General Forestry. 



