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Title: American forests
Identifier: americanforests10natiuoft (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: National Irrigation Association (U. S. ); New Jersey Forestry Association; South Jersey Woodmen's Association; American Forestry Association
Subjects: Forests and forestry -- Periodicals
Publisher: Washington (etc. ) American Forestry Association (etc. )
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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430 FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION September Summer School, this term opens July i, but it continues thirteen weeks, instead of seven. The presence of the Juniors not only doubles the number of men in camp, with consequent quickening of general activity and friendly rivalry in both scholarly and athletic attainments, but it brings the Summer School stu- dents in contact with those who are
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SAWKILIv SWIMMING POOLS. entering the profession of forestr)' and who for the most part have seen a great deal of life in the open. Professor Graves was very busy, di- recting the studies of the Juniors, pre- paring manuscripts relative to forestry, and conducting the correspondence con- nected with the administration of the school. He was ably assisted by Mr. Carter, instructor in forestry, and by Mrs. Miller, secretary and librarian. Part of the work of the Junior class the past summer was the felling of pitch pine on the Kinkel estate. Data were at the same time secured for a mono- graph on pitch pine, similar to that prepared in part in the same vicinity some 5'ears ago for white pine. More figures will probably be secured by similar treat- ment of a tract of 70 acres bought by Mr. Pinchot. The forest of the Pinchot estate was divided intc squares by the Senior class of the Yale School in theii surveying last spring. These squares will assist in locating sample plots oc which to make periodically measurements of growth. On the white pine slope be- tween the garden and the vSavvkill River bridge eact tree of the different species has been numbered anc otherwi.se marked with rec paint for identification This is the finst of a numbei of permanent plots to b( established here and ii other representative re gions. It was a red-letter daj for the cause of forest edu cation when Mr. James W Pinchot gave the Yale For est School a summer honit on his estate at Milford The people of the villagt welcomed its coming, anc have watched with mucl satisfaction the erection o the club house. Junior hall and dining hall, whicl now house the school. Ii the village a stone building is beinj erected by Mr. Gifford Pinchot, to b( known as Forest Hall. This will b( used for the illustrated lectures, whicl are open to the public. LOCAL INFLUENCE OF THE SCHOOL. Along the Delaware River the de structive effects of the March floods ar(

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