North Dakota State School of Forestry, Bottineau, N. Dak.—Instruction similar to that in the agricultural high schools is offered with special attention to horticulture and forestry. The forestry work consists of a study of the plains and prairie regions and has to do particularly with windbreaks, shelter belts, etc. A special three-year course is also offered for the preparation of landscape gardeners, landscape engineers, and city foresters.
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater, Okla.—A course in elementary forestry is required of all horticulture students during the first term of junior year.
Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.—The work in forestry consists of a line of electives within the school of science. The subjects covered are forest botany and dendrology, elements of silviculture, forest mensuration, forest management, forest protection, forest utilization, forest pathology, and technical forestry. The latter includes a study of structural timbers with demonstrations in the testing laboratories and also work in surveying and making forest maps.
Rhode Island State College, Kingston, R. I.—A course in forestry dealing with the management of New England wood lots is required in the second term, junior year, in the agricultural course.
South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Brookings, S. Dak.—A course in forestry is required in the second semester of the sophomore year in the horticultural group and in the third-year of the three-year school of agriculture. It is elective in the second semester, junior year, in the animal husbandry and dairy husbandry groups of the four-year collegiate agricultural course.
Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford University, Cal.—Courses are offered in the study of trees, forest pathology, and other matters basal to the study of forestry.
Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y.—A field course in elementary forestry, forest ecology, and botany, soils, geology, and woodcraft, open to any man over 15, is given by the New York State College of Forestry during August at Cranberry Lake in the western Adirondacks. Courses in forestry are also given for students in the university outside of the College of Forestry, and especially for those desiring to teach.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.—An elective course in forestry covering one term is offered in the senior year of the four-year agricultural course. The work deals chiefly with the management of farm wood lots and small holdings of hardwood timber.
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, College Station, Tex.—Courses in the principles of forestry, dendrology, silviculture (with special reference to planting), and wood technology and utilization, each covering one semester and elective for juniors and seniors in agriculture and science, offered in the college year 1916-17. No attempt will be made to equip students for the profession of forestry. From time to time, however, additional courses will be offered to meet the needs of students along farm forestry, planting, timber preservation, and other lines.
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.—Students in agriculture are required to take one course in forestry during their sophomore year. The aim of this course is to give all agricultural students a working knowledge of forestry, which can be applied to their own farms or in the teaching of agriculture. The more advanced courses are open to those who wish to pursue the subject further.