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most progress are New York and Pennsylvania. New 

 York has a State forest preserve of 1,436,686 acres, and 

 Pennsylvania one of 700,000 acres. Michigan, Minne- 

 sota, and other States are rapidly following their 

 example. 



In 1892 the first example of systematic forestry in 

 the United States was begun at Biltmore, in North 

 Carolina. It is still in successful operation. 



The first professional foresters in the United States 

 were obliged to go abroad for their training, but in 

 1898 professional forest schools were established at 

 Cornell University in New York, and at Biltmore, in 

 North Carolina, and they were followed by the Yale 

 Forest School in 1900. Others have sprung up since. 

 At present, thorough and efficient training in profes- 

 sional forestry can be had in the United States. 



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