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LIRR AY 
NEW Y Ser & 
BOTANICAL 
GARDEN 
EXPLANATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT 
The study upon which this report is based was undertaken 
by The New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse Uni- 
versity in cooperation with the Forest Service, U. S. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. It covers the period of one year ending 
December 31, 1919, and is in part a revision of the bulletin 
bearing the same title, published in 1913, covering the calendar 
year 1912. 
As a preliminary step it was necessary to secure the names 
and addresses of all wood-using operators in the State. The 
firms listed in the report for 1912 contained the bulk of these 
addresses. Field agents visited the larger cities in the effort 
to locate firms established subsequently to the report of 1912, 
and eliminate those which had gone out of business. In a large 
number of cities and villages the postmasters corrected the 
mailing lists. To these wood-using manufacturers a question- 
naire was sent asking the information necessary for the purpose 
of the report. Firms which did not reply were addressed a 
second time, and after a suitable interval field agents visited 
these industries which had made no report of their operations. 
Although a great deal of effort was directed to the preparation 
of a list which would include all woodworkers, it is known that 
there are some firms which are not upon the lists, either because 
of their period of existence, failure to cooperate, changes of 
name or address, removals, sales, or other reasons which could 
not be overcome within the time available. 
The work was done under the superintendence of Edward 
F. McCarthy, New York S‘ate College of Forestry, and Harold 
S. Betts, of the Forest Service. Professor McCarthy, as a 
collaborator, carried the work to a point where all the data 
had been collected ; he also assisted personally on the field work. 
John T. Harris, of the Forest Service, and Professor Alfred 
Akerman, of the College of Forestry, also took part in the 
preliminary planning and correction of the mailing lists. 
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