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FORESTRY IN THE STATES. 



1891 — Establishment of tlie North Carolina Geological Sur- 

 vey and appointment of Prof. Joseph A. Holmes as 

 State Geologist. 



The expressed object of the Survey was ''the 

 thorough examination of the nature and extent of 

 the mineral and timber resources of the State." 



1892 — Publication of Prof. Holmes's first Biennial Report. 

 In this report he says: "It will be the policy of 

 the survey to publish from time to time in the future 

 special bulletins on the management and preserva- 

 tion of the forests of the state, in order that the peo- 

 ple who own these forests may be able while dispos- 

 ing of their supplies of timber now available to do 

 so under such conditions as will best protect the 

 young trees and shrubs from injury by the lumber- 

 men and from the still more common and destructive 

 injuries from the forest fires and stock; and thus 

 perpetuate the forest wealth of the State." 



1892 — Appointment of W. W. Ashe as Assistant, in 

 charge of timber investigations. 



1894— Publication of Bulletin 5, entitled "The Fo^rest^, 

 Forest Lands and Forest Products of Eastern North 

 Carolina" by W. W. Ashe. 



1895— Publication of Bulletin 7, "Forest Fires, their De- 

 structive Work, Causes and Prevention" by W. W. 

 Ashe. 



1897— 'Publication of Bulletin 6, including "The Timber 

 Trees of North Carolina" by Gifford Pinchot, then 

 Forester for the Biltmore Estate, and "The Forests 

 of North Carolina" by W. W. Ashe. 



1897— Publication of the first Economic Paper, "The Pos- 

 sibility of a Maple Sugar Industry in North Caro- 

 lina" by W. W. Ashe. 



1898 — Co-operative study begun of the sylvicultural charac- 

 ters and growth of loblolly pine in North Carolina, 

 by the Forestry Division of the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture and the State of North Car- 

 olina. 



