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ciialdcfl lo j;iv(' a nm^ili map of the state, sliuwinjj;; wIhtc the 

 (•licsdiiit is foniKl aii<l, lo a ccrlaiii do*,a'ec', wlicie the clu'stimt 

 disease is joiukI. 



We liiid dial iIk; clicsliml Im'Ii of New York State (•()vei-s foiMv- 

 six ]M'r cciil. of I lie lotal area of ilic State (approximali-lv l':!,- 

 (KMI siiiiaic iiiilcsi, and on that area 1 lliink it is conscrval ive to 

 say ilicic aic iliiiMy million dollars worth of ehestimt timlier. 

 The discascil area, oi- I minht say the chestnut belt, ineln<h's the 

 llndson N'allcy and l he sonthcni jiart <)f the western half of liie 

 Stall'. Tiic Adirondack rej^ioii has no chestnut, and the same 

 may he said of the < 'atskill rciiion. The diseased area is contiiUMl 

 jtrimarily to the Ilmlsoii Valley, and includes one-quarter to one- 

 lliii'd of the chest nui licit. West of the Catskills, the chestnut 

 hark disease has l)een found in one case in Tioga County, on 

 (he rennsylvania line; one case in Ilroome County, near the 

 . rennsylvania line, and in two or three cases, in Delaware 

 County; a matter of from one to twenty trees in a hatch. That 

 is the liesi infoi'niation we have at the present time. 



The loss due to I lie chestnut hark disease cannot he estimated, 

 inasmuch as Ave have not had the time and the niom'y to jiut 

 men in the lield in that poi'tion of the district. We have con- 

 fined our attention to the outlyinji" districts where the disease 

 was s])readinji", and I dare say there is at least ten million d<»l- 

 lars worth of timber that is already destroyed, or will be de- 

 stroyed befoi-e it can be utilized. The problem of utilization is 

 a bi<i' one in \e\\ V(uk State and, in or<ler to do somethinj:' in 

 this \vay. scNcrai c((iiferences ha\'e been lieM in connection \\itli 

 the l']astern Foresters' Association, and it was found that little 

 <'ould lie <lone to develop new markets for the chestnut. The 

 leather mai'ket ami the tannic acid market seem to be flooded, 

 and in such a condition that it would not encourage any new 

 industiies in flu* tannic acid business in New York State, the 

 tannic aci<l ]dants ])referring the southern cln^stnut in most 

 cases rather than the New York chestnut. I do not think that 

 the chestnut is so much of a glut on the market at the present 

 iiuK^ that it is necessary that New York State people should cut 

 out their trees and sell at a sacrifice. The poles have been taken 



