The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-10
BOTANY Of REAL use
N MANY INDUSTRIES
Notion That Subject Is Not
Practical Can't Stand
Investigation.
VALUABLE TO FARMER
Stockman, Lumber Miller,
Agriculturist - All
Need Botany.
VALUABLE TO FARMER

Botany is one Of the college suh-
jects which is generally regarded as a |
fill-in study in the students course |
That there is decidedly practical side
to this science is a fact which is over |
1ooked--not only by the student in the
choice OF his university subjects. but,
as we'll. by those who are his coun-
sellers in this respect. Botany mas
always had practical application. but
the war conditions have served to
make this application all the more I'M
portant. just as they have brought TO
recognition many other branches OF
science which have been neglected in
the past.
Three Botanical Industries
In Montana agriculture, grazing and
forestry are among the tremendously
important industries always and each
of them has received intensive impor-
lance by reason Of the demands which
the war situations have made upon the
farmer, the stockman and the lumber
man. The science Of botany underlies
each Of these industries to an extent
which IS not generally realized The
present economic conditions lift the
place and give it position among the
student pursuits which are If i'm
mense praematic value, that have d.
rect practical application to the every
day occupations of a great number OF
Montana people.
Is "War Course" Subject.
For this reason. botany may be
classed among the war course" sub
jccts which should receive the care
full consideration Of every young man
and woman in Montana who Is, just
row, planning a college course. a
knowledge of the subject of botany
will greatly strengthen the student II
his preparation for active participa
ton in the war affairs of his state ant
in the subsequent activities which vii
be OF even greater Importance wheI
the state enters, with the rest of thu
nation, the reconstruction period II
which the world must be made over
The Farmers Botany.
Here are some of the phases of tn
subject of botany which strike direct
at the heart of the work of the farmer
The growth of plants in relation I
soil, air and water; the Towering an
fruiting of plants; the growth Of tn
plant from seed, roots or cuttings
the pruning and grating of plants: tn
improvement of plants by selectio
and breeding. the diseases of plants
the methods of combating weeds an
other Objectionable plants. And eac
OF these topics comes directly into II
study of the sicence of botany.
Botany for Stockmen.
Here are other phases of the stut
Of this science, phases which appe
to the stockman: The plants of Il
ranges and pasture; the modes
propagation of these plants. the
length of life; their distribution, the
serviceability; the recognition al
treatment of poisonous plants.
Topics for Lumbermen.
Again. here are botanical topi
which help the lumberman, topi
which are the foundation of success
forestry and forest management
Seeding and planting of trees; the
rate Of growth. adaptability; the ca
of trees and their relation to soil al
light and their interdependence in I
forest: tree diseases and their trea
ment.
In these lists are presented topi
whose importance to the state of Mo
tana and it's industries must be re
ognized Other lists might be Civ
which would be no less significaI
Health and disease are intimately r
lated to other topics which are i
cluded in the study of botany. Booi
papers. clothing, houses. furniture
all are wholly or in part the produe
of plant life. To know botany is
know more about these practie
phases of daily life-to know more
these is to be better prepared for e
izenship of the useful sort
Botany, then, is a vital college su
ject, q study of which is alive wi
interest and which possesses a degr
OF practicability which is too &c
orally overlooked. There are other s,
ences which possess the same relati
TO the practical education of the you
people of the state. And there is, L
the broader side of the study of Il
science TO be considered. its influer
upon the development of character,
value as a cultural study. The ire
and shrubs which are planted abe
the home, their care and their Selo
ton; the flower bed and its develo
ment--these are important and the
are directly the work of the practi
botanist. And these applications
botany have done and are yet dol
much in the building of citizenship,
their refining influence and tn
wholesome effect upon him who g
at the heart of this absorbing suhje
The State University of Montana,
Its plans for practical service to t
people of its state, has not overlook
the Importance of these practical a
plcations of the science of botaI
The courses in this science at t
Missoula institution have been car
fully arranged with a view to maxi
as helpful as possible to the stude
who is seeking a college course viii
will give him the broadest foundati
possible for his life work
NOTICE, HUNTERS.
No hunting. fishing or trespassi