Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-10-05
ABOUT The FORESTRY COURSE
AT OAC-New Bulletin is Now
a G ' Out.

su gG a' Out.
The Forestry course at the
Oregon Agricultural College is
destined to result benehcially to
the students who trkei 1T, and to
the state in general because OF the
practical knowledge thus dissem
mated amoug the people at large.
| The first bulletin to treat On
the new course is just out, and
it has the following interesting
things to say:
In accordance with its purpose
of serving as best it may in the
| industrial development OF Oregon
the Agricultural College has en-
tered upon the work of helping
to awaken and develop strong
pub bic sentiment in favor of forest
| preservation and conservation, and
further, of afording an opportu7
unity for young men to fit them
selves to engage in the occupa-
ton or profession Of forestry. :.
With the opening Of the college
year for 1906 1907 there will be,
offered full five years course OF
study.in forestry leading to the
usual degrees.
The opportunities for study in
this line are particularly good at
Corvallis. Nearby mixed forest
tracts afford ample material for
field study in dendrology, sylvi-
]culture. geology, mensuration,
tree diseases. the growth factor,
etc., etc.
! Several Benton county mills
tare within easy reach for the study
of the common milling operations
while the planning mill and box
factories of Corvallis are ample
i for instruction In the ordinary
| factory practices.
;. The College laboratories are
fully equipped to carry on the
|; various lines Of technical ane
scientific work necessary to the
we'll trained forester.
The Summer Camp" in th'
theart OF the Cascade reserve and
|suear one of the large milling
plants Of the state will furnish
the best Of opportunities for field
work in actual operative forestry
The course in Forestry is de
signed TO ht foresters to care 70
the forest and its crops as ths
farmer cares for the farm and it:
crops; to meet the needs of thos
men VINO desire to enter the gov
lernment forest service or to Fl
themselves to care for the fores
\ areas of private owners.
The forests OF state or a na
\ ton are an important and valu
able resource. A forester is ma
r who should be able to point OF
e how to utilize this resource S
!. that the state aud the privat
owner may receive the create:
good therefrom. To preserve th
y forest does not mean to keep tn
trees, but rather to remove then
when they are mature. IN such
way that new crop may rep lac
the one removed. 2
IT This, as may be seen, necess
If tales both. a technical and pra'
,e tical kno Wedge on the part OF th
: forester. With this view of b
" qualifications in mind the cour'
is based very largely upon labo
" atory and field work. The cour
v as whole aims not only
s. ground the student in the prime
IT pies of forestry but also to mai
nt a good, literally educated citize
At the conclusion of his cour
,e the student should be prepared
y direct the management of WOO
es land tract or to serve as a tore
ID ranger. Students who desire
make forestry their professl'
10 will have been greatly aided a
es prepared for the fuller technlt
I'd course in the graduate Tor
is schools.