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From an examination made by our foresters these lands have 

 been classified as follows: 



ADIRONDACK LANDS. 



ACRES. 



Virgin forest 17,966 



Lumbered forest 45,424 



Second-growth forest 18,932 



Waste 7,258 



Denuded 13,584 



Burned 13,708 



Wild meadows 540 



Water surfaces 1,064 



Improved land 1,748 



120,224 



CATSKILL LANDS. 



Forest 1,961 



Lumbered 4,144 



Waste land 2,699 



Denuded 322 



Burned 386 



Cleared 264 



Improved 251 



10,027 



The terms used in the Adirondack classification mean, that 

 Virgin Forest consists of the primitive growth in which no timber 

 cutting or lumbering has been done; Lumbered Forest is one in 

 which the lumbermen have removed the softwoods down to ten 

 inches diameter on the stump, leaving the land under a forest 

 cover to hardwoods and small evergreens;* Second-growth Forest 

 stands for tracts that were cut, burned, or cleared many years 

 ago, since which the land has reforested itself with trees 25 to 



*On private lands the lumbermen now take the smaller softwoods also, 

 cutting down to a diameter of six inches or less. 



