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Of the 34,000,000 acres in the State, 22,000,000 are in- 

 cluded in farms, and of this only 15,000,000 are actually in 

 crops. This means that 7,000,000 acres of farms are idle; 

 and it is estimated that less than half cf the 12,000,000 out- 

 side of farms contains merchantable timber. To obtain the 

 most use from all land whatsoever, it is reliably estimated 

 that beween 12,000,000 and 14,000,000 acres in the State 

 ninst eventnally be devoted entirely to forests. Such an 

 area is o-reater than that of Massachusetts, Connecticut and 

 T\hod(' Ishiiid combined, and is equal to all that part of 

 New York north of the Xew York Central line. 



WOOD UTILIZATION SERVICE OF THE NEW 

 YORK STATE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY AT 

 SYRACUSE 



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For the past three years the Department of Forest Utiliza- 

 tion of The New York State College of Forestry has carried 

 on, by corespondence, a wood utilization service intended 

 primarily to obtain a profitable market for woods and mill 

 Avaste otherwise srdd for fuel or wasted in one way or 

 another. 



When it is realized that only forty per cent, of the trees 

 actually felled in onr woods is ultimately utilized, it can be 

 readily seen that one of the greatest i)roblems of forest con- 

 servation is a closer utilization of our raw wood supplies. 



This wood utilization service has met with a great deal of 

 interest in various parts of the State, and the College of 

 Forestry has issued Inilletins from time to time, giving the 

 needs of l)Oth the prodncers and consumers of various forest 

 products, wood waste, etc., which has resulted in a consider- 

 able saving of raw wood supplies, as well as resulting in 

 mutual benelit and advantage to both the producer and 

 consumer. 



The State ( Villt^ge i»f Forestry is glad to extend this service 

 to anyone desiring it. It is glad either to list any wood- 

 using industries in this service to receive these bulletins, or to 

 enter in one of these iteriodical bulletins the particular wishes 

 or needs of any producer or consumer of forest products in 



