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  which 
  should 
  in 
  the 
  aggregate 
  in 
  the 
  next 
  fifty 
  years 
  be 
  a 
  large 
  sum 
  

   of 
  money. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  estimated 
  that 
  the 
  total 
  debt 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   New 
  York, 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  state, 
  county 
  and 
  municipal 
  debts, 
  are 
  equal 
  

   to 
  $47 
  for 
  every 
  acre 
  of 
  land, 
  good 
  and 
  bad. 
  On 
  top 
  of 
  this 
  condition 
  

   the 
  legislature 
  last 
  year 
  laid 
  a 
  direct 
  tax 
  of 
  eighteen 
  millions 
  of 
  

   dollars 
  upon 
  our 
  people, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  every 
  indication 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  

   several 
  years 
  before 
  it 
  becomes 
  unnecessary 
  to 
  lay 
  a 
  direct 
  tax 
  either 
  

   larger 
  or 
  smaller 
  than 
  that 
  put 
  upon 
  us 
  last 
  year. 
  There 
  is 
  ever- 
  

   increasing 
  competition 
  among 
  the 
  farmers 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  as 
  the 
  stand- 
  

   ards 
  in 
  animal, 
  milk 
  and 
  fruit 
  production 
  are 
  ever 
  increasing. 
  In 
  

   view 
  of 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  idle 
  land 
  and 
  of 
  our 
  financial 
  condition 
  it 
  

   seems 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  unusually 
  opportune 
  time 
  for 
  those 
  interested 
  in 
  

   nut 
  culture 
  to 
  bring 
  before 
  the 
  farmers 
  and 
  other 
  landowners 
  of 
  the 
  

   state 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  planting 
  nut 
  trees, 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  which 
  will 
  add 
  

   to 
  the 
  annual 
  income 
  from 
  the 
  land. 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  Somewhat 
  Ignorant 
  of 
  the 
  Value 
  of 
  its 
  Forest 
  

   Lands 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  College 
  of 
  Forestry 
  at 
  Syracuse 
  began 
  

   its 
  studies 
  of 
  forest 
  conditions 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  1911 
  it 
  turned 
  its 
  

   attention 
  immediately 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  large 
  areas 
  of 
  farm 
  woodlots 
  and 
  

   woodlands 
  within 
  farms. 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  general 
  

   information 
  current 
  among 
  our 
  people 
  regarding 
  the 
  forest 
  condi- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  really 
  very 
  little 
  accurate 
  information 
  

   except 
  such 
  little 
  as 
  the 
  college 
  has 
  secured 
  since 
  1911. 
  As 
  a 
  first 
  

   step 
  in 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  stock 
  of 
  our 
  forest 
  resources 
  and 
  especially 
  the 
  

   amount 
  of 
  timber 
  in 
  our 
  farm 
  woodlots 
  and 
  what 
  is 
  coming 
  from 
  

   these 
  woodlots 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  annual 
  return 
  to 
  their 
  owners, 
  the 
  

   State 
  College 
  of 
  Forestry 
  in 
  1912 
  began, 
  in 
  co-operation 
  with 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Forest 
  Service, 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  wood-using 
  industries 
  

   of 
  the 
  state. 
  This 
  study 
  has 
  resulted 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  comprehensive 
  

   bulletin 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  College 
  of 
  Forestry 
  upon 
  the 
  wood-using 
  

   industries 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  From 
  these 
  studies 
  it 
  was 
  

   determined 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  that 
  New 
  York 
  was 
  spending 
  annually 
  

   over 
  ninety-five 
  millions 
  of 
  dollars 
  for 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  forest. 
  

   Unfortunately 
  for 
  the 
  state, 
  we 
  are 
  sending 
  over 
  fifty 
  millions 
  of 
  

   dollars 
  of 
  this 
  vast 
  amount 
  out 
  into 
  other 
  states 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  

   to 
  the 
  west 
  for 
  timber 
  which 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  capable 
  of 
  producing 
  in 
  

   amount, 
  at 
  least, 
  in 
  its 
  forests 
  and 
  on 
  its 
  idle 
  lands. 
  The 
  report 
  

   shows 
  further 
  that 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  producing 
  very 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  

   pine 
  and 
  hemlock 
  and 
  the 
  hardwoods, 
  and, 
  much 
  to 
  the 
  surprise 
  of 
  

   those 
  interested 
  in 
  forest 
  conditions 
  in 
  the 
  state, 
  it 
  was 
  shown 
  that 
  

  

  