beginnings of Professional Forestry 

 in if)e Adirondack- 



By B. E. FERNOW, Director New York State College of Forestry. 



THE law establishing the 

 New York State Col- 

 lege of Forestry re- 

 quires the management of 

 the forest property placed 

 at its disposal " with a view 

 of obtaining and imparting 

 knowledge concerning the 

 scientific management and 

 use of forests, their regula- 

 tion and administration, the 

 production, harvesting and 

 reproduction of woodcrops 

 and earning a revenue there- 

 from." 



During the short time dur- 

 ing which the College Forest 

 has been under control of the 

 College, naturally not much new knowledge has been obtained in the directions 

 indicated. It will, however, be interesting enough to record at least the manner in 

 which the problem has been attacked, the first considerations that enter into its 

 solution, and the progress which has been made in these first beginnings in the 

 United States of a professional and scientific management of a forest property 

 under State control. 



At the same time it will be of interest to place on permanent record also the 

 beginnings of professional teaching of forestry at Cornell University. This record, 

 it is hoped, will be gratifying to the citizens of the State of New York, for whose 



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LOGGING CAMP OFFICE AT FORESTERS. 



