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Why Should We Study Forestry?

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  • -5 — OUTLINE OF COURSE. Forstry. I. A Botanical Study of the most important and valu able of the forest trees of the United States with their ranges and adaptation to different soils and climates. The large list of trees found in the region near Berea will afford the basis of this study, and a collection of leaves, twigs, and fruit will be required. Lectures, field studies, excursions. Fall term, five hours a week, every odd year. II. Forest Influences and Fokest Utility. Value of forests as affecting "-Jfmate, controlling flow of streams, forming and maintaining soils. Study of the economic products of the forests, and their preparation and use in arts and manufactures. Estimating value of standing timber on land, rate of growth, harvesting and marketing forest crops. Winter term, Lectures three hours, library and field two hours a week, every even year. III. Forest Management.—The formation and general treatment of forest growth from seedlings to mature forest, selection of species, principles of regeneration, thinning, pruning and tending. The local forest growth affords fine examples of natural regeneration, and growth under different conditions. Lectures and field studies. Spring term, five hours a week, every even year. Course I. is designed to give the student a familiarity with the trees themselves and their botanical characters and relationship, and can be admirably per- sued during the Fall term. Course II. will necessitate the consultation of a good many volumes which
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