State collegian., April 29, 1909, Image 6

The Pennsylvania State College
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THE! FREE. EDUCATION Op BCrhi
Schools of Language andjLiteiatUre; History, Math
culture, Naiinal Science, Engineering, Mines and -
study in ail branches of the Arts atid Sciences. Foi
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FORESTRY fioTES ,
Several Students (Getting Practical
Training W«b'the P. R. R. ,
t
In lipe with demands for practical
training for students in forestry, the
department of forestry has arrargpd
for four to help out the
Forestry}Departtnent of the Pern syl
• Vania railroad in its planting of a
“ million and a halt red oak seedlings
'this spring I ’ T. Yatnall ’lO has
gone to Mjorrisville tor, two weeks to
work in tie forestry nurjseiy ot the
Pennsylvania rapioad ’if he Rail
j road has at this, point ot e o.f the
iargest|f oldest nurseties oil the coun
try, anfi will gradually pr iaige the
riursery during the coming s'eason
S Sadler ’o9j who takds a poai
tion with the Pennsylvania Raihoad
as assistant t forpster immediately
upon graduation,} is putting n two
weeks in j April pveiseeing p.anting ■
operaltionjs between Harrisburg
and -! Hancaster! Messrs H ,
Work HO and J M Hall ’ 1 l„are in
Altoona for twd weeks assisting Mr.
W. C. Shepherd,assistant foreptei of ■
the Pennsylvania! Raihego, in'plant '
ing operatings at , that point 1 . The '
Railroad has 164 acres of".red oak
planted'there and will gradually in
cr;atse its [plantations ip that section.
Great interest iSj being shown in the I
matter of forestry in
by the American'Civic Association
and by the Women's Clubs of the 1 -
state. The Ameirican Civic Asso
ciation, yvhose president, is Mr J. '
UK ST\TK OULFfiIW.
THE REGISTRAR, Stat<*
■ 'Horace McFarland, has beenidoifrg
i ;splendid work, this winter in. calling,
the attentiorl of the people of the
Sstate to .various forestiy bills, that
will be of grjeat value for the, future
Of forestry ih Pennsylvania. Many
pf the \/omen’s' clubs of the’state
have ha d forestry programs during
the spri ig apd are aidirf£ in the agita
tion do right forestry legislature.
<kt a Conference of Clubs of the
Jlasterr District, State federation of
ennpyjivahia Women', held at Lan
mstjerj Maich 31, .President Sparks'
3§ldressed the Conference I
pAfnefican History in Literature on
tl|e Chb Program.”' Prof i Hugh
: P|Ba>k;r spoke on "The ofj
in Pennsylvania." ’’j
i ‘Mbc'i improvement is going onjn
ithfe 'woodlot just west. -pf the
inew. 1 ajhletic grounds during! the
| present sprinlg with $ the idep qf both
jindreafenig the value of the Woodlot
jand making it a perpetual- staijd of
timlber. , In years the wobdlot
heavily grazed and surface,
[fires "pave r.un through. ;*Th«4"e
[arelfetjr trees i^tandmg J that 1 are not
{mole Or less' injured land many of
jihtli so badly that they are rapidly
dpcfnihg. Only a light 'thfnping
[has jjbeen made, however, decajise
’of a;desire to keep I the tract well
.wooded This wooalot will be of
gieat advantage to jill kinds ,pf ath
le|tiqs. on the new/grounds. The
tree| will be such an effective wind
pijeajk-tfcat in either baseball, foot
ball |or track Work e\eri a [Strong;
wincj wilf not interfert' with events,
i j i
' v^vivXjMai
I V| ""
I Itj would be a great adVantage if the
ncjrth side of the grounds, if not tq
i M surrounaed by bleachers, were
planted with several 1 rows thick
growing trees with theidea bfbreak
ing the wind from that djjri'ction.,
Wjith several rows of |tre6£
i no|rth the woodlot on efie west,
gapes could be ' begun earlier in
a:jd eentioueddater in the fall.
Bjf leaving the south and eastern
sides open' the grounds will dry
rapidly and keep dry.
Even witjl the li£ht i
lhasbeer made in a sm!
the woodlot considerabl
hat beet] -taken out anti
feqce posts. The fence
treated .with , creosote
fpi experimental ppr
coiawood will be soldi
the nef is a Remand for it
. jipen though it may
nedpssaty, there is no Question that
fijom tse standpoint o'i the welfare
and' appearance of thp woodlot, it
been a serious mistake- to use
the southern portion as a dumping
gtound. Ihe dumping /of light ma
terial, such as leases, id the past, in
ambjigl j.he ( trees has liicreased the
of the ground fires, and
the roots with 1 , several feet
tt has injured phe grqwth
es so thatnxnlefp*; sofnerhing
)on th\j trees u
iveily tjnor tune
rubbiln.jjiile e;
o'be "diffipul tli
1 feet pf rubi
.ht nearness of
severity,
cohering
i of robbis
of the tit
is (done si
'
unsightly
is going t
in severa
cause .of t
P \CF FfA F.
'Sophy, A.ijri
liti course> of
tion addyess
jthmmng that
ipll portion,of
Je cord wopd
1 a number of
posts will be
and used
r i}»oses. The
als rapidly as
K? A ' ■
ia\;e seemed
til go out iri-
~leaving an
:p6sed It
> start trees
. ' f*
ish. tind be
lie, hospital^