358 RURAL NtJW YORK 



price of paper calls attention to the ,<jreat areas that 

 could he utilized i'or the growin;^,- of wood-pulp timber. 

 Probably the eastern states could raise their usual 

 supply of wood for j^apor, and improve their terri- 

 tories at the same time. There is needed a policy of 

 state and county coo])eration, that will bring thous- 

 ands of acres into a forest agriculture for the produc- 

 tion of paper stock and other wood supplies aside 

 from the growing of building timber. 



The rearing of wild life is a part of agriculture in 

 the large sense. The protection of game is now in- 

 volved partly in local laws backed by the pressure of 

 sportsmen. There is a general antagonism between 

 the farmer and the sportsman or hunter. A consis- 

 tent state policy for the ])rotection and rearing of all 

 wild life, in areas adapted to it, in which farmers and 

 all other citizens cooperate, could produce much in 

 the way of supplies and at tlie same time conserve 

 the sportsman and naturalist sentiment. 



Fear of competition with the agricultural West has 

 passed, now that consumption has relatively over- 

 taken production and as we come to realize that all 

 the national domain is to be needed for construc- 

 tive productive uses. The agricultural position of 

 New York is impregnable, and the farmers have con- 

 fidence in its future, although discouraged at times, as 

 are other farmers, by insufficient labor and by handi- 

 caps beyond their control. In fact, there has been a 

 distinct return reaction from the West, in recent 

 years, due to the cheaper land in the East. 



We are to look for a moving down from the farther 



