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Canadian Forestry Journal, December, 1913. 



EMPIRE STATE FOREST PRODUCTS 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The Empire State Forest Products As- 

 sociation held its 8th annual meeting and 

 banquet in New York, Nov. 13. Mr. 

 Frank L. Moore of Watertown, N. Y., the 

 president, in his address said that the two 

 greatest problems that confronted the peo- 

 ple of New York were the practical man- 

 agement of the forests and the regulation 

 of flood waters. He referred to the foolish 

 law of the State of New York by which 

 not even the dead and mature timber on 

 the 1,600,000 acres of state forest could 

 be cut or utilized in any way. He sug- 

 gested a carefully chosen board might be 

 given the power to decide what trees might 

 be cut in the state forests. 



The forestry committee recommended: — 

 Efforts to secure larger appropriations for 

 fire protection. A larger appropriation to 

 the extent of one million dollars annually 

 for additional forestry purposes. And the 

 investment of several million dollars for 

 starting new forests on cut-over lands. 



Mr. Clifford R. Pettis, Superintendent of 

 State Forests, estimated that the 1,600,000 

 acres of state forest preserve was worth 

 thirty million dollars. He pointed out that 

 under proper forest management the an- 

 nual growth could be taken each year and 

 the necessary forest maintained. The an- 



nual growth on this he estimated at 250,- 

 000,000 board feet, or one-quarter the en- 

 tire cut of lumber in the state. At the 

 present time the interest on the cost of 

 this preserve, which was about four mil- 

 lion dollars, was $200,000 per year, the 

 taxes which the state pays were $150,000 

 per year, the cost of fire protection was 

 $15,000 per year, making a total carrying 

 charge of $365,000 a year. The utiliza- 

 tion of the ripe timber would change this 

 deficit of $365,000 into a net revenue of 

 $635,000. 



CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



The Canadian Forestry Association is 

 the only popular organization in Canada 

 having for its object the conservation and 

 development of our forests through wise 

 use. It holds conventions and lectures and 

 publishes the Annual Report and Canadian 

 Forestry Journal (monthly). 



All friends of the forests are eligible for 

 membership, the fee for which is one 

 dollar per year. Members receive without 

 extra charge all the publications of the 

 Association. 



All who have not done so are invited to 

 become members to help extend the work. 

 Address The Secretary, 

 Canadian Forestry Assn., 

 Canadian Building, Ottawa. 



SPREADING THE WORK 



'TEE CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION wishes 

 all its members and friends a Happy and Prosperous 



New Year. 



In 1914 it hopes to do more than in any previous year 



in the protection of the forests, which means the protection 



of the interest of every Canadian citizen. 



In this work it requires the assistance of every member. 

 One of the best means of spreading the work is for members 

 to interest their neighbours. A very efficient way of doing 

 this is to send the names of those likely to be interested. 

 The Secretary then communicates with these persons, and 

 experience shows that a good percentage become members. 



Help on the work by sending in a list of names to 

 THE SECRETARY, 



Canadian Forestry Association, 



Canadian Building, OTTAWA, Ont, 



