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undoubtedly lead, but New York state Is handi- 

 capped by a constitutional provision which prevents 

 the proper utilization of its great Adirondack Park. 

 A very large portion of Pennsylvania, which was 

 once heavily timbered, is unsuited for agriculture 

 or for any purpose other than forest growing and 

 is now largely a desolate waste. The last forest 

 appropriation in that state called for two million 

 eight hundred and seventy thousand dollars, one 

 million of which was for forest fire protection alone. 

 Pennsylvania has acquired title in its own right to 

 over a million acres of land, but in sixteen years 

 has succeeded in planting only about one-fiftieth of 

 this amount, while lumbering of the remaining 

 privately owned forests has progressed at a rate to 

 more than counterbalance. The state nurseries, 

 however, give away several million seedlings every 

 year for planting by private owners, boy scouts and 

 other organizations, and numerous private planta- 

 tions have resulted. 



The methods of forest ownership and control 

 vary widely in the different states. In North Caro- 

 lina, for instance, forestry work is under the 

 direction of the state geological and economic sur- 

 vey, the state forester being a sub-official thereof. 

 That state has undertaken an official survey of its 

 remaining timber resources with a view to establish- 



