The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-23

any study he could have taken. and a
 the same time will have developed hi powers of observation and his interes I in nature, with the chance that he ma,
 find a congenial and healthful profes sion before him as the demand fo trained forest workers increases.
 The aim of the course offered will b | to cultivate as great a familiarity al
 possible with trees, their characters ant needs, and the most suitable soil, eli
 mate and exposure for different species
 Next, to study the influences of forests
 as whole, or trees in masses, on eli
 mate, rainfall soil-making and preserv l ing, and the flow of streams; followed
 by study of limited number of spe.
 cies of greatest economic value, ane
 their management from seedlings tC mature trees. Every effort will be
 made to present the best practices ir
 handling trees of industrial value in this | particular section.
 We are situated on the border of this 1 timber region, with much of the virgin 1 forest still within reach of excurson par | ties, and with the best examples of young growth OH old fields and cut-over | liiouiltdill aidCS Nltliiii t@t2y e'iSAeeiReN | for study. The rich variety of timbers
 leads to 8 diversity of forest industries. Besides the small saW-mills in the inn
 mediate neighborhood, we have plants
 of large capacity within an hours ride
 by rail, which the student can study with much profit. The cutting of cross ties, getting out of spoke and stave
 stock, manufacture of shingles, and
 gathering of tan bark are all carried on
 with considerable activity within 8 few
 n1les of the college.
 We have college well equipped in
 general facilities for work, giving the
 student access to the largest college H.
 brary in the state, and offering all these advantages al a cost so low that an ed- ucatiGn is brought within reach of the poorest. It is owing to the benevolence of many friends of practical education tbat we have been able to offer what has been provided in the past, and this further step in the special direction of forest teaching is offered partly because some generous friends have come for ward in support of this line of work, and partly because of our faith that others will be found to carry it forward still further when our aims and the special advantages of this situation for such study are known.
 One of the necessary adjuncts to any modern piece of science work pursued on the laboratory plan is museum il- frustrating as fully as possible the data of that science. Much of the laboratory material for the study of forestry is found in the woods around us, but museum of our native woods, with her. barium specimens of leaves and fruit, is an indispensable aid to the best knowl- edge of our valuable timbers. Our plan for exhibiting not only the wood, but of showing it's uses and the steps of it's preparation, we believe to possess some original features and to be one of much value Take. for instance, the article of a hickory buggy spoke, Most people know that hickory is the best material for such a purpose. but who, even among the manufacturers, knows fully the merits of the three or four species of hickory that are cut in- and shipped in the form of billets for the spoke trade? Our plan is to have an authentic specimen block of each species, of known age and habit of growth, along with samples of spokes from the same tree showing the steps in from the squared billet to the finished spoke from some large fac tory, tested and graded according to the standard grades of American wheels. Develop the same idea in the manufac- lure of white oak slaves for whisky | barrels or in the cheaper drum sawed 1 slaves for coal-oil barrels and paint kegs. and so on through the uses to which the various timbers are put and we shall have an industrial museum of | 'orest products that is an education in | tself
 The writer has spent the major part | )f his summer vacation and the small | ash appropriation at his disposal in | going into the forests with several work | nen, selecting choice specimens among 1 he various species, cutting and sec !
 oning these, and directing the work l ng out of illustrative specimens show ng how the trees would be exploited in | he woods. Several hundred choice | pecimens are now stored in the college | easements awaiting museum room in | which to install them. These range l rom giant chestnuts oaks and beeches | O new growth sections from old aban- oned fields of small size, but great sig ifcance and promise. These consti- ute beginning only of what might be lone in this direction. We should like 0 dispose of several hundred shares of tock in this enterprise to those who eel an interest in the spread of forest and who would receive their ividends in the sa atisfaction of having elped toward the advancement of such ducation in a section of our country There the results must be so far-reach- lg.
 Another of Berea's needs is perma- ent forest preserve where working lans can be made and carried out, and here the student can see demonstrated ctual forest administration on scale , cover the various qualities of timber nd soil to be found in this neighbour pod. There are within few miles of erea, great many acres of woodlands ! om which the profitable saw timber = IS been cut, but on which there is a ir stand of young stock which there
 rapidly developing. Many of these acts can be bought at present at W figure. I have the opinion of two
 the best forest authorities in the nited States that to an institution like area college, supposed to be perpetual
 it's existence, these lands would be a