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explained), For all the other main species there is a 

 striking shortage. 



If we were to make a generalization from these figures, 

 it would be that, to maintain our present cut in New 

 York State, we need about twice as much standing 

 timber as is available today. Or else our forests must 

 be made twice as productive by the practice of silvicul- 



duction is far below the consumption within the State 

 and is far in excess of what the available supplies of 

 standing timber will support. The syllogism is complete : 

 Brutus (dear public) is killing Caesar. This Caesar (the 

 forest industry) is bleeding from two wounds under- 

 production and over-cutting. Brutus (dear public) is 

 demanding greater production and at the same time more 



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ture. The curtailing of our present cut is not desirable ; 

 a better solution lies in having both an increased grow- 

 ing stock and a greater growth of timber per acre 

 through the application of proper silvicultural methods. 

 And now we come to the point from which we started. 

 There is a tendency towards decline in the production 

 of forest products in the State of New York. This pro- 



conservative cutting. The conclusion, so far as our im- 

 perfect knowledge goes, is that the public must co-operate 

 with the timber producer and grower so that they may 

 fulfill their mutual obligation to maintain the forest in- 

 dustries unimpaired and the forest itself continuously 

 productive . 



But that, as Kipling says, is another story. 



A GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM FRANCE 



TN January of this year, presentation of an enormous 

 "- quantity of forest tree seed was made to France, Bel- 

 gium and Great Britain by the American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation, for the rehabilitation of the war-torn forest areas 

 in those countries. The gift was deeply appreciated and 

 the Association is just in receipt of the following letter 

 from France: 



Paris, July 5, 1920. 

 "My dear Mr. President : 



"I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of the seeds, 

 the sending of which was announced in your letters of 

 January 19 and March 22, 1920. 



"These seeds reached France at the beginning of June 

 in excellent condition. 



"I shall be grateful to you if you will act as my in- 

 terpreter to the American Forestry Association, express- 

 ing to them my sincere thanks for their generous de- 

 cision to co-operate in the rehabilitation of the forests 

 of France which were devastated by the war. . 



"The seeds which you were kind enough to send will 



be planted as soon as the season permits in the nurseries 

 of the North, the Aisne, the Ardennes, the Oise, the 

 Vosges, and the Meuse, and the plants from these seeds 

 will be transplanted to the devastated forests in the 

 vicinity of each nursery, at the most interesting points 

 and with due regard for the requirements of each species. 



"Seeds of certain species that are little known in 

 France, especially those of the Western Larch, which 

 are to be given special care and study, will be planted 

 in the nursery of the Forest School of Barres, and when 

 the plants from these seeds are large enough they will 

 be sent for planting to those portions of the devastated 

 regions, which appear to be especially suited to them. 



"Accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest regard. 



Le Conseiller d'Etat. 

 Director General des Eaux et Forets. 

 (Signed) Dabat. 



"The President, The American Forestry Association, 



Washington, D. C." 



