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joined with the real lovers of birds to 

 bring this about. Wise men have 

 long insisted that from the point of 

 view of economy alone, the pro- 

 tection of our birds would ultimately 

 arouse, as it has, the interest of the 

 nations. — ("Our Dumb Animals.") 



New York To Buy Forests. 

 At the recent election the people 

 of New York State voted to tax them- 

 selves $10,000,000 for the purchase 

 of forest preserves. The fact that 

 this was not done by act of legislature, 

 but by a referendum, shows how 

 popular the idea of state forests has 

 become with the people at large, 

 says "American Forestry." The for- 

 est preserves of New York are not 

 only of great economic importance 

 for the preservation of the water 

 supply and of local industries, but 

 serve as an immense park which is 

 visited annually by millions of people. 

 Of the total amount voted, $7,500,000 

 will be available for further purchases 

 in the Adirondacks and Catskills, 

 where the State owns already 1,814,- 

 550 acres of forests and lakes, and 

 $2,500,000 for the Highlands of the 

 Hudson Preserve. A private sub- 

 scription of a like sum had already 

 been secured contingent on the passage 

 of this proposition of the referendum. 

 There will, therefore, be available 

 altogether $5,000,000 for the com- 

 pletion of a great interstate park in 

 the Highlands of the Hudson. 



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This splendid example set by a 

 wealthy state will undoubtedly have 

 a valuable influence on other eastern 

 states. The fourteen thousand acres 

 which the Vermont Forestry Depart- 

 ment has acquired is a good start in 

 the right direction, but it is only a 

 drop in the bucket compared to the 

 3,000,000 acres of woodland in the 

 State. 



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