CATALOG 1952-1953


 FY. 443.-Forest Statistics. 1 hour and 4 hours laboratory. 3 credits.
 Prerequisites: FY. 228, FY. 229.
 Study of statistical procedures applicable to forest investigations. Problems and
practice computations illustrating principles of experimental design and the reduction
of experimental data.
 FY. 444.-Quality Control in Wood Processing. 3 hours lecture. 3 credits.
 Applications of quality control technique to manufacture of wood products.
Emphasis is on the use of control charts for variables and attributes and on acceptance
sampling techniques including single, double and sequential sampling methods.
 FY. 446.-Forest Photogrammetry. 1 hour and 5 hours field. 3 credits.
Prerequisites: FY. 228, FY. 229.
 Study of those principles of aerial photogrammetry applicable to forest land man-
agement. Practical experience in the use of photo interpretation and mapping equip-
ment and in the application of approved methods and procedures.
 FY. 447.-Logging Practice. 8 hours field. 3 credits. Prerequisite: FY.
418 and permission of the instructor.
 Sharpening axes and saws, welding and brazing, cable splicing, maintenance and
operation of Diesel equipment; felling and bucking trees; skidding and loading logs;
logging roads and facilities.
 FY. 448.-Milling Practice. 8 hours field. 3 credits. Prerequisite: FY. 418
and permission of the instructor.
 Operating and maintaining a sawmill, including checking alignment of the mill,
calculation of cut, sawing practices for maximum yield and quality.
 FY. 449.-Log and Lumber Grades. 1 hour lecture. 4 hours laboratory.
3 credits. Prerequisites: FY. 228, FY. 229.
 Need for standard specifications; log grades and grading; lumber grades and
grading for common, dimensional and structural timbers, sizes and lengths, moisture
content specifications.
 FY. 451.-Timbers of the World. 3 credits. Prerequisite: FY. 309.
 Identification and properties of the more important timbers of Europe, Africa,
Indo-Malaya, Australasia, and Central and South America.
 FY. 452.-Timbers of the World. 3 credits. Prerequisite: FY. 309.
 A continuation of FY. 451.
 FY. 453.-Timbers of the Caribbean Region. 3 credits. Prerequisite: FY.
309.
 Identification, geographical distribution, anatomical and mechanical properties and
uses of the more important commercial timbers of the Caribbean region.
 FY. 501.-Research Methods in Silviculture. 3 hours. 3 credits. Offered 1.
 A survey of field and laboratory methods used in research and in silvics and silvi-
culture. A review of the research programs of federal and state experiment stations.
 FY. 502.-Research Problems in Silviculture. 3 to 6 credits. Offered 1, 2.
 Individual research on a specific problem in silvics, forest tree seed, forest tree
propagation, forest soils, forest ecology (including phenology), and practice of silvi-
culture.



The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2, second semester; 3, summer session.