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13. The State should appropriate view and among other things, the State 

 more money for forestry instruction and Forestry Association should be built 

 for the purchase of small tracts of up by procuring a membership of at 

 common land outside of the " Blue least ten thousand men and women of 

 line " throughout the State, in sightly the best type who will spend some 

 locations. The State then should cause money and do much work without pay, 

 such lands to be planted as object- prompted by their public spirit and 

 lessons. The State has too long neg- patriotism. They could do much to 

 lected real, organized effort in the di- create public opinion. Branch forestry 

 rection of better general knowledge, organizations should be established in 

 more and broader work in this field of every city, village and town in the State, 

 most important endeavor. No subject, foresters should be employed in all 

 no public enterprise is of greater im- these places, shade trees protected, more 

 portance to the present and future gen- planted and barren acres everywhere 

 erations of people. planted up with commercial trees. 



14. In order that all of this may be These are the lines of principal effort 

 quickly done and accomplished, public in forestry for the State of New York 

 opinion must be more rapidly developed for the next ten years at least, 

 along right lines. With that object in 



New York City is one of the greatest importing centers for foreign woods, especially 

 Circassian walnut for furniture, dye woods and fancy tropical woods for furniture and 

 finishing purposes. 



New York uses over 8,000,000 board feet every year for such small articles as wooden 

 novelties and wooden ware. 



Three million board feet of lumber are used annually for toys in New York State. An 

 equal amount is used for clocks. 



New York manufactures over 6,000,000 sets of heading and 61,000,000 staves every 

 year for slack barrels to be used largely for sugar, apples, vegetables, cement, crockery and 

 other shipping purposes. 



More than twice as much cherry is used in New York than in any other state. Over 

 3,000,000 feet are used every year. It is largely used for fancy fixtures, professional and 

 scientific instruments, clocks, furniture and musical instruments. 



New York uses a considerable quantity of foreign woods. For instance, over 660,000 

 board feet of Lignum vitae and an equal amount of Circassian walnut are used annually.* 

 Over 254,000 feet of ebony, 190,000 feet of teak and 63,000 feet of rosewood as well as 

 11,000,000 feet of mahogany are also used. 



Only about one-half of our lumber cut goes for general lumber, floor and finishing 

 purposes^ The other half is used for a great variety of uses, chiefly box boards, furniture, 

 musical instruments, wooden ware and a countless variety of small articles such as wooden 

 pegs, spools, dowels, handles, implements, etc. 



New York has 26 wood distillation plants- for the manufacture of wood alcohol, acetate 

 of hme, charcoal and a great variety of chemicals. Beech, birch and maple are the principal 

 woods used. This industry offers a big field for the utilisation of some of the tremendous 

 waste occasioned in the lumber and other forest industries. 



