88 A PRIMER OF FORESTRY. 



ino>t progre>s are New York and Pennsylvania. New 

 York lias a State forest preserve of 1,436,6S(> acres, and 

 PeimsN Ivania one of 7<>o,niH> acn-s. Michigan. Minne- 

 sota. .;nd other States are rapidly following their 

 example. 



In 1M2 the h'rst ex:ini])le of systematic forestry in 

 the United States was begun at Biltniore. in North 

 Carolina. It is still in successful operation. 



The tirst professional foresters in the United State- 

 were obliged to go abroad for their training, but in 

 1898 professional forest schools were established at 

 Cornell University in New York, and at Biltniore. in 

 North Carolina, and the} T 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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