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the forestry problem in New York is one of large 

 importance. The annual production of about 25 

 cubic feet to the acre is relatively low as compared 

 with the results achieved under modern methods of 

 forestry management in European countries. In 

 Germ'any, for example, as much as 100 cubic feet is 

 produced in some of tlic best forests and the average 

 production to the acre has increased under good 

 management from 25 cubic feet to 67 cubic feet. 

 A cubic foot is equivalent to about 12 board feet. 



As compared with most other states, Xew York 

 has taken an advanced stand on the preservation and 

 extension of the forest area. Much as has been ac- 

 complished in tlie last ten years, much more remains 

 to be done to make the forest area produce up to its 

 limit and to bring its management up to the high 

 standard that is possible. The prevailing attitude 

 toward forests and timber is not surprising when it 

 is remembered that within the lifetime of persons 

 now living such a large part of the country was cov- 

 ered by timber that the supply seemed almost inex- 

 haustible. It was not a crop to be planted and 

 matured but an enemy to be contended with. Like 

 all other phases of agriculture, the destruction of 

 the forest crop is now followed by the pinch in the 

 supply and it is not unreasonable to expect that in a 

 few years every commonwealth and its subdivisions, 

 as well as individual farmers, and especially com- 

 panies interested in forest products, will look on 

 timber as a regular domesticated crop to be planted, 

 cared for and harvested in approved fashion when 



