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  a 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  hardwoods 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  woodlots 
  in 
  the 
  

   farms 
  of 
  the 
  state. 
  This 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  indicate 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  real 
  

   opportunity 
  for 
  the 
  growing 
  of 
  such 
  hardwood 
  timber 
  as 
  black 
  

   walnut, 
  butternut, 
  and 
  hickory, 
  not 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  idle 
  lands 
  of 
  the 
  

   state 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  covered 
  with 
  forest 
  now, 
  but 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  woodlots 
  

   of 
  the 
  farms. 
  That 
  is, 
  it 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  a 
  difficult 
  matter 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  

   farmers 
  through 
  publications 
  and 
  possibly 
  through 
  public 
  lectures 
  

   that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  very 
  advantageous 
  to 
  them 
  to 
  favor 
  nut-growing 
  

   trees 
  and 
  to 
  plant 
  them 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  now 
  growing, 
  both 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  nuts 
  which 
  they 
  produce 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  

   of 
  their 
  wood. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  state 
  like 
  New 
  York 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   ignorant 
  of 
  the 
  extent 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  their 
  forest 
  holdings, 
  how 
  much 
  

   more 
  ignorant 
  are 
  they 
  of 
  the 
  character 
  and 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  a 
  particular 
  

   species 
  which 
  make 
  up 
  their 
  forest 
  lands. 
  How 
  few 
  people 
  are 
  able 
  

   to 
  go 
  into 
  the 
  forest 
  and 
  say 
  that 
  this 
  tree 
  is 
  a 
  shagbark 
  hickory 
  or 
  

   that 
  that 
  is 
  a 
  butternut 
  or 
  that 
  that 
  is 
  a 
  red 
  pine, 
  and 
  if 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  

   case, 
  as 
  you 
  will 
  agree 
  with 
  me 
  that 
  it 
  is, 
  is 
  it 
  not 
  time 
  that 
  propa- 
  

   gandist 
  or 
  general 
  educational 
  work 
  be 
  done 
  that 
  will 
  bring 
  forcibly 
  

   to 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  wage-earners 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  financial 
  

   necessity 
  for 
  the 
  state 
  to 
  consider 
  better 
  use 
  of 
  its 
  forest 
  lands, 
  so 
  

   that 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  soils 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  may 
  share 
  in 
  the 
  burden 
  of 
  the 
  

   support 
  of 
  the 
  commonwealth 
  rather 
  than 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  soils 
  which 
  

   are 
  now 
  being 
  given 
  up 
  to 
  agricultural 
  use? 
  The 
  wage-earner 
  

   should 
  know 
  also 
  that 
  nuts 
  used 
  as 
  food 
  are 
  conducive 
  to 
  health 
  and 
  

   that 
  possibly 
  a 
  more 
  extensive 
  use 
  of 
  nuts 
  with 
  less 
  of 
  meat 
  will 
  

   mean 
  a 
  considerable 
  difference 
  over 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  a 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  amount 
  

   that 
  is 
  saved 
  in 
  the 
  living 
  expenses 
  of 
  an 
  individual 
  or 
  a 
  family. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  often 
  difficult 
  for 
  the 
  forester 
  to 
  interest 
  the 
  average 
  farmer 
  

   in 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  trees, 
  even 
  though 
  those 
  trees 
  may 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  

   beauty 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  farm 
  or 
  the 
  comfort 
  of 
  the 
  home 
  buildings, 
  

   but 
  your 
  organization 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  place 
  for 
  itself 
  most 
  decidedly 
  

   if 
  it 
  will 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  farmer 
  or 
  to 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  farmers 
  and 
  show 
  them 
  that 
  

   they 
  can 
  actually 
  save 
  money 
  in 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  their 
  needed 
  lumber 
  

   and 
  wood 
  of 
  other 
  kinds 
  if 
  they 
  will 
  cut 
  their 
  woodlots 
  co-operatively 
  

   and 
  produce 
  in 
  the 
  woodlots 
  trees 
  of 
  greatest 
  possible 
  value 
  and 
  

   trees 
  which 
  will 
  give 
  such 
  by-products 
  as 
  nuts 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  direct 
  

   returns 
  from 
  the 
  lumber. 
  Just 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  you 
  can 
  reach 
  the 
  pocket- 
  

   book 
  of 
  the 
  average 
  wage-earner, 
  it 
  makes 
  little 
  difference 
  whether 
  

   it 
  is 
  nuts 
  or 
  books 
  or 
  clothing, 
  they 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  be 
  interested 
  in 
  a 
  

   thing 
  that 
  will 
  allow 
  them 
  to 
  get 
  more 
  for 
  the 
  amount 
  which 
  they 
  

   make 
  from 
  their 
  day's 
  labor. 
  

  

  