The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-28
UNCLE SAN TEACHING FORESTRY.
sixty Students Under Government Instruc-
ton During the Past summer.

Sixty stalwart students have taken up for
estry "a n profession under the instruction or
the Division 81 Forestry OF the Department OF
Agriculture. They have been at work in the
forests OF various states during the past
summer under the supervision OF trained
foresters, with results OF marked value to III"
division. chiefly in tho preparation OF working
plans and the study Of commercial trees. Tho
students. while living in the lumber camps,
cot n certain amount OF fishing and hunting.
hut tho line between work and play is closely
drawn All expenses are betrayed by the Gov
eminent while the men are in the field. Dur
ing the past summer. work has been done in
the AdIrondscks, The State Of Washington and
In Maine. Tho ultimate object is to prepare
the student. for service IL. he Forestry Divis-
Ion Of the United States , vcrnment
Aside from the demand created for trained
forestcr~ bv the newly awakened enthusiasm
Of tho Department Of Agriculture IN stopping
the destruction of the forests OF the United
States, the call for experls in the profession
marked rapidity. While the Government very
much wishes the services OF these who have
enjoycd Instruction under it, thlc IS not IN
as tho International Paper Company, which
controls more than oO,"O,OO acres OF spruce
land mining GompnninS; 1WHeTs q, game or. is snSS
property OF George W. Vanderbilt. the Ne
Hs-sa-Ne-Park in the Adirondack, owned
6v W. Seward Webb, and the adjoining land
held by William {. Whitney. along with the
forest Interests Of a number OF states az need
trained forester. The Government already
employs a number Of men, and will in the near
future extend the work in such q manner MS to
require a large Increase IN The stan OF rNp"ris
ester, says that trained iorcsters receive IN
tho Division OF Forestry from $1,000 to s2.Soo
a year, large lumber companies pax better
Of timber land, receives a much higher pay.
During the past year considerable work has
S bee d iSi.1o on y STi FsHrst nrG''s THIS Ghae Ta so thc r trSR
Of an Offer made in october, 1895, to give Gd-
vice and assistance 70 private owners in hand
cations we're received from owners in thirty
FIVE States. the total area covered by these
applications belnR about 100000 acres. The
pT n s6s sap. SI ,SiSTSt ~ ,R R,iiP, eI lec tfos' {. sr nos
one Of the most important. branches of the Di-
y ynSs3 . Of r%rs stir mo nae nT:n t's sih f q SeaI 6qs
SSsnderbili, al BsiYftmors. = G., The work was
Forester OF the Department az Agriculture,
on about -four thousand acres. Additional
tracts have since been purchased to the extent
whole area has been brought under systematic
treatment. An erpert forester is still employed
20 superintend the work. and there Is a corps
tured poplar has been numbered, and the sys-
tenn ofcutting employed has been very success
ful in bringing about an excellent reproduction
OF that tree. Improvement cuttings Of various
species. chiefly for cord wood, are made In the
portions of the tract nearest the market. and a
certain amount Of planting IL done every year
Mr. pinchot says that n great deal Of the work
beinr done at Biltmore would not be practical
on many other large tracts, managed solely
for profit, in other s~eotionso Of the country. The
systematic management OF forests for practical
himbermen will be more along the lines prac-
tied on the Webb and Whitney tracts, In the
Adirondaoka both OF which wei. numbered IN