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moments were to be spent, snch a body of men would prove of 

 great value and honor to the State. 



Barring these exceptions, we believe that the recommendations 

 of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission are good, and if acted 

 on favorabh- and extensivelj' by the Legislature, will cause the 

 culmination of the series of recent movements for the economic 

 use of our forest wealth. New York will be the first to have 

 established rational forest management, as it has been the first in 

 all movements toward that end. 



The body of this year's report contains the most valuable mat- 

 ter of any ever published. 



Bulletin 30. Bureau of Forestry. A Working Plan for Town- 

 ship 40, T. and C. P., is reprinted. 



A History of the Lumber Industry in the State of New York. 

 (See Bureau Bulletin 34, Bureau of Forestry), is of interest to 

 the lumberman and industrial student. 



Mr. A. Knechtel, B. S., F. E., Forester to the Commission, 

 contributes a clear, concise article on Methods of Estimating and 

 Measuring Standing Timber. 



A Study in Practical Re-foresting. By J. Y. McClintock, C. 

 E. Assistant Superintendent of Forests, is an account of a 

 small plantation on the Girard Estate, Schuylkill County, Penn- 

 sylvania. 



The following interesting data also appears. The amount 

 of timber, log measure, taken from the Adirondack forests in 

 1 899 was as follows : 



Feet. 



Spruce, saw stuff 148,203,491 



Spruce, pulp 195,568,623 



Hemlock 46,545,772 



Pine 33,132,807 



Total, 423,450,693 



Hardwood 24,296,654 



Grand total, 447,747,241 



Ninety-five per cent, of the lumber removed from the Adiron- 

 dacks, it appears, was of coniferous trees, while the original 

 stand speaking of the average is given by the same authority to 

 have been 65'/ hardwoods. Speaking generally, therefore, it will 

 be but a short time before the cut over lands of the region will 

 be virtually pure hardwoods. 



