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WHITE PINE STAND IN NEED OF THINNING. 



guess work, as we have history and 

 figures from European countries, there- 

 fore we are not starting out on some- 

 thing of which we do not know the final 

 outcome. 



The variety and value of our forests 

 are unequalled anywhere in the world. 

 The transportation facilities of the 

 United States are the best in the world 

 and enable us to exploit all forest re- 



gions so that timber IK'S! -nited to cer- 

 tain uses can be so tuwi 



Many of the large Ir.mlxT companies 

 in the State are planting up their land. 

 The lumber companies of New York 

 are not doing this because it increases 

 the beauty of the country or to protect 

 the watersheds. They are doing it be- 

 cause they consider it a good financial 

 investment. 



